IPS officers promoted and transferred in Karnataka

Vartha Bharati | 31-12-2022 | 17:46:00 IST

Bengaluru, Dec 31: The Karnataka government on Saturday effected a major reshuffle in the police department by promoting 53 Indian Police Service officers and transferring many of them.

Director General of Police (Prisons), Dr Alok Mohan has been transferred as the DGP (Home Guards Commandant General), while Bengaluru Police Commissioner C H Pratap Reddy has been promoted to the rank of DGP.

Inspector General of Police of North Eastern Range in Kalaburagi Manish Kharbikar has been transferred as the Additional DGP (Prisons) while Northern Range, Belagavi, IGP N Satheesh Kumar has been posted as the new IGP of North Eastern Range in Kalaburagi.

IGP (Intelligence) Soumendu Mukherjee has been promoted as the ADGP of Communication, Logistics and Modernisation.

Central Range IGP M Chandra Sekhar will be the Additional Commissioner of Police of Bengaluru East Zone.

DIG-rank Joint Commissioner of Bengaluru Raman Gupta will be the Northern Range IGP. DIG of the Criminal Investigation Department B R Ravikanthe Gowda has been elevated as IGP of Central Range, Bengaluru.

DIG Ballari range B S Lokesh Kumar will now be the IGP of Ballari range.

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Digital-only toll collection implemented at national highway fee plazas

11-04-2026 ¦ 11-04-2026 IST

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New Delhi ( PTI): All user fee payments at National Highway toll plazas across the country are being processed exclusively through digital modes with FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI) from Saturday, according to an official statement.

The move is a significant step towards strengthening efficiency and transparency in toll collection.

However, the statement said, this transition has not been implemented in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and West Bengal, as well as the Union Territory of Puducherry, in view of the Model Code of Conduct currently in force due to ongoing assembly polls.