All officers are required to surrender their phones to supervisors while at work under the new policy. 

​All officers are required to surrender their phones to supervisors while at work under the new policy.  

The damaging walkout by around 30,000 unionised Boeing workers started on 13 September. 

​The damaging walkout by around 30,000 unionised Boeing workers started on 13 September.  

Sanjay Kumar Verma, a 1990-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as Maharashtra’s new Director General of Police (DGP), replacing Rashmi Shukla. The leadership change follows the Election Commission’s directive to remove Shukla due to opposition complaints. Verma, previously serving as Director General of Legal and Technical, will lead the state police until his retirement in April 2028. The appointment was officially announced on Tuesday, marking a significant shift in the state’s police leadership.