Indian Police Service
One of the Central Civil Services
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| September 7 2024 | C. V. Anand, IPS returns as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| September 7 2024 | K. Sreenivasa Reddy concludes his tenure as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| March 27 2024 | Rajeev Kumar Sharma, IPS from Rajasthan becomes the latest Director General of the Bureau |
| 2023 | Nina Singh becomes the director general of the Central Industrial Security Force. |
| December 13 2023 | Sandeep Shandilya concludes his tenure as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| October 13 2023 | Sandeep Shandilya, IPS assumes role of Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| October 11 2023 | C. V. Anand concludes his first tenure as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| June 2023 | An IPS officer from Tamil Nadu was suspended after allegations of severe custodial torture emerged, including forcefully extracting teeth from approximately ten individuals and physically assaulting at least two detainees in their genital areas at the Ambasamudram police station in Tirunelveli district. |
| May 2023 | Delhi High Court ordered senior police officers to implement better working conditions for constables, following the 2015 lawsuit by a Delhi Police constable. |
| May 30 2023 | B. Dayananda becomes the latest Commissioner of the Bangalore City Police, taking over from Pratap Reddy IPS. |
| 2022 | Beginning of a new cadre allocation period where Forest Service officers are allotted to State cadres at the start of their service, maintaining an 'insider-outsider ratio' of 1:2. |
| December 2022 | The Supreme Court passed a nationwide order to all Police Departments to stop moral policing, in response to increasing incidents of harassment by Indian Police Service officials using sections 292 to 294 of the Indian Penal Code. |
| May 2022 | Mumbai Police implemented an 8-hour shift system for constable rank officers and assistant sub-inspectors, with 16 hours of rest, addressing the issue of overworking. |
| May 17 2022 | Pratap Reddy IPS assumes the role of Bangalore City Police Commissioner, succeeding Kamal Pant IPS. |
| 2021 | Kalpana Saxena replaces Yogesh Singh as the commandant of 47 battalion of PAC, Ghaziabad. |
| December 25 2021 | C. V. Anand, IPS takes charge as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| December 24 2021 | Anjani Kumar concludes his tenure as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| August 25 2021 | Balaji Srivatsav, IPS assumes leadership of the Bureau of Police Research and Development |
| September 2020 | Hathras gang rape and murder further demonstrated the continued ineffectiveness of the police in upholding rule of law and protecting citizens. |
| August 1 2020 | Kamal Pant IPS becomes the Bangalore City Police Commissioner, replacing Bhaskar Rao IPS. |
| 2019 | The Ministry of Home Affairs officially stated that it does not recognize or approve the formation of the IPS (Central) Association, asserting that the police force cannot form any association without federal government permission. |
| August 2 2019 | Bhaskar Rao IPS takes charge as Bangalore City Police Commissioner, following Alok Kumar IPS. |
| June 17 2019 | Alok Kumar IPS briefly serves as Bangalore City Police Commissioner before being succeeded by Bhaskar Rao IPS. |
| 2018 | Archana Ramasundaram becomes the first woman to be appointed Director General of Police of a Central Armed Police Force, serving as DG of Sashastra Seema Bal. |
| July 14 2018 | N. R. Wasan, IPS from Andhra Pradesh begins leadership of the Bureau |
| March 12 2018 | Anjani Kumar, IPS assumes role of Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| March 11 2018 | V. V. Srinivasa Rao concludes his tenure as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| November 12 2017 | V. V. Srinivasa Rao, IPS takes charge as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| November 11 2017 | M. Mahender Reddy concludes his tenure as Hyderabad City Police Commissioner |
| August 2017 | Union Government announced a new cadre allocation policy for the All India Services, introducing a more flexible system where candidates can rank zones and cadre preferences. |
| July 31 2017 | T. Suneel Kumar IPS takes over as Bangalore City Police Commissioner, replacing Praveen Sood IPS. |
| January 1 2017 | Praveen Sood IPS begins his tenure as Bangalore City Police Commissioner. |
| April 11 2016 | Meeran C. Borwankar, IPS from Maharashtra takes charge as Director General |
| 2015 | A constable of the Delhi Police filed a lawsuit demanding fixed working hours, proper housing, and reasonable pay, bringing attention to the working conditions of police personnel. |
| June 2 2014 | M. Mahender Reddy, IPS begins his tenure as Commissioner of Hyderabad City Police |
| July 3 2013 | Rajan Gupta, IPS from Punjab assumes leadership of the Bureau of Police Research and Development |
| December 2012 | Delhi gang rape and murder incident revealed significant systemic weaknesses in law enforcement, intensifying calls for police system overhaul. |
| December 31 2012 | K. N. Sharma, IPS from Punjab concludes his tenure as Director General |
| October 2 2010 | Vikram Srivastava, IPS from Uttar Pradesh begins leadership of the Bureau |
| September 30 2010 | Prasun Mukherjee, IPS from West Bengal completes his term as Director General |
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