Chandigarh, May 30 -- The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has approved the promotion of 15 Haryana Police Service (HPS) officers to the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre.

The HPS officer appointed to the IPS are Rajeev Deswal, Mukesh Kumar (select list 2020), Dharambir Singh, Baljinder Singh, Jaibir Singh (select list 2021), Dhyan Singh Poonia, Tahir Hussain and Rajesh Kumar (select list 2022), Ravinder Kumar (select list 2023), Narinder Singh, Vijay Singh, Siddharth Dhanda (select list 2024) Mamta Kharb, Karan Goel and Sandeep Kumar (select list 2025), according to a May 21 notification issued by MHA.

The appointments have been made in terms of Rule 9(1) of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954, read regulation 9 (1)...