Overview

• The President's Distinguished Service, President's Commendable Service and Union Home Minister's medals were conferred at a Raj Bhavan ceremony in Bengaluru.
• Siddaramaiah urged stronger measures to prevent atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and to make justice accessible to ordinary citizens.
• He flagged unsatisfactory performance of district civil-rights units (DCRE/DCRB) and called for policing to be judged by crimes prevented.
• Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot lauded the force's courage and discipline and pressed for greater use of technology to tackle cybercrime.
• Senior attendees included Home Minister G. Parameshwara and DG&IGP M. A. Saleem, with awardees such as ADGP R. Hitendra, K. V. Sharath Chandra and Bengaluru Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh.