Dehradun, Dec. 30 -- Ahead of the New Year, the Uttarakhand government has approved the promotion of nine IPS officers at a meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC).

According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), senior IPS officer of the 1996 batch, Abhinav Kumar, will be promoted to the rank of Director General. He is currently serving as Additional Director General (Security and Intelligence) in the state. In addition, the DPC has approved the promotion of eight other IPS officers.

Earlier in the day, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami approved the sanction of around Rs 51 crore for multiple development works across the state.

According to an official release, these include the construction of an industrial...