Kiran Bedi

First female Indian Police Service Officer

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Kiran Bedi is an Indian social activist, former-tennis player and politician who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021. She remained in service for 35 years before taking voluntary retirement in 2007 as Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development.

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SGPC to go to court over Kiran Bedi’s Sikh remarks IndiaTimes - Published on June 16, 2022
'I am a devotee, comments misread': Kiran Bedi apologises after AAP slams her for 'anti-Sikh' remarks Kiran Bedi apologized for her remarks during a book launch event, which hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community, according to AAP. DNA - Published on June 15, 2022
World community should not have exited Afghanistan without a humanitarian security mission in place: Kiran Bedi Former Puducherry lieutenant governor (LG) Kiran Bedi has said that the world community should not have left Afghanistan without putting a humanitarian security mission in place. In a series of tweets,.. IndiaTimes - Published on August 31, 2021

Afghanistan a crying case for UN peacekeeping force for safety of women, children: Kiran Bedi Former Puducherry lieutenant governor (LG) Kiran Bedi has advocated a strong presence of the UN in trouble-torn Afghanistan which has been overrun by the Taliban, posing a grave threat to the safety,.. IndiaTimes - Published on August 23, 2021