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Heartburn in IPS as most DG-empanelled officers await posting while some juggle more than 1

IPS officers say it is ‘disheartening’ that ‘govt keeps granting post-retirement extensions to some, and others get additional charges, even as over a dozen await posting as DGs’.

RAW chief Goel could be longest-serving in decades, but Modi govt undecided on another extension

Samant Goel's tenure will end on 30 June unless he gets extension. Only a handful of RAW chiefs, such as founder R.N. Kao, have held the post for more than 3 years.

Govt order promoting IPS officer & junior IAS officers to same rank ‘unprecedented’, say bureaucrats

Modi government’s latest appointment orders, under which IAS, forest service, postal service officers of junior batches have superseded IPS ranks, shows its IAS bias, they added.

KCR govt allots ‘Rs 100 cr’ plot for 2nd TRS office in plush Hyderabad area, oppn says ‘robbery’

Plot situated on Road No. 12 of Banjara Hills’ NBT Nagar. TRS already has a swanky office, called the Telangana Bhavan, in the same area. Party has countered the opposition's criticism.

New EC chief Rajiv Kumar is ‘low-profile & accessible’, expert on finance, public policy & law

Rajiv Kumar, who retired as finance secretary in Feb 2020, has worked on key aspects of several flagship projects under PM Modi, and monitored work on banking & pension reforms.

In poll-bound Gujarat, it’s Patil over Patel as BJP state chief calls the shots, not ‘humble’ CM

BJP leaders say party state chief CR Patil has a say in political and govt decisions, while 'low-profile' CM Bhupendra Patel is good at listening to workers, helping with outreach.

Hemant Soren to fight out ‘office of profit’ charges, JMM says he’ll be CM even if disqualified

JMM gen secy Supriyo Bhattacharya says Soren will submit his response to Election Commission notice before deadline, and challenge any decision to disqualify him as MLA in HC.

How Pooja Singhal, Jharkhand IAS officer under ED probe, held top posts despite past charges

ED has raided properties linked to Singhal in money laundering case. Serving & retired IAS officers claim she got clean chits in past due to her equation with all parties' leaders.

Uttarakhand plans bulldozer drive after bypoll to get CM Dhami back into assembly

CM contesting Champawat seat, which goes to polls on 31 May. Officials in Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital & Haridwar district are preparing to launch drive after the voting. 

Uddhav govt to honour ‘unsung’ security guards with medal every year, hospital fire sowed idea

Maharashtra labour department launches scheme to identify security guards who go beyond call of duty to help people in extraordinary ways. They will be honoured with medals.

On Camera

Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?