While Centre can't unilaterally initiate disciplinary proceedings against an IAS officer posted with a state govt, it has instead used NDMA under which anyone can be tried for non-compliance of orders.
Stating that the future of Lakshadweep is a matter of concern, Pinarayi Vijayan said any attempt to undermine its unique culture and indigenous lifestyle is unacceptable.
According to experts, matter could end up in CAT, which aggrieved officer Alapan Bandyopadhyay can move, or another court if Centre initiates disciplinary proceedings.
Bandyopadhyay, who was scheduled to retire 31 May, was given a three-month extension until 30 August this month. He was suddenly deputed to Delhi in an unprecedented move Friday.
Additional Secretary to Health ministry Manohar Agnani said vaccination carried out in star hotels is contrary to the guidelines and must be stopped immediately.
Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights also launched a helpline Thursday to address concerns of children whose parents are hospitalised due to Covid or succumbed to the virus.
The Centre recalled West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay after he and CM Mamata Banerjee did not attend a review meeting on Cyclone Yaas with PM Modi Friday.
The new notification empowers the collectors of 13 districts — and the home secretaries in Punjab & Haryana — to accept, verify and ultimately grant religion-based citizenship.
At the heart of WhatsApp's petition against the Modi govt's new IT rules is the right to privacy, and this case could prove to be an important test of its application in India.
IT Minister says rule doesn’t violate privacy, will only be used as last resort in some cases. But Congress’ Jairam says recommendations were only for child porn cases.
My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.
Latest Annual Survey of Industries 2022-23 shows large segments of India’s manufacturing workforce are employed in low-productivity work, value added per worker has contracted.
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.
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?
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