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In surprise order, Mamata makes ex-top cop Rajeev Kumar IT secretary — an IAS-cadre post

Principal secretary for IT is a post 'reserved' for IAS cadre, say senior officials. Move comes amid probe against Rajeev Kumar in Saradha scam.

Kashmir panchayat elections for 12,565 vacant seats get Modi govt approval

Out of Kashmir’s 20,093 panch and sarpanch seats, a massive 12,565 are vacant. Panchayat elections will now be held in Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh.

Piyush Goyal, Railway Board to go all out to convince angry officers about service merger

Railway Board chief Vinod Kumar Yadav addresses over 4,000 worried officers across India via video conference to allay concerns regarding the merger of services.

And then they came for me — IAS, IPS officers share fears under Modi govt in WhatsApp groups

Several IAS, IPS and IRS officers tell ThePrint there is a palpable sense of vulnerability, insecurity and concern among officers. 

Arbitrary, betrayal — officers outrage over Modi govt move to merge railway services

Modi govt has decided to combine all 8 railway services into a single Indian Railways Management Service, leading to an uproar from 3 of the services.

Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka claim top slots in first governance index of Modi 2.0

Yet to be announced, Good Governance Index is meant to gauge performance of states on parameters such as health, education, infrastructure & economic growth.

Cabinet approves Railways reform — okays single cadre to pave way for major overhaul

Subject experts from outside government service can now be taken on board as Independent members of Railways Board, says minister Piyush Goyal. 

Karnataka govt orders magisterial inquiry into Mangaluru violence during CAA protests

The Karnataka govt asked for a report in three months after it noted that around 1,500 protesters became violent, hurled stones at police and tried to throw burning tyres inside a station.

Cabinet approves funds of over Rs 8,500 crore for updating National Population Register

The National Population Register (NPR) exercise is set to commence from April next year. The NPR is a list of 'usual residents' of the country.

Lok Sabha Speaker refers IBC amendment bill to standing committee chaired by Jayant Sinha

The IBC amendment bill seeks to protect bidders of insolvent companies from any risk of criminal proceedings for offences committed by previous promoters.

On Camera

DMK ‘rising son’ Udhayanidhi Stalin should brace for challenges. Power isn’t a birthright

In the Indian political setup, the BJP and the communist parties are probably the only ones who have been able to circumvent the hereditary leadership tag.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

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’.

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?