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Modi govt sends top IAS officer in HRD ministry back to parent cadre

School Education Secretary Rina Ray is believed to have been transferred after differences over policy issues with PMO.

Darbar Move from Srinagar to Jammu to take place as usual, but without Ladakh

The Srinagar secretariat will shut operations on 26 October and the winter secretariat in Jammu will begin functioning a week later on 4 November.

Anticipation & confusion among J&K’s IAS, IPS officers as they await AGMUT cadre merger

With the state set to be bifurcated into 2 UTs from 31 October, IAS, IPS officers meant to serve in J&K will now be recruited from the AGMUT cadre.

ED attaches Bhushan Steel’s assets worth Rs 4,000 crore in connection with money laundering case

The probe agency has attached the firm's land, building, plant and machinery located in Odisha under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Why former AMU vice-chancellor Zameer Uddin Shah wants Muslims to give up Ayodhya claim

Retired Lt Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah has drawn criticism for suggesting that Muslims should give up claim to Ayodhya site even if they win SC case. 

Govt pulls up ministries for not providing data to defend Sanskriti School’s IAS-IPS quota

Sanskriti School in Delhi was founded by a group of civil servants and reserves 60% of its seats for children of Group A government officers.

NITI Aayog wants 50 world-class stations on priority, group of secretaries to push project

In letter to Railway Board, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has sought a “paradigm shift” by bringing in private players to operate passenger trains.

Delhi HC grants 2 more months to CBI to complete probe in Rakesh Asthana bribery case

High Court passes order while disposing of plea by CBI seeking extension of time by 6 months to complete the probe in the case.

How to work like IAS officer — lessons taught to 8 lateral entrants recruited by Modi govt

In a 2-week training programme, the lateral entrants got a crash course on governance matters that will help them begin their journeys as joint secretaries.

Number of stunted children in India fell 30% in a decade, but it’s slow progress

According to Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016-18, number of stunted children below 5 years of age dropped to 3.87 crore from 5.55 crore in 2005-06.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

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.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘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?