Data shows that until October 2024, of the AIS officers working at Centre as secy, additional secy & joint secy, only 7 were from Maharashtra & 12 from UP—2 of the largest cadres of AIS.
Around 300 IAS, IPS & Indian Forest Service officers had paid Rs 25 lakh each for a 500-sq.yd plot in Amaravati during Naidu's previous term, before Jagan scrapped the capital project.
The argument that the govt wanted to induct lateral entrants to inject ‘new ideas’ does not cut much ice. Perhaps it was trying to push multiple agendas, but this has backfired.
The evaluation process was started in 2015 for empanelling All India Services & other Central Government Group A officers for the post of joint secretary, additional secretary & secretary.
Delhi HC, while upholding termination of a former OSD to Delhi assembly Speaker, said latter can't create a post or make appointments to a post in the secretariat.
Chief secy & DGP led officials to CM’s house to congratulate him on BJD’s civic polls win. But chief secy says visit, 1st after Covid, was to update Naveen Patnaik on projects.
With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
COMMENTS