The transfers of IAS and IPS officers in districts where BJP lost in the Lok Sabha elections has led to allegations of 'political vendetta' by the Opposition.
3 top posts — cabinet secretary, home secretary & foreign secretary — will fall vacant in next 4-6 months when extensions given to these officers ends. ED could get new director.
Reshuffle of 15 IAS officers comes a week after 18 IAS officers were transferred by Yadav govt & seems to be result of the CM picking a pro-industries bureaucrat as his principal secretary.
Churu Collector Siddharth Sihag has been posted as secretary to CM Bhajanlal Sharma and Kekri Collector V M Sharma has been made commissioner, Midday Meal.
Reinstated after getting bail, Vijay Singh Dahiya is now commissioner of Karnal division, while Jaibir Arya is special secretary of finance department.
Special Secretary in Health Ministry Sanjeeva Kumar was transferred. He has now been appointed as the secretary, Department of Border Management in MHA.
On 12 September 1947, deputy PM Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the nation 'with a heavy heart and in obedience to the call of duty' to call for an end to the communal violence and unspeakable brutalities.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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