Retired IAS officer Ram Varma's writing skills came in handy during the India-Pakistan war of 1965 when Haryana's Hisar needed a district public relations officer to mobilise public opinion.
Family bought 5 acres of 14-acre Panchkula land, owned originally by Raja Bhagwant Singh. Haryana chief secretary stopped registration of sales deeds, flagging legal discrepancies.
Officers write to state govt, citing service rules to say their seniority should be higher than that of 2 colleagues from same 1990 batch, who they say were transferred from other cadres.
FIR against Vijay Singh Dahiya was filed in April this year for allegedly taking bribes in his capacity as commissioner of Haryana skill department. His bail plea was dismissed in June.
Ashok Swami, who has a sweet shop in Charkhi Dadri and belongs to backward classes, is the father of Saurabh Swami, a 2015-batch IAS officer. His comments targeted Charkhi Dadri DC Preeti.
In a major administrative reshuffle, deputy commissioners of a few districts and some officers of the ranks of additional chief secretary and principal secretary have been transferred.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
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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