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Topic: IAS Officer

Yogi’s ‘blue-eyed boy’: Sikkim cadre IAS Aunjaneya Singh’s spent 10 yrs in UP, now on his 7th extension

Aunjaneya Kumar Singh allegedly had a vendetta against SP leader Azam Khan, acted against him in a hate speech case that ultimately finished his political career.

IAS officer who pulled off ‘green elections’ as observer urges EC to replicate model across India

New Delhi: If the government is promoting environment-friendly practices across various sectors, shouldn’t green elections also be the norm in India? That’s the recommendation...

Shahjahanpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate forced to do ‘uthak-baithak’ by lawyers? Here’s the real story

Lucknow: It wasn't exactly a warm welcome for IAS officer Rinku Singh Rahi on his first day as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Shahjahanpur district....

‘Corruption follows those in power like shadow’—HC rejects IAS officer’s anticipatory bail in bribery case

Orissa HC says unhindered & unimpeded probe required, agreeing with CBI that IAS Bishnupada Sethi's anticipatory bail will make his interrogation 'a fruitless exercise'.

Puneet Kumar Goel appointed Manipur chief secretary, 4th since ethnic conflict erupted in May 2023

New Delhi: The Centre has named Puneet Kumar Goel, a 1991 batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, as the new chief secretary of Manipur, replacing Prashant...

Transfer raj in MP? 4th big IAS shake-up in 2 yrs under Mohan Yadav keeps civil servants on toes

Addl chief secy Rajesh Rajora replaced by 1993-batch IAS officer Neeraj Mandloi. Latest rejig, involving 10 IAS officers, had been under consideration for a month, it is learnt.

The phone call that changed everything. IAS officer recalls midnight imposition of Emergency in 1975

Serving as ADM in Delhi during that time, Prodipto Ghosh recounts how detention orders were issued under MISA during the Emergency.

Odisha IAS Dhiman Chakma caught ‘red-handed’ taking Rs 10L bribe in 1st posting. Rs 47L seized in raid

Chakma was serving as Dharamgarh bloc sub-collector. Acting on a complaint from a local businessman, a vigilance team laid a trap Sunday & arrested Chakma from his residential quarters.

Facing a shortage, Modi govt tweaks empanelment criteria to attract more IAS officers to Centre

As of 2023, only 442 IAS officers were working with Centre against required strength of 1,469. The latest policy applies to IAS officers from batches 2010 and after.

Ex-IAS officer Abhishek Singh’s journey from UP secretariat to Cannes. Next stop: Jaunpur politics

Singh has had a controversial career, once barred from poll duty over a social media post & later suspended for absenteeism without intimation, before he resigned to join world of cinema.

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A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.