CM Revanth Reddy did not acknowledge the gesture. Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao has now issued a memo to service members to desist from any act ‘unbecoming of a Member of the Service’.
The 2001-batch officer has been posted as member secretary of Telangana Finance Commission—a loop-line posting she was previously assigned after Revanth Reddy govt took charge in 2023.
Pardeshi was also Fadnavis’s right-hand man during his previous stint as CM. He is now the new chief economic adviser to Maharashtra CM—a position created especially for him.
Modi govt has been handpicking ex-IAS officers to helm & anchor key policy & administration. This trend started in the first term of the govt but has become more prominent over 11 yrs.
While many have criticised IAS Shailbala Martin, an additional secretary in MP government, Congress and others have supported her for highlighting the issue of noise pollution.
Officers in govt who have worked with incoming home secretary Govind Mohan say 1989 batch IAS officer ‘knows how to get things done’ and ‘prefers clean desk with no pending files’.
With Khedkar having managed to allegedly fake her identity & documents to get through civil service exams, a look at the verification procedures in place, loopholes and possible solutions.
Khedkar faces accusations of using fraudulent means to clear her civil services exam, including allegedly misrepresenting herself under physical disabilities and OBC categories.
In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.
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.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
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.
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