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TopicIAS Officer

Topic: IAS Officer

How Pooja Singhal, Jharkhand IAS officer under ED probe, held top posts despite past charges

ED has raided properties linked to Singhal in money laundering case. Serving & retired IAS officers claim she got clean chits in past due to her equation with all parties' leaders.

Why Modi govt’s proposal to amend AIS Rules makes officers shuttlecocks in steel frames

The Centre will be able to depute AIS officers at will, sidelining state authorities. But why should their discretion exist at all?

After going viral with radio silence on TV, this IAS officer has found his voice on YouTube

During the Hathras episode, a video went viral of a journalist accusing IAS officer Prem Prakash Meena of misbehaviour. Now, he is seeking image change with Youtube tutorials.

Probe ordered against UP IAS officer over conversion allegations after video goes viral 

Senior IAS officer Mohammad Iftikharuddin, chief of the state’s Road Transport Corporation, has been accused of promoting conversion during his days in Kanpur. 

Badminton is a ‘spiritual experience’ for this IAS officer. Now, he’s in Tokyo Paralympic semis

Suhas Yathiraj went from hobbyist to pro after attending a badminton tournament as chief guest in 2015, and is just two wins away from a gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha, who ordered cops to ‘break heads’ of farmers, transferred

Sinha was caught allegedly instructing policemen to break heads of protesting farmers last week in a viral video. He has been transferred to the Citizen Resources Information Department.

Himachal Pradesh has completed first dose vaccination. Others should emulate, avoid 3rd wave

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Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur to float political party ahead of 2022 UP assembly polls

Earlier this month, Thakur had announced that he will contest against CM Yogi Adityanath in UP polls. He was forced to retire in 'public interest' by the home ministry in March.

‘Increased persecution’ in UP: Editors Guild for action against IAS officer who thrashed journalist

Editors Guild has demanded strict action against the IAS officer and said concrete steps should be taken to improve the environment for independent journalism in UP.

With 6 FIRs in 12 months, how this ex-IAS officer has become a bane for the Yogi govt

Former IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh has been critical of the Yogi Adityanath government for over a year now. On Saturday, he was questioned for over 6 hours by Unnao Police.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?