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Topic: IAS Officer

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.

‘Don’t inflict further suffering’: Mamata sends 5-page letter to Modi on chief secy deputation

CM Mamata Banerjee asks for Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay’s central deputation order to be rescinded. He was granted 3-month extension by Union govt just a week ago.

How this IAS officer, a former Chicago risk analyst, is making Tirunelveli oxygen-smart

District Collector Vishnu Venugopal says Indian bureaucracy is like a ‘black box’, but can transform lives. Villagers have named a hamlet after him in gratitude for his work.

Not end of road for Modi’s trusted IAS officer who took VRS, he could play bigger role in govt

Arvind Kumar Sharma, a Gujarat cadre IAS officer, had joined Modi CMO in 2001, before moving with him to the PMO in 2014, where he served in key positions.

Ex-Karnataka IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil, who quit service in 2019, joins TN Congress today

Since his resignation last year, former IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil has participated in many anti-government protests, including those against NRC-CAA.

CM Amarinder transfers Punjab IAS officer who accused minister of scam, draws flak

Kirpa Shankar Saroj, whose report indicted minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, has been sent from social welfare to the animal husbandry and fisheries department.

Delhi HC directs Google, Facebook, Twitter to remove posts defaming IAS officer

The court also issued summons to the woman behind the posts, Google, Facebook and Twitter and listed the matter for further hearing on 31 August.

IAS officer, accused in Rs 4,000-crore IMA ponzi scam, found dead in Bengaluru home

B M Vijay Shankar, a former deputy commissioner of Bengaluru urban district, was accused of allegedly accepting a bribe to hush up the IMA ponzi scheme.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.