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Topic: IAS officers

Ahead of 8th Pay Commission, IAS officers elect new body with MeitY secretary at the helm

The newly elected executive committee members include Sriram Taranikanti and A. Anbarasu as vice-presidents and Kunal as secretary and Aditi Singh as treasurer.

With 4 IAS spokespersons & new public redressal system, Stalin govt expands outreach ahead of 2026 polls

Chennai: Ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, the DMK-led Tamil Nadu Government has appointed four senior IAS officers—P. Amudha, J. Radhakrishnan, Gagandeep Singh Bedi...

Idli, dosa & governance: Telangana IAS officers are getting insights from chief secy Rao, over breakfast

Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao has made it a point to meet his junior officers informally once a week to build rapport, mentor them & draw on their potential and views.

Journey of excavator Amarnath Ramakrishna who led Keezhadi dig & has seen 12 transfers in 21 yrs

His discovery of an ancient Tamil civilisation at Keezhadi has not only made headlines, but sparked political storms over the years.

3 yrs after counter-FIR, Haryana cops move to close case against former IAS Ashok Khemka

FIR was lodged by IAS officer Sanjeev Verma in April 2022 against Ashok Khemka when they were locked in tussle. Similar outcome is anticipated for the FIR against Verma.

Behind the scenes of Gujarat’s Air India crash response—4 IAS officers, 36 DNA experts & 230 teams

Gujarat government has mobilised nearly the entire state machinery in response to the 12 June AI 171 crash that left 242 people onboard the aircraft—except one—dead.

DoPT launches inquiry into ‘reservation misuse’ by 15 civil service officers across 8 states, ministries

Dept of Personnel & Training has selected 11 IAS officers, 2 IPS, 1 IRS & 1 IFS for verification. Inquiry ordered following multiple complaints by RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar.

Karnataka BJP MLC booked for ‘Pakistan’ remark on Muslim DM, state IAS association demands apology

N. Ravikumar had said at a public event in Kalaburagi that the district’s deputy commissioner Fouzia Taranum ‘may have come from Pakistan’.

Words that help us belong—how grassroots libraries are shaping lives, from Assam to Karnataka

Often funded by community efforts or meagre govt funds, these spaces are breaking caste and gender barriers, empowering first-generation learners and preserving indigenous knowledge.

Ashok Khemka, whistleblower IAS officer transferred 57 times in 33 yrs, retires from service

Khemka, who spoke up against corruption, was shuffled through so many postings during his career that he averaged one transfer every 7 months. His career has been marked by controversies.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.