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Topic: IAS officers

At least 8 Haryana IAS have skirted legal troubles in last 3 yrs, after govt refused prosecution nod

From Vijay Dahiya and Jaivir Singh Arya, who spent weeks in jail only to be discharged, to Ashok Khemka and the officers linked to the Faridabad Municipal Corporation scam, here’s the state’s Section 17-A record.

Haryana’s Rs 645-crore IDFC bank fraud probe reaches the IAS, 8 officers in CBI crosshairs

The Haryana govt has granted Section 17-A sanction for five IAS officers to be interrogated by CBI, while a fresh application has been moved for three more.

For love & Lutyens: Haryana, the dream posting for India’s civil service power couples after marriage

Among latest is IPS Aditi Singh, who served as SP in Himachal's Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau. Her cadre was transferred to Haryana on grounds of her marriage to IAS Vivek Arya.

Where are the UPSC toppers of the last 20 years in their careers today?

Topping the UPSC civil services exam turns candidates into overnight celebrities. A look at the careers of 20 IAS officers who secured AIR-1.

How IAS-IPS officers turned PESA, FRA, TRIFED into tools against Naxalism

There are many unsung heroes of India's anti-Naxal victory. Home Ministry's SAMADHAN framework gained acceptance because of their efforts.

The towel in sarkari offices. Why Indian govt officers can’t do without them

The Uttar Pradesh secretariat in Lucknow reportedly replaces around 1,000 towels twice a week on Monday and Thursday.

Transfers of IAS-IPS officers in poll-bound states shows ECI’s highhandedness

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Big heads roll after IDFC First bank ‘scam’ in Haryana: Saini govt suspends two senior IAS officers

Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi issued the order suspending Pradeep Kumar of the 2011 batch and Ram Kumar Singh of the 2012 batch.

120 ‘premature’ transfers in a year: How Haryana shredded Supreme Court’s tenure rules for IAS officers

The Civil Services Board’s annual report to the Centre exposes systematic violation of the two-year minimum posting norm, with officers shifted in weeks.

Madhya Pradesh IAS officers deny using AI-generated images to win National Water Award amid row

Khandwa District Collector Rishav Gupta and District Panchayat CEO Dr Nagarjun B. Gowda have dismissed the row as fake and generated by confusion over portal.

On Camera

An Army captain proposed. The morality police reported for duty

India's adoration of the armed forces has a curious strain of moral puritanism that elevates military personnel into national icons and then resents them for behaving like ordinary people.

Govt fixes ATF sale price at Rs 115 litre under new price stabilisation scheme to shield airlines

Carriers joining the fuel stabilisation scheme will buy ATF at predetermined rates backed by a Rs 10,000-crore fund approved by Union Cabinet, says civil aviation ministry.

Chinese missile may have downed US F-15E in Iran. NBC News report points to growing Beijing-Tehran ties

China, according to the NBC News report, also likely provided Iran with an early warning radar system during the early days of war in West Asia.

2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity

An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.