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Topic: IAS officers

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.

AP-Telangana IAS, IPS cadre dilemma: ‘We’re ping-pong balls,’ officers say, as CAT reverses Centre order

10 yrs after bifurcation, some officers continue to struggle for 'rightful cadre'. In October 2024, 8 IAS officers were asked by Centre to repatriate to the other side.

Tharoor’s new vision for Congress—speak to the future instead of dwelling on the past

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

IAS officers must not fear demands of digital age

Public institutions that remained largely insulated from day-to-day political currents now find themselves navigating an environment where policy debates happen in real time.

Why new chief secretary’s appointment may delay resolution of Haryana IAS seniority dispute

Anurag Rastogi’s appointment is in supersession of 2 officers of his batch placed above him in the cadre seniority list. The officers' seniority was disputed last yr by Rastogi & 2 others.

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘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.