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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
TopicIAS officers

Topic: IAS officers

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.

For Andhra Pradesh’s all-season IAS Praveen Prakash, Naidu-Jagan rivalry cost him his career

Prakash took VRS in 2024 after he found himself without a posting in Naidu govt. He says he was also denied central deputation, reflecting on politicisation of Indian bureaucracy.

Mann govt in Punjab locked in ‘cold wars’ with IAS officers. The ‘punishment’—no posting for months

Since the formation of AAP govt in 2022, several senior officers have often been kept without postings for months, for reasons which have never been clearly spelt out.

Praise from citizens, brickbats from politicians: ‘Upright’ IAS Tukaram Mundhe & his many transfers

Mundhe had faced 23 transfers in 20 years, but his Nagpur posting remains the most contentious, still causing headaches for the IAS officer five years later.

HC asks Telangana to explain why IPS officers hold IAS posts. Case could stir up the services’ net

Decision on the petition could have far-reaching consequences on a practice that isn’t uncommon across the country, and has been a flashpoint between IAS and IPS officers.

Mayawati’s praise for another ‘bhatija’ at BSP rally & LDF-UDF spar over ice cream ad in Kerala

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After 37 yrs in IAS, I can say UPSC exam isn’t the villain. Postings & incentives are

We select individuals capable of becoming Formula One drivers. Then we give them rickety Maruti 800s on potholed roads and expect championship lap times.

UP IAS reshuffle: Health, tourism principal secretaries shunted as ministers have their way

IAS officer Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma was moved from health to basic & Madhyamik education dept. Mukesh Kumar Meshram was shifted from tourism to animal husbandry, dairy & fisheries.

Handle civil servants with care. ‘Once they start squealing, they can be quite impactful’

‘I think it’s a very important duty of any civil servant to see if something is conducive to the national interest, or is it only serving the political interest,' said Subhash Chandra Garg.


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Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.