Action came after names of these officials surfaced during interrogation of Patna-based ‘middleman’ in a money laundering probe against suspended IAS officer Sanjeev Hans.
Data shows that until October 2024, of the AIS officers working at Centre as secy, additional secy & joint secy, only 7 were from Maharashtra & 12 from UP—2 of the largest cadres of AIS.
At least one of them plans to challenge order in Central Administrative Tribunal. Latest move comes months after 5 Telangana IAS officers were repatriated, decade after bifurcation.
The IAS Officers’ Wives Association in UP is no longer headed by just the wife of an IAS officer. In July 2024, Rashmi Singh became the first IAS officer to be its president.
In the latest case, BDPO Vivek Kumar and 4 more officials were suspended Thursday on the orders of Haryana's Minister of Development and Panchayats Krishan Lal Panwar.
In previous TDP rule, Vijayanand was instrumental in development of electronics manufacturing clusters. He brought in electronics, data centre policies, luring in some big firms to AP.
In its first prosecution complaint after Hans's arrest in October, ED says the firm that won the contract to supply smart meters in Bihar in 2022-2023 routed Rs 60 crore bribes to him.
Yerra Srilakshmi, state's 2nd-most senior IAS officer, is among those benched. They're being treated like 'pariahs' by colleagues which is 'more painful', one officer says.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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