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Govt to form panels of retired IAS officers to probe complaints against serving ones

Committees to conduct departmental inquiries into complaints of corruption, disproportionate assets & violation of service rules that PMO & other ministries get through different channels.

Two Karnataka women officers transferred after public spat over ‘private photos’, conduct

IPS Roopa Moudgil accused IAS Rohini Sindhuri of violating All India Services (Conduct) Rules by 'sending pictures' to 3 male colleagues. Sindhuri termed it 'vilification campaign'.

Bihar IG accuses senior of abusing him in Bihar, focus on Nitish & officers over meltdowns

Vikas Vaibhav tweets accusing DG Shobha Ohatkar of abusing him & gets show-cause notice. As CM expresses displeasure, focus in now on growing controversies of IAS, IPS officers.

BMI over 30? Premier civil services institute rolls out courses in yoga, aerobics for trainees

Under Fit Civil Services for Youthful India programme, trainee officers will undergo 15-week courses customised to their needs. Body Mass Index must be below 30 as per DoPT rule.

New book on IAS officer Gajendra Haldea, father of infra PPP who played table tennis with stars

The launch of a book about the late Gajendra Haldea saw an outpouring of love for both the man and his contributions to the country

Tina Dabi is an IAS celebrity. Jaisalmer media has turned into paparazzi

When IAS officer and Jaisalmer collector Tina Dabi changes her Instagram profile picture, or goes for a walk with her husband, or even wears a bindi, she becomes the news.

Khemka vs Verma: In Haryana IAS-IAS battle, FIRs, tweets & now a corruption charge

IAS officer Sanjeev Verma demands CBI probe after Prevention of Corruption Act slapped against him in case lodged by Ashok Khemka. Counter FIRs were lodged last year.

‘Archived again’: 55th transfer for Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, 4th stint in archives dept

Khemka's transfer came on heels of his letter to govt saying he didn't have enough work after merger of science & technology and higher education departments.

Darbar Move gone, more e-services launched – ‘scale of J&K administrative change is huge’

DARPG Secretary V. Srinivas tells ThePrint that the number of e-services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has gone up by almost 30 times, from 15 in 2019 to 446 now.

IAS training is getting an upgrade under Modi. Global experts, nationalism & corporate touch

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration has roped in experts from World Bank, IMF SARTTAC & revamped study module for IAS trainees to change bureaucratic system.

On Camera

Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.