In a major administrative reshuffle, the Himachal Pradesh government transferred 19 Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers, including ten deputy commissioners and six Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services officers (HPAS).
The anti-corruption branch of the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi registered a case against an IAS officer for allegedly "pressuring his subordinate officer to collect more money" from retail liquor vendors as seen in a purported video clip, a top police official sai
ED's fresh move in the case comes almost two-and-a-half months after it raided 25 locations in Rajasthan including the premises of a senior IAS officer, some engineers, contractors and former state government officials suspected to have links in the case.
The newly-formed Rajasthan government has transferred 72 Indian Administrative Service officers and 121 Rajasthan Administrative Service officers, in the first major administrative reshuffle in Rajasthan after the Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma-led BJP came to power in the state.
The Indian Civil and Administrative Services Officers' Association (ICSA) on Thursday praised the Supreme Court's January 3 judgment on the personal appearance of officials in court proceedings.
1991-batch IAS officer Sudhansh Pant was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan on Sunday. Along with his post, he will also hold the additional charge of Chairman Rajasthan Mines and Minerals.
"Consequent upon joining of Vijoy Kumar Singh, IAS (1990) to the Government of Punjab, he is hereby posted as Special Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, Punjab," an official statement of the Punjab government said.
Rajendran, a 1957-batch IAS officer and former chief secretary of Tamil Nadu, was appointed as Governor of Odisha in 1999 soon after the super cyclone. Before completing his term in 2004, he had worked with three chief ministers.
Congress leader Girish Chodankar questioned the silence of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Income Tax raids against a member of the Town and Country Planning Board along with an IAS officer posted in Goa.