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Sunil Arora, Who Will Oversee National Polls, Takes Charge As CEC

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday December 2, 2018

Sunil Arora, who was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind, has taken charge today. He succeeds OP Rawat, who demitted office on Saturday. The Election Commission will hold the 2019 general election under him. Moreover, Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Aru...

Ranbir Singh Appointed Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 27, 2018

Bureaucrat Ranbir Singh has been appointed as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi, officials said today. Mr Singh, a 1991-batch IAS officer, succeeds Vijay Kumar Dev.

Former IAS Officer Joins BJP In Amit Shah's Presence

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Tuesday November 27, 2018

Aparajita Sarangi, a former IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, joined the BJP on Tuesday in the capital. BJP chief Amit Shah inducted her into the party at his residence, in the presence of senior leaders and union minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Party chief of the Odisha unit, Basant Panda and state in-charge Arun Singh were also present on the occasio...

Biggest Challenge To Restore Public Faith: Mizoram's Poll Panel Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 26, 2018

Mizoram's new chief electoral officer has said the "biggest challenge" for him has been to restore public faith in the election process after intense protests by civil society and political groups against his predecessor. Ashish Kundra, who took charge as the new CEO after S B Shashank was removed amid protests over allowing Bru voters lodged in Tr...

Vijay Kumar Dev To Succeed Anshu Prakash As Delhi Chief Secretary

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 23, 2018

Senior IAS officer Vijay Kumar Dev has been appointed the next Chief Secretary (CS) of Delhi, succeeding Anshu Prakash.

Maharashtra IAS Officer Transferred Again, 12th In 13 Years

Mumbai News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 23, 2018

A no-nonsense but popular Maharashtra bureaucrat Tukaram H. Mundhe was transferred for the 12th time in his 13 years as an Indian Administrative Service officer on Thursday.

Delhi's Top Electoral Officer Likely To Be Appointed Chief Secretary

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 22, 2018

Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev is likely to be appointed the chief secretary, sources said on Thursday. A formal order of the appointment of Mr Dev, a 1987-batch IAS officer, is expected anytime soon, they said.

Aadhaar Body Head AB Pandey To Replace Hasmukh Adhia As Revenue Secretary

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

Senior Gujarat-cadre IAS officer G C Murmu was Saturday named as the Secretary, Department of Expenditure, as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.

After Protests, Poll Body Removes Mizoram Chief Electoral Officer

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 15, 2018

The Election Commission (EC) today removed S B Shashank as chief electoral officer of poll-bound Mizoram and appointed IAS officer Ashish Kundra. The order came after some civil society groups in Mizoram demanded Shashank's ouster over a row on allowing Bru voters lodged in Tripura relief camps to exercise their franchise from there.

On Appointment Of Officer On Special Duty To Kiran Bedi, Notice To Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 11, 2018

The Madras High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and Union territory of Puducherry on a public interest litigation (PIL), challenging the appointment of IAS officer G Theva Neethi Dhas as OSD to Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi.

Founder Of Shankar IAS Academy Found Dead In Chennai Home. He Was 45

Chennai News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Friday October 12, 2018

Shankaran Devarajan used to run Shankar IAS Academy.

2 Cops Retired, 3 Get Salary Cuts Over Delay In IAS Aspirant's Rape Case

Bhopal News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 9, 2018

Two policemen were compulsorily retired and three officers penalised with salary cuts after an inquiry found them guilty of delaying the registration of FIR in a 2017 case of rape of an IAS aspirant, a senior official said Tuesday.

Develop Connect With People: PM Modi Tells IAS Officers

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 27, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday encouraged a group of newly-recruited IAS officers to develop a connect with the people around them in course of their duties.

India's First Woman IAS Officer After Independence Dies At 91

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 18, 2018

India's first woman IAS officer post-Independence, Anna Rajam Malhotra, died at her residence in suburban Andheri in Mumbai yesterday, her family sources said

Maharashtra Bureaucrat Fractures Ribs After Fall In Washroom, In ICU

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 18, 2018

Maharashtra's Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sunil Porwal has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai after he suffered injuries to his ribs and lungs due to a fall in a washroom, doctors attending him said today.