Shah Faesal Resigns

The government has accepted IAS officer Shah Faesal's application for withdrawing his resignation and reinstated him in service and his next posting would be announced soon, Home Ministry officials said on Thursday.

Jammu and Kashmir's bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal quit politics today, resigning from the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement, the party he founded last year after quitting the civil services. In a statement today, the party said, "Dr Shah Faesal had informed State Executive Members that he is not in a position to continue with political...

Shah Faesal, the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) topper who quit the civil services earlier this month, has appealed for "small donations" for what he calls a "people's movement for change". The 35-year-old, who in 2009 became the first Kashmiri to top the IAS, resigned on January 9 saying Muslims had been reduced to second-class citizens.

National Conference chief Omar Abdullah has sent feelers to former IAS officer Shah Faesal saying he was "free to choose" to join his party. Shah Faesal, who resigned from the administrative services in protest against the centre's policies on Kashmir, sparked controversy by saying that little had been done to solve the problems of the state.

Kashmiri IAS topper Shah Faesal today termed his resignation from the civil services as a "small act of defiance" aimed at reminding the central government of its responsibility towards the state. "I will always be a proud former member of the service, but the right to life of the Kashmiri youth should be respected. I am doing this to protest the d...

Shah Faesal, the IAS topper who quit the services yesterday protesting killings in Kashmir, today put out another Facebook post in which he said what he does next depends on what the people of Kashmir want.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today launched a scathing attack on the BJP government over IAS officer Shah Faesal's resignation. The Kashmiri IAS topper of 2010 had resigned on Wednesday saying he was quitting to protest against "unabated killings" in Kashmir and the "marginalization of Indian Muslims".

Shah Faesal, a Kashmiri IAS officer who topped the 2010 exam, has quit the civil services and is likely to join politics. Announcing his decision in a Facebook post, he said he was quitting to protest against "unabated killings" in Kashmir and the "marginalization of Indian Muslims".

Celebrated IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir Shah Faesal, who heads the education department in the Valley, Friday lashed out at the "national media" for making him part of its "sadistic propaganda" and drawing his comparison with killed Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist commander Burhan Wani.

The government has accepted IAS officer Shah Faesal's application for withdrawing his resignation and reinstated him in service and his next posting would be announced soon, Home Ministry officials said on Thursday.

Jammu and Kashmir's bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal quit politics today, resigning from the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement, the party he founded last year after quitting the civil services. In a statement today, the party said, "Dr Shah Faesal had informed State Executive Members that he is not in a position to continue with political...

Shah Faesal, the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) topper who quit the civil services earlier this month, has appealed for "small donations" for what he calls a "people's movement for change". The 35-year-old, who in 2009 became the first Kashmiri to top the IAS, resigned on January 9 saying Muslims had been reduced to second-class citizens.

National Conference chief Omar Abdullah has sent feelers to former IAS officer Shah Faesal saying he was "free to choose" to join his party. Shah Faesal, who resigned from the administrative services in protest against the centre's policies on Kashmir, sparked controversy by saying that little had been done to solve the problems of the state.

Kashmiri IAS topper Shah Faesal today termed his resignation from the civil services as a "small act of defiance" aimed at reminding the central government of its responsibility towards the state. "I will always be a proud former member of the service, but the right to life of the Kashmiri youth should be respected. I am doing this to protest the d...

Shah Faesal, the IAS topper who quit the services yesterday protesting killings in Kashmir, today put out another Facebook post in which he said what he does next depends on what the people of Kashmir want.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today launched a scathing attack on the BJP government over IAS officer Shah Faesal's resignation. The Kashmiri IAS topper of 2010 had resigned on Wednesday saying he was quitting to protest against "unabated killings" in Kashmir and the "marginalization of Indian Muslims".

Shah Faesal, a Kashmiri IAS officer who topped the 2010 exam, has quit the civil services and is likely to join politics. Announcing his decision in a Facebook post, he said he was quitting to protest against "unabated killings" in Kashmir and the "marginalization of Indian Muslims".

Celebrated IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir Shah Faesal, who heads the education department in the Valley, Friday lashed out at the "national media" for making him part of its "sadistic propaganda" and drawing his comparison with killed Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist commander Burhan Wani.