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New Delhi : Senior IAS officer Praveen Prakash (IAS: 1994: AP) has sought voluntary retirement (VRS) from the Indian Administrative Service effective from 30.09.2024 which the Andhra Pradesh government has given its nod.Praveen Prakash, once one of the most powerful civil servants in Andhra Pradesh, is a forward-looking man and a proactive civil servant who…

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Patna : A redux of Odisha in Bihar when Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar’s advisor Manish Verma (Retd IAS: 2000: BH) formally joined the JD(U) on Tuesday.Verma had taken voluntary retirement (VRS) in 2018, on the advice of Nitish Kumar and has since been working as a close aide of the…

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By northsouthblock.news Four 2008 batch IAS officers of Karnataka have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary and equivalent posts in the Government of India. They are: Khushboo G Chowdhary, Dipti Aditya Kanade, Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh and Deepa Cholan.

By northsouthblock.news Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora is likely to move as DG CISF in July. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Name of Special DG BSF Yogesh Khurania who is 1990 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre is also in circulation for the post.

Ahead of a major Secretary-level reshuffle expected within a fortnight the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Monday empanelled two IAS officers belonging to Haryana and Punjab cadre for holding Secretary-equivalent level post in the Government of India. The list of officers empanelled goes as follows: T.V.S.N. Prasad (IAS: 1988: HY)Anurag Agarwal (IAS: 1990: PB).Currently…

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Gujarat High Court has dismissed the petition of Hitesh Kumar Makwana (IAS: 1995: TN) seeking cadre change from Tamil Nadu to his native state Gujarat. The HC observed that changing cadre at the end of career would create a cascading effect on other appointments within the cadre.Makwana has been fighting this legal battle since 1996,…

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The Home Ministry has initiated disciplinary action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and a Deputy Commissioner of Police for allegedly defaming the office of the Governor of West Bengal by spreading rumors. A central government official said that the Home Ministry has initiated this action after West Bengal Governor C.V. Anand Bose submitted a…

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