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33 trainee IAS officers test Covid-19 positive
Hindustan Times. Dehradun | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON NOV 21, 2020 04:15 PM IST
In an order issued on Friday, Dehradun district magistrate Ashish Srivastava said six hostels will be under complete lockdown from Friday and all residents will have to remain indoors.
IAS, the steel-frame or birds of passage
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By TKA Nair
PUBLISHED ON OCT 27, 2020 01:16 PM IST
SPICE OF LIFE: A favourable combination of circumstances catapulted some of us to the top echelons of the civil services. For brief periods, some of us also came under the arc light as bit players in the saga of governance
Boycott channels that spread prejudice, hate
By Karan Thapar
UPDATED ON OCT 24, 2020 08:30 PM IST
All we have to do is stop watching such channels. This should not be difficult because many of us profess to dislike them. So if you really don’t approve, don’t switch them on. It’s as simple as that
Controversy around Sudarshan TV show ‘Bindas Bol’: All you need to know
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON SEP 24, 2020 04:21 PM IST
The petition against Sudarshan TV programme ‘Bindas Bol’ has been filed by a lawyer, Firoz Iqbal Khan, who submitted that it contained statements which were derogatory about the entry of Muslims into the civil services.
A personal chronicle of Swachh Bharat Mission | Opinion
By Parameswaran Iyer
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2020 08:28 PM IST
As I leave after four-and-a-half years of executing SBM, there are achievements, lessons, and future goals
ED grills Kerala CM’s former secretary in gold smuggling case
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By HT Correspondent| Edited by Sabir Hussain
UPDATED ON AUG 15, 2020 06:29 PM IST
M Sivasankar was suspended last month after his alleged links with Swapna Suresh, one of the main accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case surfaced.
Shah Faesal ends ‘political gig’, resigns from party
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2020 02:47 AM IST
The 37-year-old former bureaucrat on Sunday removed the party tag from his bio on social media, giving rise to speculation that he could rejoin the government or pursue other interests. Faesal formed the party in March 2019.
‘Will join Covid-19 fight only as volunteer’: Kannan Gopinathan who quit IAS 8 months ago
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By Ramesh Babu
UPDATED ON APR 10, 2020 01:02 PM IST
Kannan Gopinathan, who had quit the service eight months ago, said he doesn’t need IAS tag to do service.
Printing 1 lakh pages of case documents: A tall order for CBI officials
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2020 12:59 AM IST
Each of five bundles, prepared for CBI and four accused in the Sarangpur theme park case, stood tall at around 20,000 pages each.
Government charge-sheets Kannan Gopinathan for ‘service rules violations’
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2019 01:58 AM IST
According to reports, Gopinathan, for eight days, worked at relief camps in flood-ravaged Kerala in August-end last year.
Andhra Pradesh chief secretary transferred
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
UPDATED ON NOV 05, 2019 11:05 AM IST
The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday transferred chief secretary LV Subrahmanyam to what is considered an insignificant post, a development that came amidst internal squabbles in the administration.
Review: The Steel Frame by Deepak Gupta
Hindustan Times | By Sujoy Gupta
PUBLISHED ON OCT 25, 2019 07:48 PM IST
The Steel Frame is an addition to the extensive body of literature on the Indian Administrative Service
How the IAS has let India down
By NC Saxena
UPDATED ON SEP 19, 2019 06:02 PM IST
IAS officers resist change, are indifferent to the poor, and have not delivered on development goals
Quit due to Article 370 move, says IAS from Karnataka
Bengaluru | By Vikram Gopal
UPDATED ON SEP 08, 2019 07:36 AM IST
Senthil, a 2009 batch IAS officer who belongs to Tamil Nadu, said in the interview that he had always been a keen observer of politics.
Patna HC judge, who hit out at corruption in judiciary, taken off all cases
Hindustan Times, Patna | By Arun Kumar
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2019 03:17 PM IST
An 11-judge bench of the high court, headed by Chief Justice AP Shahi, also suspended Justice Rakesh Kumar’s order on the case on Thursday, saying the single judge bench had no jurisdiction to pass such an order on a case that had been closed.
Ajit Singh Chatha says every challenge offers an opportunity to move up
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Yojana Yadav
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2019 05:17 PM IST
Words of Wisdom: Chandigarh should’ve been the leader in town planning but other cities have overtaken us because we remained static. Our bylaws are outdated and need to be reviewed, says Ajit Singh Chatha, a former chief secretary of Punjab.
First-ever graft complaint against IAS officer before Odisha Lokayukta
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneshwar | By Debabrata Mohanty
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2019 05:21 PM IST
RTI activist Srikant Pakal alleged in his complaint before Odisha Lokayukta Ajit Singh on Monday that the officer was reimbursed Rs 9.46 lakh for medical bills in three phases towards the hospitalisation of his wife and father in violation of the existing norms.
Lateral entries in govt jobs bypass quota policy: Congress
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2019 12:09 AM IST
The government has argued that its intention was to hire talent from different spheres, including the private sector, to augment its own capacity.
Two IAS dismissed, nine IPS officers suspended on corruption charges in last 5 years
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 26, 2019 08:45 PM IST
After obtaining sanction of the central government, the state government or investigating agency files the charge-sheets to prosecute the accused IAS / IPS officer before the court of law, the minister said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
NEP panel flags concerns over autonomy
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Amandeep Shukla
PUBLISHED ON JUN 20, 2019 12:08 AM IST
The panel headed by K Kasturirangan, former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation, said governance and leadership of educational institutions (HEIs) are “deeply influenced and controlled by external bodies and individuals.”
Can IAS become an agent of change?
By Shailaja Chandra
PUBLISHED ON JUN 11, 2019 05:27 PM IST
For better roll-out of policies, administrative capacity at the state level needs to be fortified
Jagan overhauls CMO, reviews Naidu’s decisions on constructions works
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
UPDATED ON MAY 31, 2019 10:36 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh’s new chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy began overhauling the chief minister’s office and putting the brakes on controversial decisions of his predecessor N Chandrababu Naidu.
Words of Wisdom: Allow yourself to make mistakes but learn from them, be decisive
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Yojana Yadav
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 05:37 PM IST
STANDING TALL If principles and values are in place, you make ethically sound decisions and it is easy to administer, says Meenakshi Anand Chaudhary, Haryana’s first woman chief secy
After 33 yrs, PM is last word on prosecuting Centre’s public servants for corruption
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Neeraj Chauhan
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2019 11:50 AM IST
The current order supersedes an October 1986 policy on sanctions for prosecution that effectively decentralised the process and made the concerned ministries and departments the final arbiters.
30,000 paramilitary personnel seek non-functional upgrade in e-petition
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 12, 2019 11:43 PM IST
To compensate for slow promotions under NFFU, whenever an IAS officer gets empanelled for a particular appointment at the Centre, all other Organized Group A service officers are also upgraded to the same level two years from the date of empanelment on a non-functional level basis in terms of money and perks.
Can lateral entrants save the day?
By Yamini Aiyar
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2019 10:30 AM IST
A babu-mukt Bharat requires deep structural changes not mere lateral entrants.
Why lateral entries may not impact governance
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 18, 2019 01:40 AM IST
But if any political dispensation is really serious about improving the IAS, policymaking and governance, it has to go beyond the recruitment of lateral entrants
Nine private sector specialists selected as government joint secretaries
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON APR 12, 2019 10:22 PM IST
The lateral entry mode, which relates to the appointment of specialists from private sector in government organisations, is considered as an ambitious step of the Modi government to bring in fresh talent in bureaucracy.
J&K HC notice to state on highway ban
Hindustan Times, Jammu/Srinagar | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 08, 2019 11:39 PM IST
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Geeta Mital and Tashi Rabastan issued the notice and directed the government to come with alternate ways and other suggestions Tuesday.
Former IAS officer Shah Faesal to launch political party in J&K tomorrow
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | By Mir Ehsan
UPDATED ON MAR 16, 2019 06:55 PM IST
Shah Faesal, who had topped UPSC civil services exams in 2010, will launch his political party in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
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