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J&K arms licence scam: HC expresses anguish over ‘tainted’ IAS officer heading dept
The division bench remarked to Additional Advocate General (AAG) Raman Sharma appearing for GAD that the said IAS officer should be removed immediately as his name figured in the CBI chargesheet
Published on Mar 25, 2025 10:49 PM IST
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu
Circular warns govt officials of action for missing calls of Delhi MLAs
The circular said that non-compliance with protocols of engagement with MLAs will affect their annual appraisal
Published on Mar 22, 2025 05:28 AM IST
Alok KN Mishra, New Delhi
The impact of frequent alliance swaps on the bureaucracy in Bihar
When the political scenario keeps changing, as it has in Bihar, what does this mean for the officers of the state?
Updated on Feb 03, 2024 10:29 AM IST
Manoj Saunik is state’s new chief secretary
In the race for the top post along with Saunik was his batch mate and wife Sujata Saunik, which was reported by HT in a story titled, ‘Saunik vs Saunik: Who will be the next chief secretary of the state?’ on March 24. Sujata Saunik is ACS, general administration department. The third contender for the post was Nitin Kareer, additional chief secretary (revenue).
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 12:02 AM IST
Second phase of Bihar caste census to begin today
The second phase of the caste survey in Bihar will begin on Saturday and will cover 29.2 million families, according to officials in the state’s general administration department.
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 12:14 AM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Not aware of any boycott call by teachers, caste survey to begin as per schedule: Officials
Several schoolteachers’ unions have given a call for boycotting the caste survey work in protest against the new rules rolled out by the state government for teacher recruitment a few days back.
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 10:02 PM IST
TG writes to CM for mentioning them as ‘caste’, instead of gender for caste survey
Reshma Prasad, founder secretary of Dostana Safar, which espouses the concerns of members from the third gender community, in her letter to the CM, requested him to issue orders to mention TG as a gender; remove its reference as a caste, and to allow them to specify their caste at birth, along with their TG identity, during the survey.
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 10:42 PM IST
Twin suicides at Mantralaya trigger crowd-thinning measures
On an average, 15,000 visitors come to Matralaya on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays because the cabinet is held on Tuesdays and all ministers are present there in the first half of the week. For the rest of the week, the number of visitors thins down to about 10,000 per day, say state secretariat officials.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:15 AM IST
Nine policemen suspended as former Tripura minister continues to evade arrest
Officials familiar with the development said the remaining four policemen who have been suspended include three personal guards of Badal Choudhury and an assistant sub-inspector.
Updated on Oct 20, 2019 06:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman
Ex-official under lens for buying Harley Davidson with Srijan loan
The official, Kumar Anuj, currently posted as senior deputy collector in Buxar, was previously posted as SDO (Sadar) in Bhagalpur, where the Srijan scam took place
Updated on May 25, 2019 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhagalpur | Avijit Biswas
AP minister likely to quit after 6-month limit to get elected ends May 10
Sravan Kumar who was inducted into the state cabinet on November 11 could not become either an MLC or an MLA because of the announcement of election schedule in March.
Updated on May 08, 2019 07:40 PM IST
Government seeks EC nod for judicial probe into Dantewada Maoist attack
The letter written on April 10, a day after the attack, stated that Mandavi and four police personnel were killed when Maoists, who had laid an ambush, blew up their bullet proof vehicle with an IED near Shyamgiri village.
Updated on Apr 14, 2019 09:34 PM IST
Raipur | Press Trust of India
Ministers to learn lessons on official rules and procedures
State government in Madhya Pradesh has constituted a Good governance consultative council with a view to get advice from it on several aspects of good governance. The first task assigned to the council is to help ministers particularly those who have become ministers first time, learn lessons on official rules and procedure
Andhra Pradesh hires two trains for ₹1.12 cr for Chandrababu Naidu’s Delhi protest against Centre
The General Administration Department has released ₹1.12 crore to hire the trains with 20 compartments each from the South Central Railway.
Updated on Feb 09, 2019 01:22 PM IST
Amravati | Indo Asian News Service
Bihar bans mobile phones at high-level meetings to ‘avoid distractions’
The move follows similar decisions by the Union cabinet and the Karnataka government
Updated on Oct 04, 2018 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Vijay Swaroop
Odisha govt to ‘disengage’ 50,000 retired employees
A government source said a decision to this effect was taken last month during a meeting of secretaries of all departments. Disengagement of retired persons from government services was a logical step when largescale recruitment was on in several departments, the source added.
Updated on Sep 03, 2018 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Delhi govt cancels appointment of nine advisors to AAP ministers
The sacked officials include known faces of the AAP government, including Atishi Marlena, who was advisor to deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.
Updated on Apr 17, 2018 11:19 PM IST
PTI, New Delhi | Sweta Goswami
Sridevi got state funeral because of CM Fadnavis’ orders, reveals RTI
The information adds that the CM’s office gave a verbal order regarding the state funeral on February 25, 2018
Updated on Mar 31, 2018 07:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Yesha Kotak, Mumbai