Doctor-turned IPS Abhishek Pallava breaks down while narrating Aranpur Naxal attack; video goes viral

Abhishek Pallava, superintendent of police of Dantewada district, on Tuesday, broke down during a television interview as he was narrating the incident of two of his fellow policemen getting killed while trying to save media persons near Aranpur, located in south of Chhattisgarh. One Doordarshan cameraperson, Achyutanand Sahu, and two cops — sub inspector Rudra Pratap Singh and assistant constable Mangalu— were killed in that Naxal attack. Pallava broke down as he was telling…

How IPS Harssh A Poddar created 42,000 young leaders against crime and terror

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Harssh A Poddar, a 2013 batch Maharashtra cadre Indian Police Service officer and current additional SP in Malegaon, has built something unique: he has created 42,000 young leaders against crime and terror in the last three years. But how? The project is named…

IAS officer Jitendra Gupta seeks cadre change from Bihar on grounds of “threat to life and property”; DoPT seeks IB report

AFTER 2013 batch IAS officer Dr Jitendra Gupta sought cadre change from Bihar to Haryana on the grounds of extreme hardship including “threat to life and property”, a committee headed by union personnel secretary has decided to seek a report from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) regarding such threats before taking a call on the proposal, according to the minutes of the meeting held on May 1. The exact nature of the threat and who threatened the IAS officer were however not mentioned in the minutes of the  meeting. Here below are eight cases of inter cadre deputation, repatriation etc. including that of Gupta:

DoPT secretary-headed panel gives its nod to Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal’s inter cadre deputation to Bihar; rejects Rahul Singh’s proposal for Haryana

INTER cadre deputation of 2005 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal from Maharashtra cadre to Bihar cadre has cleared a hurdle, as secretary DOPT-headed committee in a meeting dated November 18 decided to give its go ahead. The proposal, however, needs to be approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. The same secretary-headed committee rejected the proposal of inter cadre deputation of Rahul Singh, 2013 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, from AGMUT cadre to Haryana. Here are six cases of inter-cadre deputation or their extension, and decisions on those:

IAS Deepa Agrawal will now be Deepa Ranjan; List of a select IAS officers who changed their names

THE government last week permitted Deepa Agrawal, a 2013 batch UP cadre IAS, to change her name from Deepa Agrawal to Deepa Ranjan. “She will accordingly be recognized as Smt. Deepa Ranjan for all official purposes”, an order dated November 17, said. Originally belonging to Bihar, 29-year-old Deepa is a…

2013, 2014 batches IAS to serve as assistant secretaries at Centre for 3 months beginning August

A section of officer trainees with President of India (File photo)

FOR three months, between August and October this year, about 200 IAS officers of 2013 and 2014 batches will be posted in Central government ministries and departments, mainly to give them a first-hand experience of the functioning in the Central government before they begin their administrative career in the states. This is the second year in a row when young IAS officers will work at the Centre on central deputation and not directly move to their states from LBSNAA —the Mussoorie-based IAS academy where the officers are being trained. “The officers of the 2014 batch on expiry of the phase-II training in LBSNAA on 29.07.2016 will be placed at...

IAS Jagdish Sonkar apologizes to civil servant fraternity, others for his “unintentional” act; Full text of his apology

Jagdish Sonkar (photo courtesy: Twitter)

BY NOW, you must have seen this photo in social media sites. The photo of 2013 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS Jagdish Sonkar while speaking to a patient in a government hospital and resting one foot on the bedrail, went viral last week, forcing the IAS Association terming the act as “shocking and unacceptable” and state chief minister Raman Singh instructing the general administration department of the state to train new officers in social behaviour and public dealing. Sonkar, who is an MBBS-turned IAS, on his part called his act as unjustifiable adding that it was “unintentional and thoroughly avoidable”. Here is the full text of his apology letter, as posted in a social media site:

PM's Prescription: What Modi told 170 IAS and 100 IPS officers in last 2 days

PM welcomed on his arrival for interactive session with young IAS

DURING the last couple of days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with over 270 young IAS and IPS officers. Whereas he interacted with about 100 Officer Trainees of the 2014 batch of IPS at 7 Race Course Road on Wednesday, it’s the turn of the IAS today, as he spent a couple of hours with 2013 batch of IAS officers, currently attached to the Central government as assistant secretaries, as a part of their extended probation. First, let’s read he told the young IAS officers:

An IPS marries an IAS; applies for cadre transfer to Uttarakhand; MHA declines; IAS spouse makes fresh bids in DoPT, and…

IT’S a story about an IPS-IAS couple wanting to live together after their marriage but got it “denied” because of a maze of sarkari rules and procedures. Here it goes. Ram Chandra Rajquru, a 2013 batch IPS officer wanted to change his cadre from Bihar to Uttarakhand on the grounds of marriage to Uttarakhand cadre IAS Ms Ranjana. But in December 2014, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) declined the request of the IPS officer citing Bihar government’s denial to issue a no-objection certificate. But on Monday, a panel headed by DoPT secretary Saniav Kothari took up the case again as…

104 units of govt hostels, guest houses in Delhi allotted to 2013 batch IAS officers; “no marriage or other private functions” to be allowed in premises

A night view from a CWG Village flat in Delhi

FOR three months beginning August 31, very few government guest houses or hostels will be left vacant in Delhi, as the Central government has allotted 104 such units located in Commonwealth Games Village, HUDCO Palace, Kidwai Nagar, Curzon Road etc. to young IAS officers of 2013 batch who were recently appointed as assistant secretaries in the Central Secretariat for a period of three months, a first-of-its-kind initiative taken by the department of personnel and training (DoPT). But the government has issued a note of caution to the officers saying that…

Babu Marriage: Know more about 10 young bureaucrat couples

DURING THE last many decades, marriages among bureaucrats have been taking place quite regularly, making babu marriage not a new trend at all. Officer trainees do meet at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussorie, go out for field visits and trekking together, get attracted to each other, and many of them end up tying the knots once their training gets over. Here are 10 babu marriages of the recent time: