IAS Association asks for death sentence to killer of Himachal town planner Shail Bala Sharma

AFTER Tuesday’s gruesome murder of assistant town planner Shail Bala Sharma in Himachal Pradesh’s hill town Kasauli, IAS Association has said, “nothing less than a death sentence will do justice”. In a tweet posted on Thursday morning, IAS Association said: “Shocking! Such criminals need to be arrested and punished without any delay. Nothing less than a death sentence will do justice. Deepest Condolences to the family of the brave officer - Shail Bala. Respect.” As reported, the assistant town planner merely…

36 hours after IAS Ashish Dahiya’s death in a swimming pool: 10 unanswered questions

Ashish Dahiya as an IPS earlier

ABOUT 36 hours after 2016 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Ashish Dahiya died in a swimming pool in New Delhi-based Foreign Service Institute, many a question still gets unanswered, possibly prompting his senior colleagues and IAS Association avoiding social media post of messages including condolence messages (till Tuesday noon when this article is written). As the police has begun investigation, and is waiting for the autopsy results from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), there are shockwaves across the cadre after it loses two promising colleagues in less than a fortnight — the other being 2007 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anurag Tiwari who was found dead outside Lucknow’s VIP guest house while the officer had a morning walk. Here are 10 un-answered questions on Ashish Dahiya’s death in the swimming pool:

2016 batch IAS Ashish Dahiya drowns in a Delhi swimming pool while rescuing a lady officer

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AN OFFICER trainee IAS officer — Ashish Dahiya was found dead on Monday late night in a swimming pool in Foreign Service Institute, situated in south Delhi. The 2016 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS died as he tried to rescue a lady officer, according to preliminary reports based on what the eye witnesses had told police. A probe has been ordered after Dahiya was rushed to the…

2007 batch IAS Anurag Tiwari found dead in Lucknow; More about the officer

IN A shocking news in Wednesday morning, 2007 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anurag Tiwari was found dead outside VIP guest house in Hazratganj area of Lucknow, leaving suspicions on whether it was an unnatural death. Initial reports however suggest that there was no foul play and it could be the result of high blood pressure, but the exact cause of the officer's death will be clearer only after the postmortem report is available. Here are more about this 36-year-old IAS officer:

“Is this the service we are in!” An obituary of 2003 batch IAS Sripriya Rengarajan goes viral among officers

RIP: Sripriya Rengarajan

“…when I heard about her demise, I felt lonely in this heartless bureaucracy. Is it worth it to serve honestly at faraway places, leaving friends and family and still bear this ignominy?” A long message written by a colleague after the death of 2003 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Sripriya Rengarajan, 42, has gone viral on WhatsApp among IAS and other civil servants across the country. Rengarajan who was suffering from cancer died on Sunday in a Madurai hospital leaving behind…

Rajasthan cadre IAS VS Singh killed in a mishap in Jaipur city

ADDITIONAL chief secretary-ranked IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre VS Singh was killed on Monday when a speeding Alto car hit him near central park in Jaipur. The 1978 batch IAS who was the batch-mate of economic affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram and agriculture secretary Ashish Bahuguna, was returning…