Punjab Poll: Also a battleground for former IAS, Army officers and cops

PUNJAB poll scheduled to be held on February 4 will also see many a battle of former civil servants including cops and Army officers. Here are a few prominent former officers given tickets by ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the two main challengers — Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress. Here below are the details:

Poll-bound Bihar has 41 IPS vacancies; 39 Bihar cadre IPS officers are serving outside the state

AK Sinha, legendary Bihar cop

WITH the Election Commission of India likely to announce the dates of high-voltage Bihar assembly polls next week, BoI attempts to assess the strength of the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the state. After all, political slugfest over crimes in Bihar has already begun during the recent political rallies which were addressed by heavyweights across parties. As many as 190 IPS officers have currently been working under Bihar cadre out of which 39 IPS including CBI director AK Sinha and other seniors such as Rajiv Ranjan Verma of 1978 batch and Krishna Choudhary of 1979 batch have been on…

Why so many bureaucrats are in the fray of Jammu and Kashmir poll

As the poll fever starts gripping the Valley of Kashmir, a number of civil servants have been contesting the forthcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Two former commissioner secretaries, a retired IG of police and three officers who headed government departments...