IAS-IPS friendly cricket match to be held in Lucknow on December 16; DNA jibe created row last year

A FRIENDLY cricket match will be held between Uttar Pradesh cadre of IAS and IPS officers in Lucknow on December 16, as part of the IAS Week — the annual event of UP IAS Association, to be organised in Lucknow from December 13 to 16. State chief minister Yogi Adityanath among others are likely to be in the guest list of the high-profile IAS week. Last year, the IAS-IPS cricket match took an ugly turn after the IPS Association attributed...

IPS Association’s DNA jibe creates row; “Let’s not a friendly cricket match turn into a DNA test”, IAS Association retorts

Victorious UP IPS cricket team (Courtesy: Twitter)

A FRIENDLY cricket match between IAS XI and IPS XI in Lucknow during the weekend created a row after the IPS Association attributed its officers’ victory to its "DNA", something which the IAS Association did not take very kindly. It all began after the IPS XI trashed IAS XI by 9 wickets in a friendly match played during the IAS Week in Lucknow. IAS Week in UP is a regular event, and possibly is the largest of this kind in India. But the IPS Association posted this controversial tweet:

UP bureaucrats demand flats in Lucknow or Noida at “reasonable rates”; asks state govt to expedite promotion processes

Chief Minister Yadav with IAS officers 

UTTAR PRADESH cadre IAS officers on Saturday demanded plots or flats either in Lucknow or Noida at “reasonable rates”, according to reports quoting UP IAS Association’s annual general meeting held in Lucknow as a part of the annual IAS week ended yesterday. The officers have also demanded that the IAS of 1985 and 1986 batches should get the same pay scale as that of the chief secretary. And the process of all promotion-related matters including the promotion of 1992 batch officers as principal secretary and 2001 batch officers as secretary to the government, should be completed wrapped up before the Election Commission of India…

2017 IAS Week in Uttar Pradesh advanced to Dec 1 to 4, 2016; Will CM Akhilesh Yadav play cricket with officers this time too?

Akhilesh Yadav during a friendly cricket match with IAS XI (File photo)

UP IAS Association will have two IAS Weeks this calendar year thanks to the assembly election in the state scheduled to be held in early 2017. The UP IAS Association, possibly the most active among all state IAS associations, has decided to advance its celebration of 2017 IAS Week to December 1 to 4, 2016 because of elections, even as the last IAS Week took place only in March this year. Though many states have their own IAS associations, the one in Uttar Pradesh is not only the most active, but it…

UP IAS Week ends; CM Akhilesh Yadav hits 11 boundaries and a six in a T-20 match with IAS officers!

CM and Chief Secretary in 2015 IAS Week (file photo)

LET'S not call it a “fixed” match by the IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh, but suspicions remain. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s team defeated the UP IAS Officers Association XI in a T-20 match in Lucknow on Sunday, with Yadav scoring 65 run including 11 boundaries and a six, and yes, the award of the day — The Man of the Match. Everyone knows UP chief minister’s cricketing ability, but the way he was batting led to suspicion that either the bowlers of the IAS team were…