IAS-IPS Marriage: Jitendra Dudi transferred to Maharashtra cadre after his marriage to IPS Aanchal Dalal

THE government has transferred 2016 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, Jitendra Dudi, from Jharkhand to Maharashtra cadre on the ground of marriage to 2018 batch Maharashtra cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Ms Aanchal Dalal. Twenty eight years old Dudi originally belongs to Rajasthan’s Jaipur. Late last year, he served as assistant secretary in the GoI’s department of heavy industries when he was in Delhi for his mandatory 13-week-long attachment to…

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...

CORRIDORS TREND 2017, PART 2: How government changed rules for ease of marriage among All India Services officers

THERE’S nothing new in marriages among All India Services officers -- IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service. But 2017 saw the resolution of a unique case where the existing service rules had to be altered thanks to the marriage of an IPS-IAS couple and seeking of a common cadre. In fact, this unique case cropped up in the month of February 2016 when government found it difficult to accord inter-cadre transfer of P Parthiban, a 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and his spouse Nisha Parthiban, 2011 batch IPS, to a common cadre on grounds of marriage; the matter finally got resolved in August this year. The Parthiban couple belonged to...

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: