AGMUT cadre IAS Niharika Rai to be Gadkari’s PS in Ganga rejuvenation

THE Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Tuesday approved the appointment of Niharika Rai, a 2005 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, as private secretary to Nitin Gadkari, the minister for road transport and highways, shipping and water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation. She will be the minister’s PS in the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation. She will be ranked as…

Did you miss Khemka’s “Sicilian mafia” comment? And guess why Shailaja Chandra was so happy on Tuesday

Ashok Khemka

DID you miss how Haryana IAS Ashok Khemka compared Vyapam of Madhya Pradesh with Sicilian mafia? Or what former Kerala IAS K Mohandas witnessed in London last week?  And guess which of the two --IAS or IPS Association -- actually condemned “threats and intimidation” of Amitabh Thakur? Finally, why was former IAS Shailaja Chandra so happy on Tuesday? Read on: