Sahitya Academi Row: Those who “manufactured” a protest included a Rajasthan bureaucrat too!

Poet and Officer

MEET this bureaucrat who is among 33 writers who had returned their awards in the last few weeks to protest what they term a growing intolerance under Narendra Modi government at the Centre. Eminent poet Ambika Dutt Chaturvedi who is also a Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013 for his contribution to the Rajasthani literature. And this 59-year-old writer-officer too announced that he would be…

New CDs reportedly show proximity of 3 IAS officers with missing nurse Bhanwari

Bhanwari Devi

THE sensational story of a missing nurse in Rajasthan may now haunt at least three IAS officers among others after the Central Bureau of Investigation looking into the case had reportedly stumbled upon more audio and video CDs. The nurse from Jodhpur, Bhanwari Devi, went missing two months ago, and she is feared dead. It is alleged that she was abducted at the behest of Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna who was sacked from Ashok Gehlot ministry on October 16. A number of photographs of the duo, the ex-minister and Bhanwari, are already in public domain. Maderna has vehemently denied the allegations.

In fact, Bhanwari is not an ordinary nurse. She was close to a number of politicians and bureaucrats of Rajasthan’s power corridors. According to reports, she used to film most of the people who came close to her, and those CDs could now drag many more politicians and bureaucrats into the case of abduction and possible murder.

According to reports, the three IAS officers whose names have now surfaced in the case came into contact with Bhanwari Devi when they were posted in Ajmer and Jodhpur.

IFS-IAS wedding today, groom blames media hype

The high profile marriage of 2009 batch IFS officer Neelam Sharma with Gujarat cadre IAS Kuldeep Arya is being held in Delhi today (November 8) amid Khap Panchayat’s objections to it on the ground of being an inter-caste marriage. The groom Arya told a section of newspapers that media had hyped it up and created a controversy around it. Meanwhile, head of Brahmin Sabha, Mahender Sharma, clarified in a national newspaper that community elders had objection to the marriage, but they would not oppose to the marriage.

BoI wishes the power couple a world of happiness and joy on this wedding day.

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Bihar Effect: Rajasthan may ask its bureaucrats to declare assets publicly

RAJASTHAN may follow Bihar in asking its bureaucrats including IAS and IPS to declare their assets publicly. It was indicated by none other than state chief minister Ashok Gehlot after a crucial cabinet meeting held on Friday. Gehlot told reporters that the issue of posting assets and liabilities of IAS, IPS officers etc. at government websites was discussed in the cabinet meeting.

The Rajasthan government is also looking at the legal issues as in some states like Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, a handful of bureaucrats had challenged state information commissioner’s order of making their assets public in certain cases. Currently, the government officials need to declare assets, but it has not been made public so far.

A few days ago, Rajasthan government officials made enquiries at Bihar’s General Administration Department how it had asked Class I, II and III officials to furnish details about their assets and keep a deadline of February 28. Bihar government has repeatedly mentioned that it would not allow relaxation of the deadline on any ground.

SMS puts a lady IAS officer on the dock

A local court of Andhra Pradesh has directed the police to book a case against 1981 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer K Ratna Prabha for allegedly threatening a woman of Hanumanthunipadu village near Kanigiri. The victim produced a number of SMSes sent by Ratna Prabha as evidences in the court.

According to some reports, the IAS officer suspected the role of her husband Vidyasagar, also an IAS officer in helping the woman purchase a huge piece of property. 

Action and Appointments

KTS. Tulsi, Senior Advocate has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the 19th Law Commission of India on a part-time basis. In addition to him, there are two full-time members and eight part-time members currently in position in the Commission. The 19th Law Commission of India was constituted on September 1, 2009 for period of three years. Currently, Justice PV Reddy, retired Judge of the Supreme Court is the Chairman and Dr BA Agrawal is the Member Secretary of the Commission.