Tag: Ias

Bhubaneswar: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has written to the Chief Secretary to initiate probe into the 2015 incident of an IAS officer allegedly sending obscene videos to a woman OAS officer. The OAS officer had recorded her statement before the Odisha State Commission for Women on July 10. As per the letter from PMO, […]

Bhubaneswar: The female OAS officer who had brought allegations against a senior OAS officer, now promoted to IAS, of sending obscene videos and photos on personal chat, has today recorded her statement with chairperson of Odisha State Commission for Women. She has also reported before the Commission that she and her children are being mentally […]

Bhubaneswar: The incident of an IAS official sending obscene texts and videos to a female OAS officer that shook the third floor of the Secretariat is again hitting the headlines after the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) into the matter. The PMO has sent a letter to the Chief Secretary of the State […]

Bhubaneswar: Serving people is on top of the list for Suman Sourav Mohanty and Avishyant Panda, the two Odias who have made it to the top 100 of the civil service exams. The future administrators have plans to work for the people of the state. Similarly, tribal youth Sunanda Jhoria who cracked the exams, dreams […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday promoted five senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of 1986 batch to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS). As per an order issued by the general administration department, the IAS officers who have been promoted to the ACS rank are: Home Principal Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy, MSME Principal […]

Bhubaneswar: Tightening the noose on the beneficiaries in the arbitrary allotment of plots and flats under discretionary quota of the state government, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA),  on Monday, has asked six senior IAS officers to depose before it. The officers are Forest and Environment Secretary Suresh Mohapatra, Principal secretary of Water Resources department Pradeep […]

Cuttack: The Special Vigilance Court in Cuttack today allowed the State Vigilance to take IAS officer Partha Sarathi Mishra, who has been arrested on charges of amassing disproportionate assets, on a two-day remand starting tomorrow to further its probe. While hearing on a plea filed by the State Vigilance seeking a five-day remand of Partha […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today effected a massive reshuffle in the IAS and OAS cadre.

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer and former Collector of Bolangir district Debraj Mishra who is currently lodged in jail in connection with a recruitment scam, is once again in trouble after Centre sought a report from State government about Mishra’s role in the regularisation of some teaching staff in Utkal University. Under direction from the Centre, […]

The Odisha government on Saturday effected a minor reshuffle in the IAS cadre

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Ajay Kumar was appointed as the new Secretary, Defence Production, in the Defence Ministry on Tuesday , a government notification said. A 1985-batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, Kumar is at present Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. He has been appointed to the new post […]

New Delhi: In a significant development following the Doklam standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops on the India-China-Bhutan international trijunction, Gautam Bambawale, India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, has been appointed the country’s new Ambassador to China. A 1984 batch IFS officer, Bambawale is expected to take up the new assignment shortly, the External Affairs […]

New Delhi: Claiming that only half of the over 10 lakh aspirants who apply for civil services exam actually write the test, the UPSC Monday said it has decided to allow the candidates to withdraw from the examination, according to an official statement. The arrangement will be implemented beginning with Engineering Services Examination, 2019, it […]

New Delhi: A new policy for cadre allocation has been finalised by the Central government for IAS, IPS and other officers, aimed at ensuring “national integration” in the country’s top bureaucracy. Officers of all-India services — the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) — will have to choose […]

New Delhi: The central government has undertaken an exercise to review the service records of about 67,000 employees, including IAS and IPS officers, to identify non-performers. The review exercise is a part of the government’s efforts to further improve the service delivery and governance system. A senior official in the Department of Personnel and Training […]