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New Delhi, April 3 The BJP on Friday hailed the passage of the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2026, in Parliament, describing it as a "decisive," "meaningful," and a "giant step" towards enhancing ease of living and ease of doing business in India.Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions)...

Lucknow, April 1 Political reactions flooded in on Wednesday after Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Rinkoo Singh Rahee sought to return to his parent service, with opposition leaders alleging administrative bias and neglect of "honest officers" under the BJP government.Rahee, a 2023-batch IAS...

Kolkata, March 31 The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday ordered the suspension of a Block Development Officer (BDO) in West Bengal's Nadia district and directed the initiation of departmental proceedings against him following violence at a poll training venue.The alleged incident occurred on...

Kolkata, March 30 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to announce a second round of reshuffles in the lower levels of the bureaucratic and police administration structures in poll-bound West Bengal this week.An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West...

Kolkata, March 28 – Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should explain why West Bengal is the only state in the entire country where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has faced so many difficulties, leading the Supreme Court to ultimately order judicial adjudication, Union Home Minister...

New Delhi, March 27 India's climate goals have been ambitious since the Paris Agreement, and there is a desire to go further, but transforming the country's situation may require setting higher targets, a former top bureaucrat has said.Speaking to

Kolkata, March 25 – Following the Indian Election Commission (ECI), the central armed police forces (CAPF) are now facing a fierce attack from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the central forces of acting as agents of the BJP in West Bengal, similar to the Commission.On...

Mumbai, March 24 Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Sudhir Mungantiwar criticised administrative officials in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday, stating that "blind faith is as dangerous as blind intelligence".He criticized officials within the Mantralaya, which houses the...

Shimla, March 21 Himachal Pradesh is facing a challenging economic period as the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) has been discontinued, but there is no financial emergency, Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said here on Saturday.Speaking to reporters after the budget was passed in the...

New Delhi, March 19 – The Congress launched an attack on the Centre on Thursday over a "shockingly high" number of vacancies in the country's top higher education regulatory bodies, while simultaneously rejecting the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025.Citing the latest...

Ranchi, March 10 The Jharkhand assembly witnessed a heated exchange between the treasury and opposition benches on Tuesday regarding "deteriorating" law and order, the "dominance" of bureaucracy, and alleged corruption in the state, while AJSU Party MLA Nirmal Mahato was asked to leave the House...

Mumbai, March 10 – Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar issued a stern warning to the bureaucracy on Tuesday, stating that the House is fully empowered to take appropriate action if secretary-level officers are found absent from the gallery during crucial legislative...

Mumbai, March 10 Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar warned senior bureaucrats on Tuesday against skipping important discussions in the House, especially debates on the state budget, asking them to treat it as a "last chance" for the bureaucracy.Addressing the Lower House before the...

Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of threatening state officials during a meeting with the administration and warned that "false bravado" by constitutional authorities was unacceptable, escalating the...

Kathmandu, March 7 India was the first country to offer assistance to Nepal for conducting the national election held on Thursday, following the political upheaval last year that forced former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign after widespread protests largely led by younger citizens.In...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 – In a major setback for the Kerala government, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Friday overturned three transfer orders involving senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and directed the state to strictly adhere to the 2014 IAS cadre rules...

Lucknow, February 26 Transfer orders have been issued to two senior BSNL officials in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a controversial office order detailing arrangements for a board director's proposed visit to Prayagraj, but they have not yet been relieved of their duties, sources said on...

Chandigarh, February 19 Days after opposition parties questioned his presence at the Moga event on February 16, Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Thursday defended his attendance, saying it was a government function.Yadav and Chief Secretary K A P Sinha came under fire from the...

Chandigarh, February 17 Senior Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa objected to the presence of the Punjab Chief Secretary and the DGP at an anti-drug event organized by the AAP government in Moga, saying it raised "serious legal and constitutional questions".In a letter to Union Minister...

Chandigarh, February 16 Opposition parties in Punjab on Monday questioned the presence of the Chief Secretary and DGP at the AAP government's event in Moga for its anti-drug drive and accused the Chief Minister of politicizing the bureaucracy.They also urged Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria...