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Bhopal, April 9 The Madhya Pradesh government effected a major administrative reshuffle on Thursday, transferring 26 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including collectors of 14 districts.Bhopal Collector Kaushalendra Vikram Singh has been appointed as Secretary to the Chief...

New Delhi, April 9 In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the Delhi government has transferred 33 IAS and DANICS cadre officers, assigning the additional chief secretary and administrative reform portfolios to Prashant Goyal.Goyal, an IAS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories...

Latur, Apr 3 The Maharashtra government has appointed Dr. Bharat Bastewad as the new collector of the Latur district, replacing Varsha Thakur-Ghuge.Bastewad, who was serving as the commissioner of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Nagpur, will assume...

Jaipur, April 1 In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Rajasthan government transferred 65 IAS officers, including 25 district collectors, late on Tuesday.Jaipur Collector Jitendra Soni was transferred to the CMO as secretary to the chief minister. He will also be the secretary of the...

Kolkata, March 31 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of administrative and police officers by the election panel in West Bengal, saying the petitioner could not establish that the actions were arbitrary and had harmed public...

Kolkata, March 30 Four senior officials of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's office were transferred on Monday as part of a reshuffle of five WBCS (Executive) officers ahead of the Assembly elections, an official said.The reshuffle was undertaken following a proposal by the poll panel...

Kolkata, March 29 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Sunday evening the transfer of a total of 184 inspector-level police officers in West Bengal, amidst the crucial two-phase state assembly elections.Out of the 184 officers transferred, 153 are attached to the West Bengal...

Chennai, March 27 The Tamil Nadu government announced on Friday that four IPS officers serving in Chennai have been transferred to various districts following a directive from the Election Commission.G Jawahar, Superintendent of Police, CB-CID, Chennai, has been transferred to the Kancheepuram...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission questioned the petitioner's standing on Monday while filing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of several officials of the West Bengal government after the announcement of state assembly elections.The petitioner, a lawyer...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission questioned the petitioner's standing on Monday while filing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of several officers of the West Bengal government after the announcement of state assembly elections.The petitioner, a lawyer...

Kolkata, March 19 Hours after attacking the Election Commission for overnight transfers of top bureaucrats and IPS officers in poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday, expressing "deep shock" over the functioning of...

Kolkata, March 19 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed alarm over the "arbitrary removal of more than 50 senior officials" in the state, which is heading for elections, calling it a "political interference of the highest order".Continuing her criticism of the...

Kolkata, March 18 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has mandated the transfer of 13 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, all in the ranks of District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the District Electoral Officers (DEOs).According to a notification issued by the ECI in the...

Kolkata, March 16 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, expressing her concern over the removal of several IAS and IPS officers in the state following the announcement of the Assembly elections.In the letter...

New Delhi, March 16 Election Commission officials said on Monday that the major changes in the West Bengal civil and police administration were in line with the assurance given by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to hold free and fair elections in the state.The EC has removed the...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the transfer of senior officials in the West Bengal government, following the announcement of state assembly elections. In a letter, the Commission stated that it has reviewed the preparations for the general election to the Legislative...

New Delhi, March 16 The Election Commission has ordered the appointment of Dushyant Nariala as the new chief secretary of West Bengal, which will hold assembly elections in two phases next month.Until now, Nandini Chakravarty was the state chief secretary.In a letter to the state government...

Gwalior, March 13 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday said that the state government has transferred Rs 52,000 crore to over 1.25 crore women under the Ladli Behna Yojana in the last three years, countering the Congress' claim that it was merely an election gimmick.Addressing a...

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...

The government of Jammu and Kashmir ordered a major administrative reshuffle on Tuesday, transferring and appointing 22 officers across the Union Territory. The changes were announced by the General Administration Department and include 20 IAS and two JKAS officers.Among the key appointments...