Tag: Chief Secretary
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Despicably low
The Aam Aadmi Party and its Delhi government have ever sought to make a virtue of defying accepted, conventional, norms of public conduct. Yet even by Arvind Kejriwal’s own dubious standards, what happened at his house on Tuesday night has, to use popular slang, “hit the pits”. Headline writers who have frequently mentioned clashes between...
February 22, 2018 -
Rajnath ‘deeply pained’ by ‘attack’ on Delhi Chief Secretary, seeks report
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he was “deeply pained” by the alleged attack on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash and has sought a report from the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal. In a series of tweets, Rajnath said: “I am deeply pained by the happenings involving the Chief Secretary of the Delhi...
February 20, 2018 -
Attack on Delhi Chief Secretary is criminal conspiracy: IAS body
IAS Association Secretary Manisha Saxena on Tuesday said that Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was “manhandled” and “mistreated” at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here on Monday and termed it a “planned criminal conspiracy”. The Indian Administrative Service officers would work on Tuesday with a black band as a mark of protest, Saxena said Speaking to...
February 20, 2018 -
Opposition demands removal of Jharkhand Chief Secretary, DGP
The Jharkhand Assembly’s Budget Session began on a raucous note on Wednesday with the opposition vociferously demanding the removal of the state Chief Secretary and DGP in connection with treasury withdrawals in a fodder scam and an allegedly staged shootout, respectively. The opposition MLAs led by Leader of Opposition Hemant Soren stood at the assembly entrance to...
January 17, 2018 -
High Court serious on drug menace in Himachal
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh on Monday directed the Chief Secretary to file his personal affidavit regarding unauthorised construction and running of hotels/commercial establishments without statutory sanctions, more specifically at Village Kasol in Kullu. The Court also directed the Director General of Police, Himachal to file the action taken report in the matter. A...
December 4, 2017 -
Jharkhand’s former Chief secretary convicted in fodder scam
Former Jharkhand Chief Secretary Sajal Chakraborty was convicted in a fodder scam case on Tuesday by a Special CBI court here and remanded in judicial custody, a lawyer said. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on November 21. Sajal Chakraborty was convicted in the multi-million dollar Animal Husbandry Department case, popularly known as...
November 14, 2017 -
Uttar Pradesh staring at drought, says Chief Secretary
Uttar Pradesh is staring at a drought and officials have been asked to publicise ways to preserve moisture in the soil and fill all ponds with water, state chief secretary Rajive Kumar has said. “Keeping in mind a possible drought, all divisional commissioners and district magistrates have been instructed to co-ordinate with respective departments on...
October 14, 2017 -
HP orders dress code for govt employees
Himachal Pradesh government has stipulated dress code for all its employees, in the wake of displeasure expressed by the High Court on July 17 on the attire of a female Junior Engineer appearing in the court. The orders issued by the Chief Secretary, VC Pharka, direct the employees to adopt dress code while attending to...
August 4, 2017 -
Mehbooba Mufti appoints new J-K Chief Secretary
The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, presided by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday appointed Bharat Bhushan Vyas, an IAS officer of the 1986 batch, as the new Chief Secretary of the state. Vyas replaces incumbent BR Sharma, who has been appointed as an advisor to the government. Vyas was presently the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister....
April 28, 2017