Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (IANS) The Odisha Government on Thursday effected a major reshuffle in the senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre officers across various key departments. According to a notification issued by the Odisha General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department on Thursday, senior IAS officer and Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Deoranjan Kumar Singh has been given the additional charge as ACS to the Steel and Mines department. T…
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Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday clearly communicated to the West Bengal government that no change would be allowed in the list of 15 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from West Bengal cadre who were originally selected by the Commission for appointment as central poll observers for other states.This means that these 15 IAS and 10 IPS officers will have to reach New Delhi by Wednesday night or at the latest by…
Guwahati, Feb 4 (IANS) The Assam government has extended the tenure of Chief Secretary Ravi Kota by six months, officials said on Wednesday. The extension will be effective from May 1 to October 31, 2026.Ravi Kota, a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was due to retire on April 30 upon attaining the age of superannuation. However, the state government decided to continue his services in view of administrative exigencies, the notification stated.The order confirming the exten…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The deadline for 15 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from West Bengal to go to New Delhi to attend the training programme for Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed central poll observers for all states, is expiring on Wednesday.This comes amid objections to certain names by the state government and suggesting some alternatives and the ECI sticking to its choice of officers for the job by ignoring the communication.The tw…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday sent a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, questioning the authority of special roll observers (SROs) and micro-observers. According to the Chief Minister, these officials had been appointed only in West Bengal to review the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state.According to the letter, the Chief Minister’s main contention is that the roles of SROs and micro-observers were no…
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to withdraw its order, issued earlier this week, stopping the transfers of three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, who are currently on temporary deputation to the poll panel for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state.The Commission’s Secretary, Sujeet Kumar Mishra, on Tuesday, wrote to Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty, ordering a stop to the departme…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday named 15 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from West Bengal as special roll observers (SROs) for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercises in other states.A communique from the poll panel reached the West Bengal Secretariat ‘Nabanna’ on Wednesday, asking these 15 IAS and 10 IPS officers. officers to join the two-day training for the SROs on February 5-6.After the …
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The 12 additional Special Roll Observers (SROs) appointed for West Bengal by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday night to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, are being sent to the state with specific assignment to specially focus on districts having International Borders with Bangladesh and districts with abnormally high number of “logical discrepancy” cases.The eight districts specially identified under these categories are Malda,…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, appointed 12 more special electoral roll observers for West Bengal to review the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state. These 12 special electoral roll observers are Harsh Mangla, Nand Kumarum, P Bala Kiran, Prasanna R, Raghav Langer, Ravi Shanakar, Shashank Mishra, V. Kiran Gopal, S. Venkateshpathy, Nishitha Upadhyay, Devesh Daval, and Gaya Prasad.The notifications for each of these 12 additional special …
Bhopal, Jan 18 (IANS) In a significant administrative overhaul, the Madhya Pradesh General Administration Department has announced the transfer of 26 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers to new positions on a temporary basis until further orders, along with additional responsibilities for several others.The order, issued here on Sunday, aims to streamline departmental functions across various sectors including home affairs, tourism, health and tribal development.Among the key changes, Sh…