Shortage of over 1,400 IAS officers in country: Govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 16:25

There is a shortage of over 1,400 IAS officers across the country against the total authorised strength of 6,217, the government said on Wednesday.

Ashok Khemka`s charge sheet an administrative matter: Hooda

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 00:44

Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday described the Haryana government`s decision to charge sheet IAS officer Ashok Khemka as an administrative matter and said everything was done according to the rules.

Ashok Khemka chargesheeted over Vadra land deal

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 09:43

Haryana government has reportedly served fresh chargesheet to IAS officer Ashok Khemka in connection with the alleged land deal involving UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi`s son-in-law Robert Vadra and the real estate firm DLF in the state.

Ashok Khemka rebutts agriculture dept claims

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 16:26

Controversial IAS officer Ashok Khemka on Friday hit out at Haryana agriculture department over its claim that the state seeds corporation had incurred loss under him, saying it was an attempt to "disparage" his efforts to remove corruption and bring "professionalism and transparency" in the interests of farmers of the state.

Pradeep Sharma refuses to divulge details about woman`s surveillance

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 23:38

Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma said he could not divulge his position or share details in connection with the alleged illegal surveillance of a woman.

Snooping scandal of Gujarat reaches Supreme Court

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 21:50

Gujarat snooping controversy reached the Supreme Court with a suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma urging it to take cognisance of audio tapes aired by news portals.

Khemka`s post given to another IAS officer

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 22:44

After drawing flak from various quarters for transferring controversial IAS officer Ashok Khemka 19 times in eight years, the Haryana government has again put itself in a spot by handing over his assignment to another officer.

Trainee IAS officer dies in road mishap in Punjab

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 13:20

A trainee IAS officer today died on the spot and four others were injured when their vehicle hit a roadside tree near Dala village on the Moga-Barnala road, police said.

CID, IAS officers to probe Andhra Pradesh bus blaze

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 01:02

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy Friday announced that a committee of senior IAS officers, and also the Criminal Investigation Department of the state police, would probe Wednesday`s bus mishap in Mahabubnagar district.

SC declines plea over bureaucrats` cooling off period

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 11:54

The Supreme Court on Friday declined a petition seeking direction to the government to observe a cooling off period of two years before a retired senior civil servant is offered re-employment with the government.

IAS officer refutes allegations of disproportionate assets

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 14:29

IAS officer Manoj Agarwal, who has been charged by the CBI for amassing assets disproportionate to his known source of income, has refuted the allegations saying all the assets have been duly mentioned in Income Tax returns and the case was registered in a "malafide manner".

IAS officers will no more act on oral orders: Supreme Court

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 11:22

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central and state governments to usher in bureaucratic reforms, lamenting that political interference was affecting the functioning of bureaucracy.