Patna: Vikas Vaibhav (IPS: 2003: BH) was on Monday transferred from the home guards and fire services dept over a week after his spat with his superior in the dept. He has been asked to ‘wait for the posting’ at the state police headquarters till further order. Along with Vaibhav, another officer and DIG Vinod Kumar (IPS: 2009: BH) has also been transferred from the home guards and fire services wing, and has been asked to wait for posting at the police headquarters.

Bengaluru: The bitter public spat between IPS officer D Roopa and IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri in Karnataka may appear in its celluloid avatar as two Kannada directors have approached the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) to register titles of movies purportedly based on the plot.

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu is the new focused area for the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with two Union ministers – External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman – likely to contest the election from TN. One more bureaucrat, former IPS officer and Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai (IPS: 2011: KN) too is making acceptability of the party far and wide in a state known for its politics of Dravidianism.

The BJP is likely to field all these leaders in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu. However, S Jaishankar may also be considered for any of the seats in Delhi. If this happens major BJP stalwarts will be contesting from Tamil Nadu to change the narrative in the state. Grapevine is abuzz that Prime Minister Narendra Modi too may contest from the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency.

ACC has approved assignment of additional charge of the post of Chairperson, National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC), Cabinet Secretariat to Shri Pradip Kumar Tripathi, (lAS:JK:1987), Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat upon superannuation of Ms Neel Kamal Darbari, (IAS:RJ:1987) on 28.02.2023 and till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Approval of the Competent Authority for assignment of additional Charge of the post of Director, SVP NPA to Shri Amit Garg, (IPS:AP:1993), Additional Director, SVP NPA upon superannuation of Shri A Sema Rajan, (IPS:BH:1987) on 28.02.2023 for a period of three months or tili the appointment and joining of a regular incumbent or until further Orders, whichever is earlier.

Gyanesh Kumar (IAS:1988:KL) was assigned with the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat from 01.03.2023 to 19.03.2023 during the period of absence on leave of Ms Anuradha Prasad(IDAS:1986). Currently, Gyanesh Kumar is the Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation.

Upamanyu Basu (IRS IT: 1989), Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, was prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion in the cadre.

Dr Joydeep Guha (IP&TAFS), Controller of Communication Accounts was appointed to the post of Additional Director General (Finance) in the Geological Survey of India (GSI) on deputation basis.

Bhanwar Lal Meena (IPS: 2013: AM) was appointed as Superintendent of Police in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) for a period of five years.

Sulochana Gajraj (IPS: 2010: HY) was appointed as Superintendent of Police in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) for a period of five years.

The tenure of Sanket S Bhondve (IAS:2007:MP) as Private Secretary to Road Transport & Highways Minister (Nitin Jairam Gadkari) was extended for a period beyond 25.04.2023 and upto 25.04.2025 in relaxation of maximum limit of 5 years of working as PS/OSD to a minister.

Jishnu Barua (Retd IAS:1988:AM) was appointed as Chairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Barua replaces P K Pujari (Retd IAS:1981:GJ).

The Central deputation tenure of N Gandhi Kumar (IRS C&CE:2005) was extended for a period of one year beyond 11.04.2023 and up to 10.04.2024. Currently, he is working as Director, Department of Revenue.

New Delhi: The Govt of Odisha appointed Pradeep Kumar Jena (IAS:1989:OR) as the new Chief Secretary of the state. He will replace outgoing chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra (IAS:1986:OD) who is retiring on February 28, 2023. Jena may have ten month-long tenure as CS as he will retire on December 31.12.2023.

Mrs Anu Garg (IAS:1991:OD) ACS, Water Resources has been appointed as Development Commissioner, ACS Planning, Govt of Odisha.

Four ITBP officers were empanelled for promotion to the grade of Inspector General (General Duty) in Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) for the panel year 2023.

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi took over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command (WNC) from Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh at INS Shikra on February 28 2023. Prior to taking over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Tripathi served as the Chief of Personnel at the Integrated Hqrs of the Ministry of Defence (Navy).

New Delhi: The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Jayachandran K as Director (Technical) in Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT) till the date of his superannuation i.e. 31.05.2026.

New Delhi: The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Vishwanath Suresh as Director (Commercial) in National Mineral Development Corporation Limited.

New Delhi: The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Pankaj Pandey as Director (Technical) in Mineral Exploration & Consultancy Limited (MECL) for five years or till the date of his superannuation.

New Delhi: The Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) on Monday selected Akshay Shrikant Bapat for the post of Director (Technical), Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL). Altogether eight candidates were interviewed by the selection board (PESB). Currently, he is working as Executive Director, Coal India Limited (CIL).

New Delhi establishment appointed the incumbent SAIL Chairman Mrs Soma Mondal for the post of Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). Ms Mondal was scheduled to retire as SAIL Chairperson in April 2023.

She will serve as Member, PESB for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge. Currently, she also Chairs SCOPE as its elected Chairperson.

New Delhi: Satish Kumar was empanelled for promotion to the post of Member (Engineering), Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) for the panel year 2023. Currently, he is working as Regional Director (Engineering), CGWB.

New Delhi: ACC has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Mines for appointment of Shri Pankaj Pandey, Chief Manager, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) as Director (Technical) in Mineral Exploration & Consultancy Limited (MECL) (formerly Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited) for a period of five years.

Uttar Pradesh: Govt reshuffles over a dozen IAS officers

Narendra Bhushan (IAS: 1992: UP) has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development, as well as IT and Electronics Department.

Rajesh Kumar (IAS: 2008: UP) has been appointed as Commissioner In-Charge and Director In-Charge, Industry.

Suhas L Y (IAS: 2007: UP) has been appointed as Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare, Director General, Youth Welfare and Provincial Guards.

Raveesh Gupta (IAS: 2012: UP) has been appointed as Additional Inspector General, Registration.

Pramod Kumar Upadhyay (IAS: 2009: UP) has been appointed as Director, Panchayati Raj.

Pranay Singh (IAS: 2015: UP) has been appointed as Additional Commissioner (Administration), sugarcane.

Manish Kumar Verma (IAS: 2011: UP) has been appointed as District Magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar.

Jasjit Kaur (IAS: 2012: UP) has been appointed as District Magistrate of Sultanpur.

Anuj Kumar Jha (IAS: 2009: UP) has been appointed as District Magistrate of Jaunpur.

Ravindra Singh (IAS: 2014: UP) has been appointed as District Magistrate, Shamli.

Ravindra Kumar (IAS: 2010: UP) has been appointed as District Magistrate, Ballia.

Saumya Agarwal (IAS: 2011: UP) has been appointed as Commissioner In-Charge, Bareilly division.

Santosh Kumar (IAS: 2012: UP) has been appointed as Chief Development Officer (CDO), Maharajganj.

Akshat Verma (IAS: 2017: UP) has been appointed as CDO, Prayagraj. Manoj Kumar Singh (IAS:1998: UP) has been given additional charge as Commissioner, Infrastructure and Industrial Development, Govt of Madhya Pradesh.

Anil Kumar-III (IAS:1988:UP) has been given additional charge as Labour Commissioner, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Anil Agarwal (IAS:1988:UP) has been appointed as DG, Training with the additional charge of Telecommunications in UP.

Rajesh Chawla (IPS1989:MP) ADGP, Chambal Zone has been promoted as DGP grade, Madhya Pradesh Police.

S S Dubey (ICAS:1989) Additional CGA will function as Head of Organisation of CGA wef. 01.01.23.

Vaibhav Bajaj (IRS-C&CE:2009) PS, Union Health Minister tenure has been extended beyond March 14, 2024 on Co-terminus basis.

Punjab IPS transfer and postings:

Naunihal Singh (IPS:PB:1997) has been transferred as Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, Punjab Police.

Arun Pal Singh (IPS:PB:1997) has been appointed as ADGP, Modernization Chandigarh, Punjab Police.

R K Jaiswal (IPS:PB:1997) has been appointed as ADGP, STF, SAS Nagar, Punjab Police.

Gurinder Singh (IPS:PB:1997) has been transferred as ADGP, Law & Order, Punjab Police

Surinder Pal Singh Parmar (IPS:PB:1997) has been transferred as ADGP, Bathinda Range, Punjab Police.

Mohnish Chawla (IPS:PB:1997) has been transferred as ADGP, State Crime Record Bureau Chandigarh, Punjab Police.

Jaskaran Singh (IPS:PB:1998) has been transferred as IGP, Intelligence SAS Nagar, Punjab Police.

Gursharan Singh Sandhu (IPS:PB:2001) has been transferred as IGP, Crime, Punjab Police.

Baljot Singh Rathore (IPS:PB:2004) as been transferred as IGP, GRP Patiala, Punjab Police.

Gurpreet Singh Bhullar (IPS:PB:2004) has been transferred as IGP, AGTF Punjab Police

Narinder Bhargav (IPS:PB:2008) has been given additional charge as DIG, Border Range Amritsar, Punjab Police.

Ajay Maluja (IPS:PB:2009) has been appointed as DIG, STF Bathinda, Punjab Police.

Naveen Singla (IPS:PB:2009) has been appointed as DIG, Intelligence SAS Nagar, Punjab Police.

Swapan Sharma (IPS:PB:2009) has been transferred as DIG, Jalandhar Range, Punjab Police.

Harcharan Singh (IPS:PB:2014) has been transferred as DIG PAP-II Chandigarh, Punjab Police

New Delhi: Vikas Sahay (IPS: 1989: GJ), Director General of Police (Training), Gandhinagar has been appointed Director General and Inspector General of Police, Gujarat State with immediate effect. Sahay was appointed in-charge Director General of Police of Gujarat on February 1, 2023 following the retirement of incumbent DGP Ashish Bhatia who was on an extension.

New Delhi: Rajesh Malhotra (IIS: 1989) was on Tuesday appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau. Malhotra has succeeded Satyendra Prakash, (IIS:1988) who superannuated on Tuesday. Prakash had taken charge as Principal DG of the PIB in August 2022.

Malhotra will be the principal spokesperson of the Govt of India and take charge of his new role on March 1, 2023.

New Delhi: Priya Kumar (IIS:1991) has been appointed as DG DD News replacing Mayank Agarwal who also retired on February 28, 2023.

Lucknow: Awanish Awasthi (Retd IAS: 1987: UP), advisor to the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has been given extension till February 29, 2024. Earlier, he was appointed Advisor to the Chief Minister till February 28, 2023. He will advise the Chief Minister in his administrative work. Awasthi retired on August 31, 2022 amidst speculations of getting extension.

Bengaluru: Bhaskar Rao (Retd IPS: 1990: KN) quit Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP on March 1, 2023 in Bengaluru. Rao had joined AAP last year with an aspiration of contesting the Assembly polls from a constituency in Bengaluru city. However, his terms with party’s state convener Prithvi Reddy was not so cordial as there was a tussle between the duo over the state leadership.

Rao was also not happy about the recent re-organisation of the state unit as he was made the chairman of the manifesto committee. Rao quit AAP at a time when party’s national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to visit Karnataka on March 4 where he will address a rally in Davanagere.

Chandigarh: The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) of Haryana will initiate a probe into the multi-crore scam in the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has permitted it to investigate the role of three IAS officers in the matter.

All these officers headed the MCF as commissioners. One of the woman officers has already got stay from the Punjab and High Court on the inquiry into the matter. The ACB had, last year, sought the permission under Section 17-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018. The State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) has been specifically asked to look into bills worth around Rs 25 crore for the period from 2017 to 2020. Four arrests have been made in the case so far.

The scam involved the generation of fake bills worth crores and the release of payment thereof. In 2021, the ACB (then SVB) was asked to investigate complaints that payments were released to contractors against developmental works in the MCF wards although the councillors claimed that there was nothing on ground.
It was alleged that officials were hand in glove with contractors when it came to generating fake entries and payments were released without carrying out on-the-spot inspections.