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IA flight lands 10-min after takeoff

IA flight lands 10-min after takeoff

Rediff.com11 May 2005

The flight -- with 145 passengers and crew onboard -- made a normal landing, the sources added.

Modi's aide, ex-IAS officer AK Sharma makes it to UP ministry

Modi's aide, ex-IAS officer AK Sharma makes it to UP ministry

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

Considered a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Arvind Kumar Sharma kicked off his political innings after taking voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service and became a member of the UP legislative council.

Consumer court raps IA, Kuwait Airways

Consumer court raps IA, Kuwait Airways

Rediff.com27 Jan 2003

Kuwait Airways and Indian Airlines have been ordered by a Delhi consumer court to pay Rs 10,000 each to passengers in separate cases for denying seats to them despite their having confirmed tickets.

'Moment truly painful', tweets IAS officer Khemka after 45th transfer

'Moment truly painful', tweets IAS officer Khemka after 45th transfer

Rediff.com2 Apr 2015

Khemka, as per the latest orders of the Haryana government, has been posted as Secretary, Archaeology and Museums Department and Director General, Archaeology and Museums.

The former IAS officer known for picking right side

The former IAS officer known for picking right side

Rediff.com26 Jun 2015

According to data culled by PRS Legislative Research, Singh has asked 13 questions in the Lok Sabha in its proceedings up to the last budget session, while the average is 69.

Suspended IAS officer gets a pat from HC

Suspended IAS officer gets a pat from HC

Rediff.com2 Aug 2013

The Allahabad high court on Friday had a word of praise for suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who took on the powerful sand mafia in Gautam Budh Nagar, saying she "bravely" exercised her jurisdiction.

Retd IAS officer to head NTRO as IPS loses race

Retd IAS officer to head NTRO as IPS loses race

Rediff.com10 Jun 2013

Indian Police Services lost the race for having one of its officers as the head of National Technical Research Organisation, the country's top intelligence and surveillance agency, with the government appointing a retired Indian Administrative Services officer to the post.

IA reschedules flights for air show

IA reschedules flights for air show

Rediff.com9 Oct 2004

Flights to Hyderabad (IC 928) will depart at 3.25 pm (instead of 4.15 pm), Jaipur (IC 611) at 3.20pm (4 pm), and to Delhi via Indore and Bhopal (CD 7133) at 3.15 pm (4 pm), Vadodara via Rajkot at 5 pm (4.45 pm)

AAP to hold mega rally against Centre's ordinance

AAP to hold mega rally against Centre's ordinance

Rediff.com22 May 2023

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said it will organise a 'maha rally' on June 11 against the Centre's 'black ordinance' that effectively gives the lieutenant governor control over administrative services, negating a Supreme Court order in favour of the Kejriwal dispensation.

UP govt recommends CBI probe in IAS officer's death

UP govt recommends CBI probe in IAS officer's death

Rediff.com22 May 2017

Tiwari's family had alleged that he was murdered at the behest of corrupt officers as he was about to expose a "scam" in the department of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs in Bengaluru where he was posted as commissioner.

ED quizzes Uddhav man for 8 hours in Covid centres scam

ED quizzes Uddhav man for 8 hours in Covid centres scam

Rediff.com27 Jun 2023

Chavan entered the ED office in south Mumbai at around 12.30 pm and came out at about 9 pm, the official said.

A-I, IA to lease 9 aircraft by Dec

A-I, IA to lease 9 aircraft by Dec

Rediff.com5 Aug 2003

Air-India and Indian Airlines will continue to take aircraft through the leasing route till its fleet acquisition comes through and have decided to take nine more planes by December.

Maya shunts IAS officer for links with Hasan Ali

Maya shunts IAS officer for links with Hasan Ali

Rediff.com16 Apr 2011

A powerful IAS officer of the 1979 batch, Pandey was also divested of the additional appointments of principal secretary (secretariat administration) and the state's food and drug authority. He has been moved to the insignificant position of a member in the board of revenue.

3-member panel to probe what caused Manipur violence

3-member panel to probe what caused Manipur violence

Rediff.com4 Jun 2023

According to a notification issued by the Union home ministry, the commission will make inquiry with respect of the causes and spread of the violence and riots targeting members of different communities, which took place in Manipur on May 3 and thereafter.

Delhi govt removes services secretary hours after SC order

Delhi govt removes services secretary hours after SC order

Rediff.com12 May 2023

Sources from the Services Department, however, claimed that the order issued by the government was 'illegal'.

Chhattisgarh, Mizoram kick off 5-state poll battle

Chhattisgarh, Mizoram kick off 5-state poll battle

Rediff.com7 Nov 2023

It's a single phase polling in Mizoram while first phase of assembly elections is underway in Chhattisgarh.

Exclusive! Why I Quit the IAS

Exclusive! Why I Quit the IAS

Rediff.com15 Jan 2019

'The resignation has been more like a statement. Like an alarm bell that "Look, something is wrong".' 'I am saying that "Look, I rang the bell, but I am also going to provide solutions".'

SC asks Modi to respond to IAS officer's plea

SC asks Modi to respond to IAS officer's plea

Rediff.com12 May 2011

In fresh pinpricks for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked him to respond to allegations by a senior state Indian Administrative Service officer that several criminal cases have been foisted against him at his behest.

CAT refuses to revoke suspension of IAS officer

CAT refuses to revoke suspension of IAS officer

Rediff.com17 Jan 2009

The principal bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal has rejected an application by a senior IAS officer in Rajasthan, who had been under suspension since 2004, after the state's anti-corruption bureau registered a case of corruption against him.Ravi Shankar Srivastava was indicted by the ACB while working as a member of the Board of Revenue and the Rajasthan government put him under suspension as per the All India Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969.

Woman posing to be IAS officer sent to jail for 2 weeks

Woman posing to be IAS officer sent to jail for 2 weeks

Rediff.com4 Apr 2015

Ruby Chaudhry, the woman who stayed at the prestigious IAS training academy in Mussoorie for over six months masquerading as a probationer and accused a senior officer of taking bribe to facilitate her stay there, has been arrested and sent to jail for two weeks.

IAS/IPS cadre allocation can't be arbitrary: SC

IAS/IPS cadre allocation can't be arbitrary: SC

Rediff.com12 Jul 2011

Allocation of cadre for the Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service officers cannot be done by the Centre in an arbitrary manner, the Supreme Court has said.

IA to operate two flights to Kathmandu

IA to operate two flights to Kathmandu

Rediff.com2 Feb 2005

An IA spokesman said that the airline is operating two "standby flights" to Kathmandu, one each from Delhi and Varanasi to fly back the passengers.

IAS topper: Only hard work can overcome hard luck

IAS topper: Only hard work can overcome hard luck

Rediff.com16 Sep 2011

22 year old Karthik Iyer had almost lost hope when he failed in the NDA medical test. With no coaching to his credit, the IAS topper who cleared the exam in his first attempt maintains that notes from IGNOU, laid a good foundation for him in Political Science.

PMO to approve 34 IAS-level secretaries by Jan 2013

PMO to approve 34 IAS-level secretaries by Jan 2013

Rediff.com8 Nov 2012

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan singh is slated to approve thirty-four 1979 batch Indian Administrative Service officers as secretaries to the government of India.

JV with SIA: IA engineers plan agitation

JV with SIA: IA engineers plan agitation

Rediff.com30 Oct 2003

Engineers of the Indian Airlines threatened to launch an agitation against the proposed JV between IA and Singapore International Airlines for maintenance, repair and overhauling of aircraft, including those of foreign airlines in India.

IA set to pick advisors for IPO

IA set to pick advisors for IPO

Rediff.com21 Jul 2005

Moving ahead with its plans to raise funds from the capital market for its fleet acquisition programme, Indian Airlines on Thursday launched the process of appointing advisors for its IPO which is likely to be issued in the next six months.

JK sex scandal: Minister, MLA and IAS officer let off

JK sex scandal: Minister, MLA and IAS officer let off

Rediff.com29 Sep 2012

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Saturday acquitted former Jammu and Kashmir minister Raman Mattoo, Congress legislator G A Mir and IAS officer Iqbal Khanday in the 2006 JK sex scandal case. The case, allegedly involving a host of politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, had triggered a major controversy.

Won't touch northeast's special rules, govt tells SC in Art 370 hearing

Won't touch northeast's special rules, govt tells SC in Art 370 hearing

Rediff.com23 Aug 2023

Tewari, a Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP, was appearing for former Arunachal Pradesh MLA Padi Richo, who has filed an intervention application in a batch of petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370.

Delhi govt says harassment complaints by officers 'absolutely fake'

Delhi govt says harassment complaints by officers 'absolutely fake'

Rediff.com21 May 2023

The Delhi government on Sunday accused Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena of indulging in 'dirty politics' while asserting that the complaints filed by some officers alleging harassment by the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation are 'absolutely fake'.

IA evacuates 550 tourists from Andaman & Nicobar

IA evacuates 550 tourists from Andaman & Nicobar

Rediff.com27 Dec 2004

The first flight left Chennai at 4.45 am on Monday for Port Blair with 16 passengers on board. The second left at 10.00 am carrying 13 passengers.

Andaman ex-chief secretary's pre-arrest bail plea rejected in gang-rape case

Andaman ex-chief secretary's pre-arrest bail plea rejected in gang-rape case

Rediff.com10 Nov 2022

Soon after the verdict, a team of policemen reached a private resort where Narain is staying and took him to the Police Line amid heavy security.

UP govt 'saviour' of IAS officer jailed in NRHM scam

UP govt 'saviour' of IAS officer jailed in NRHM scam

Rediff.com17 Aug 2012

His father and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav did not hesitate to appoint the most tainted bureaucrats at chief secretaries of the state during his last stint as chief minister of India's most populous state.

IAS officer's death: JDS releases audio tape

IAS officer's death: JDS releases audio tape

Rediff.com21 Mar 2015

Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday released an audio clipping claiming it would expose the circumstances that led to the transfer of D K Ravi

UP CM suspends IAS officer for molesting girl on train

UP CM suspends IAS officer for molesting girl on train

Rediff.com1 Oct 2012

Sharat Pradhan in Lucknow

IAS officer held on charges of molesting girl in UP

IAS officer held on charges of molesting girl in UP

Rediff.com1 Oct 2012

A senior Indian Administrative Service officer was on Monday arrested by the Government Railway Police in Lucknow on charges of molesting a girl in a train.

Modi's message to new IAS batch: Take reform, perform, transform to next level

Modi's message to new IAS batch: Take reform, perform, transform to next level

Rediff.com17 Mar 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked trainee officers at Mussoorie's Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration to never lose sight of the biggest goal of evolving India into a modern and self-reliant country.

Why this maulana runs an IAS academy from a Chennai mosque

Why this maulana runs an IAS academy from a Chennai mosque

Rediff.com15 Oct 2013

Maulana Shamsudeen Qasimi, who runs the Azhagiya Kadan IAS Academy from Makkah Masjid, Chennai, believes that the Indian civil service forms the backbone of the government and can help the Muslim community earn its rightful place.

Militants attack IAS officer in J&K

Militants attack IAS officer in J&K

Rediff.com30 Nov 2003

SC refuses to hear PIL for reinstatement of IAS officer

SC refuses to hear PIL for reinstatement of IAS officer

Rediff.com16 Aug 2013

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking the reinstatement of suspended IAS officer Durga Sakhti Nagpal, who had cracked down on illegal sand mining in Uttar Pradesh.

Dom's Take: Indian Aristocratic Service

Dom's Take: Indian Aristocratic Service

Rediff.com27 May 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the shunting of IAS couple Sanjeev Khirwar and Anu Dugga to Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh.