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  IAS officer Puja Khedkar reacts to controversy around her as she joins duty at Washim

  Maharashtra | July 17, 2024 13:35 IST

  Puja Khedkar, an IAS officer from the Maharashtra cadre of the 2022 batch, allegedly cleared the civil services exam using forged certificates.

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  Chhattisgarh: District Collector, SP of violence-hit Balodabazar removed, new officials take charge

  chhattisgarh | June 12, 2024 9:40 IST

  Unidentified persons had vandalized 'jaitkham' or 'victory pillar', a sacred symbol worshipped by the Satnami community, near the holy Amar Gufa at Giroudpuri Dham in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district on the intervening night of May 15-16.

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  TN govt gears up for North East monsoon, asks district collectors to coordinate

  India | September 14, 2022 12:12 IST

  The Chief Secretary also instructed the Greater Chennai Police, Meteorological Department officials, and Directorate of Information and Public Relations to alert people on the weather situation so that they can plan their travel properly and ensure that there are no traffic snarls.

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  Health workers blow whistles to make people aware to install mosquito nets in Rajnandgaon

  News | September 06, 2021 9:21 IST

  To stop the spread of dengue and malaria, health workers blew whistles to make people aware to install mosquito nets in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. "Health workers are visiting far-flung areas of the district to aware the villagers to use a mosquito net to protect them from malaria," said District Collector of Rajnandgaon Taran Prakash Sinha.

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  Cyclone Yaas: 201 relief camps set up, 596 people evacuated in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum

  News | May 27, 2021 18:40 IST

  As many as 201 relief camps have been set up and 596 people are evacuated in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand as part of relief efforts.

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  'Trying to trace those who were accompanying vehicle': Shivamogga DC on dynamite blast

  News | January 22, 2021 14:20 IST

  At least 8 died in a dynamite blast at railway crusher site in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, last night (on January 21).

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  Indore chips factory demolished after found using rotten potatoes

  News | December 17, 2020 13:00 IST

  The Indore administration demolished a potato chips factory at Sanwer Road after authorities found the manufacturing unit was using rotten potatoes for making the packaged chips. Authorities found rotten potatoes in huge amount during the raid.

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  COVID-19: Pushkar Fair cancelled

  News | November 11, 2020 18:29 IST

  Famous Pushkar Mela will not be held this year under COVID-19 guidelines, informed Ajmer District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit on November 11.

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  Bhopal postpones reopening of religious places

  News | June 07, 2020 18:16 IST

  Bhopal has decided to not open religious places in the district from June 08. The decision comes due to lack of preparedness.

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  Ahmedabad: District Collector sends out postcards to first-time voters, urges them to vote

  April 16, 2019 10:05 IST

  "As a part of the awareness program, we have made around 1 lakh on thousand postcards, which have been sent out to the first-time voters. I request them to come out and vote," DC Vikrant Pandey told ANI.

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  'Fly' verdict to elect village deputy sarpanch

  India | July 03, 2014 15:55 IST

  Pune: A newly elected woman deputy sarpanch owes her position to a housefly which descended and sat on a chit that contained her name among other two contestants in a gram panchayat poll in the

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  E mail alert to Collector helps stop marriage of minor girl

  India | July 08, 2012 16:08 IST

  Kanchipuram, Jul 8 : An e-mail alert to District Collector Hanish Chandra helped stop the marriage of a 16-year-old girl today.Officials, acting on the directions of the collector, who received the alert yesterday, found out

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  Anti-Maoist operations in Bastar, Chhatisgarh suspended

  India | April 23, 2012 21:06 IST

  Raipur/New Delhi, Apr 23: The anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region has been suspended in the wake of abduction of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon.Official sources said the state government has asked the security

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  Not Subjected To Any Assault In Maoist Captivity : Collector

  India | February 25, 2011 7:21 IST

  Malkangiri (Orissa), Feb 24: Affirming he was not assaulted in Maoist captivity, Malkangiri District Collector R V Krishna, released after being held hostage for nine days,tonight said he came back because of the tribals who

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  Engineer Freed, Collector's Release Awaited

  India | February 23, 2011 21:04 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: After a seven day ordeal, abducted junior engineer Pabitra Majhi was freed today by Maoists in Orissa while suspense continued over when fellow hostage and Malkangiri district collector R V Krishna will

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  Hunt On For Kidnapped Collector, Back Channel Efforts On

  India | February 17, 2011 13:04 IST

  Malkangiri (Orissa), Feb 17  District Collector R V Krishna, who has been kidnapped by the Maoists, today remained untraced even as the authorities launched "back channel" efforts to seek the release of the IAS officer