In a rare move, the railways have prematurely retired 32 of its officers above the age of 50 years in "public interest" on grounds of inefficiency, doubtful integrity and conduct unbecoming of a public servant as part of a periodic review, according to a statement.
Over 220 corrupt government employees, including 96 senior officials, have been given premature retirement in the last five years, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. During the period from July 2014 to October 2019, provisions of Fundamental Rules or FR 56(j) have been invoked against a total number of 96 Group 'A' officers and 126 Group 'B' officers (totalling 222) of different ministries and departments, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.
Chief Minister Adityanath has said on several occasions that officers who under-perform are free to quit or will be compulsorily retired.
As of now, the decision on Verma's case relating to GPF and other benefits were pending with the Ministries concerned.
After seeing a helicopter his wife had once wistfully asked him how much it would cost to hire one, so this school teacher in Rajasthan's Alwar district decided to fulfil her wish on his retirement on Saturday.
The proposal for compulsory retirement of Haryana-cadre IPS officer Vinod Kumar was made by a state government's review committee, which had found him "unfit for retention in service" following adverse remarks made in his performance appraisal report, said an official release.
As many as 312 government officials found to be allegedly corrupt or inefficient were given retirement in public interest, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
The bank's latest Ecowrap research report authored by SBI Chief Economist Soumya Kanti Ghosh said the exit of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor was not surprising.
A three-judge in-house committee, comprising Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, Sikkim High Court Chief Justice S K Agnihotri and Madhya Pradesh High Court's Justice P K Jaiswal, had in January 2018 concluded there was sufficient substance in the allegations contained in the complaint against Justice Shukla and that the aberrations were serious enough to call for initiation of proceedings for his removal.
While Yuvraj Singh's cricket career has been quite interesting, his love affairs and relationships had been a topic of equal interest for many.
Former India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, saying his time to continue with the game was over. The 37-year-old Delhi batsman announced his decision in a video post on his Twitter handle.
India captain Virat Kohli reiterated that Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains an integral part of the ODI team and the veteran wicket-keeper batsman decided not to play the upcoming T20s only to make way for the much younger Rishabh Pant.
Left out of India's squad for this year's Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Sardar sought advice from Tendulkar.
Collingwood, who had retired from Test cricket in 2011, will play his final game for Durham at home against Middlesex, starting on September 24.
In T20s, Goswami fared poorly in the Women's T20 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur where the 35-year old returned with one wicket from four matches.
Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from international football, attacking German football federation, fans and the media for racism and double standards in the treatment of people with Turkish roots.
Mascherano, who has played at four World Cups, made his debut for Argentina in 2003 and holds the record for most appearances for Argentina with 147.
Not just Anushka Sharma, but many Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to congratulate the man for a spell-binding inning.
Justice Chelameswar, who retires on June 22, sat in a bench headed by the CJI along with Justice D Y Chandrachud as today was the last working day before the apex court goes for the long summer vacation.
Dhawan was asked about his interests other than cricket and he did have an answer prepared on what he would do after hanging up his helmet.
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