New Delhi: Many IAS officers have been transferred in Delhi. Hours after the CBI raided deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence over alleged irregularities in excise policy, 12 IAS officers were transferred on Friday.

Those transferred include Udit Prakash Rai, Special Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, according to a transfer order issued by the Services Department of the Delhi government.

Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena had recently recommended to the Home Ministry for action against IAS Udit Prakash Rai in a corruption case. An official familiar with the development said the reshuffle was not linked to the raid at Manish Sisodia’s house.

Udit Prakash Rai, Special Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, is a 2007-batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. Lt Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena had recently recommended to the Home Ministry for action against them.

Among the officers transferred and posted, Vijendra Singh Rawat, a 2007-batch IAS officer, will succeed Rai as the new special secretary of the health and family welfare department. He will also hold the additional charge of Director (Planning). Jitendra Narayan has been made chairman and managing director of Delhi Finance Corporation.

Vivek Pandey , an IAS officer currently posted as Secretary Administrative Reforms, has been appointed as Secretary (IT) and given additional charge of MD (GSDL) and Director (UTCS). According to the order, Sonal Swaroop (2012-batch IAS), who is currently posted as additional commissioner in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, has been appointed as special secretary to the LG.

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New Delhi: Under fire over the new liquor policy, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today announced that the Delhi government has withdrawn its new excise policy and directed to reopen government liquor vends.

The decision to roll back the new excise policy came a few days after after L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena had recommended a CBI probe into the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 and also blamed Sisodia citing gross irregularities in the policy.

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New Delhi: The court in Delhi has granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Okhla, Amanatullah Khan today.

On Thursday, the Delhi Police had arrested Khan for allegedly obstructing the MCD’s anti-encroachment drive in Madanpur Khadar area.

After getting bail, Amanatullah Khan’s wife has issued a statement. She tweeted from the AAP MLA’s handle, “Satyamev Jayate! The judiciary has slapped the BJP’s nefarious designs. The court granted bail to Amanatullah Khan Saheb. Thank you all for the prayers.

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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday has cancelled his visit Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal to Delhi government schools and mohalla clinics tomorrow.

AAP had yet to give any official response that why Mann has cancelled his planned visit to Delhi.

Earlier, Mann faced heavy criticisms from opposition leaders in state for sending senior bureaucrats for holding meeting with Delhi CM Kejriwal without his present.

CM Mann, however, justified the move and said that he would send the official again and will also go himself to get information about advance Delhi model to implement it in the Punjab.

Meanwhile, Mohalla Clinic is a community clinic established AAP government in Delhi to ensure quality Healthcare in localities and Delhi has around 300 Mohalla Clinics at present besides many model schools, which AAP claims to overshadow private schools in delivering qualify education to students.

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New Delhi: With Covid-19 cases are now on decline in the national capital, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday decided to reopen classes (nursery to Class 8) from November 1 in the schools.

In other announcements, the government body also issued directions to follow Covid-19 norms ahead of Dussehra and Durga Puja in Delhi including restrictions on crowd capacity, mask compliance, and some others to contain virus spread.

The move came after as there was a growing demand from several parents’ groups in the national capital to restart physical classes for schoolchildren of classes 6-8.

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