DM of Hathras among 17 IAS officers transferred by UP's Yogi govt

Agencies

January 1, 2021

Barely, Jan 1: Barely hours before ushering in the New Year, the Yogi Adityanath government transferred 17 IAS officers, including the District Magistrate of Hathras who came under fire following the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras last year.

According to the government spokesman, Hathras District Magistrate Parveen Kumar Laxar, who faced flak for the cremation of the woman in the dead of the night was among the 11 district magistrates transferred in a reshuffle.

Laxar was also in the limelight after the Allahabad High Court had expressed concern over the failure of the Uttar Pradesh government for not taking action against him after the rape and murder case.

He has been transferred to Mirzapur in the same capacity.

Meanwhile, Joint Managing Director of Jal Nigam, Lucknow, Ramesh Ranjan, has been appointed as the new District Magistrate (DM) of Hathras.

Markandey Shahi has been made the District Magistrate of Gonda, Shruti has been given the charge of District Magistrate at Balrampur while Nitin Bansal has been made the Pratapgarh District Magistrate.

Navneet Singh Chahal has been made the DM of Mathura, Sanjeev Singh has been given charge of Chandauli and S.Rajlingam has been appointed as DM of Kushinagar.

Abhishek Singh is the new DM of Sonbhadra. Apurva Dubey has been appointed in the same capacity to Fatehpur, and Sunil Kumar Verma has been made Aurraiya DM.

Kanchan Verma has been made the Managing Director, UP Medical Supply Corporation, Sushil Kumar Patel has been made the Joint Managing Director of the Jal Nigam, Lucknow.

Bhupendra S. Chaudhary has been appointed as the special secretary, irrigation and water resources, Sarvagya Ram Mishra has been made special secretary, trade tax and Rupesh Kumar has been appointed as special secretary, sugar and cane development.

Ten officers of the provincial civil services (PCS) have also been transferred.

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Taliban appoints Ikramuddin Kamil as acting consul in Mumbai as India-Afghan ties improve

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November 12,2024

The Taliban regime has appointed Ikramuddin Kamil as the acting consul in the Afghan mission in Mumbai, Afghan media has reported.

It is the first such appointment made by the Taliban set up to any Afghan mission in India.

There was no immediate comment from the Indian side on the appointment that came.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan has announced the appointment of Kamil as the acting consul in Mumbai, the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

"He is currently in Mumbai, where he is fulfilling his duties as a diplomat representing the Islamic Emirate," it said.

The appointment is part of Kabul's efforts to strengthen diplomatic ties with India and enhance its presence abroad, the media outlet said

Kamil holds a PhD degree in international law and previously served as the deputy director in the department of security cooperation and border affairs in the foreign ministry, it said.

He is expected to facilitate consular services and represent the interests of Afghanistan in India, the report added.

Kamil's appointment comes days after the external affairs ministry's point-person for Afghanistan held talks with the Taliban's acting defence minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, in Kabul.

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, also posted on X about Kamil's appointment.

The appointment of Kamil is seen as part of efforts to facilitate consular services to the Afghan population in Mumbai.

There has been almost negligible presence of diplomatic staff at the Afghan missions in India.

Most of the diplomats appointed by the Ashraf Ghani government have already left India.

In May, Zakia Wardak, the seniormost Afghan diplomat in India, resigned from her position after reports emerged that she was caught at the Mumbai airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 25 kg of gold worth Rs 18.6 crore from Dubai.

Wardak had taken charge as the acting ambassador of Afghanistan to New Delhi late last year, after working as the Afghan consul general in Mumbai for more than two years.

She took charge of the Afghan embassy in New Delhi last November, after the mission helmed by then ambassador Farid Mamundzay announced its closure.

Mamundzay, who was an appointee of the Ghani government, had moved to the United Kingdom.

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