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IAS officers transfer to Ladakh, Arunachal: Why are transfers to remote states seen as punishment?

IAS Sanjeev Khirwar and his dog became famous as a story was out in which it was revealed that Khirwar allegedly used to clear a stadium to walk his dog. Now, he has been transferred to Ladakh and his wife Rinku Dagga, who is also a bureaucrat has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.

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IAS officers Sanjeev Khirwar and Rinku Dagga

IAS Sanjeev Khirwar and his dog became famous as a story was out in which it was revealed that Khirwar allegedly used to clear a stadium to walk his dog. Now, he has been transferred to Ladakh and his wife Rinku Dagga, who is also a bureaucrat has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.

As the news reports of Khirwar vacating the stadium so that he could take his dog for a walk started circulating, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order of their posting.

After the order, the focus shifted to punishment posting and several people started discussing on Twitter why remote locations are considered to be punishment.

Not just IAS officers, even the judges consider remote locations as punishment posting. There have been several resignations in the past due to the posting in remote locations like Ladakh, and Arunachal Pradesh, among others. In 2019, Chief Justice of Madras High Court Vijaya Tahilramani resigned after she was transferred to the Meghalaya High Court and IAS officer, Kashish Mittal resigned because he was transferred from the corridors of powers at the Niti Aayog to Arunachal Pradesh. But the question is why is it considered punishment?

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For answering this, we need to take a dive into the historical background of punishment posting.

During the British empire, several officers were given the punishment of posting to colonies like Nigeria, India, British Malaya and other places. And other countries too did the same, like France, as they used to transfer their officials to North African colonies like Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.

Now cut to 2022 and in India, the officials get posted to the far east or to the remote area but there is one benefit that they get when they are posted to the northeast region as they get 40 days of leaves in a year instead of 30 days.

The remote region is known to be punishment posting because of the conditions like remoteness, lack of facilities, lack of transport and disturbed conditions. However, since there is hardship and because of that all the northeastern states fall in category 1 section and there are a number of benefits like special allowance, retention of company leased accommodation in any city of choice and even an extra point during the promotion. A substantial section is devoted to benefits that will accrue in case of injury, disablement or death due to subversive or terrorist activity, as reported by The Print.

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Getting back to the discussion that is going on about the punishment posting, several users raised questions. Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra also said why shame Arunachal by transferring errant Delhi bureaucrat there? Why pay lip service to North East and then treat the area as a dump for your rubbish, MHA?

Another user wrote that these are punishment postings because the regions are challenging as these locations are close to the Himalayas and the border. More importantly, the perks of being a bureaucrat posted in Delhi are way higher, as compared to these places.

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5 students sustain stab injuries after clash breaks out between two school groups in Delhi’s Dayalpur, 6 arrested

The Delhi Police have so far arrested six students and registered a case against them in connection with the case.

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School Student Fight

A horrific incident has come to light from Delhi’s Dayalpur area where at least five students of Karawal Nagar School sustained stab injuries after a clash broke out between two school groups in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur area.

The Delhi Police have so far arrested six students and registered a case against them in connection with the case.

According to the reports, a scuffle broke out between the students of Govt. Boys Senior Secondary School, Karawal Nagar and Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Khajuri Khas on Monday at 3:10 pm. The two groups attacked each other with knives after a quarrel, in which five students of Karawal Nagar School were injured.

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The students were rushed to the GTB Hospital where they are undergoing treatment.

The Delhi Police said one of the apprehended students disclosed that 3 days ago, while he was riding his motorcycle near the Dayalpur bus stand, some students stopped him and bullied him.

He claims that they questioned him about his school and the reason he was riding the motorbike so close to their school. They beat him up when he resisted their bullying. The student gathered his friends and attacked the other group in retaliation.

The boy was then shifted to Jai Prakash Hospital. After first aid, he gathered his friends and they all planned revenge. The Delhi Police said there is no communal angle in this incident. He said further investigation into the matter is underway.

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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin rewards director Kartiki Gonsalves of Oscar-winning The Elephant Whisperers with Rs 1 crore

Most recently, CM Stalin also met with the leading characters of the documentary, Bomman and Bellie, and the young elephants Raghu and Ammu. The Tamil Nadu government also announced cash rewards for 91 caretakers at the elephant camps.

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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has honored the Oscar-winning film by rewarding director Kartiki Gonsalves Rs 1 crore. The documentary film had been on the receiving end of a lot of praise after it won Oscar for the Best Documentary Short in 2023.

As per the reports, on Tuesday, Kartiki Gonsalves met with CM MK Stalin who lauded her work and congratulated her for bagging an oscar. After landing back in Chennai following her win at the Oscars. She met with Tamil Nadu CM and received the Oscar trophy from his hand.

Chief Minister MK Stalin then facilitated the director with a cash prize of Rs 1 crore. He also honored the Elephant Whisperer’s director by gifting her with a shawl.

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Most recently, CM Stalin also met with the leading characters of the documentary, Bomman and Bellie, and the young elephants Raghu and Ammu. The Tamil Nadu government also announced cash rewards for 91 caretakers at the elephant camps.

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Tamil Nadu CM also congratulated and praised the Elephant Whisperer team for winning the Oscar on March 12. Chief Minister MK Stalin took to Twitter to praise the documentary makers and congratulated them on winning the Oscars.

He further wrote that there is no better news to wake up to than two women bringing the first-ever Oscar for an Indian Production. He also called the documentary film a moving story and said that the documentary deserves all the praises and accolades that it has been receiving.

The Elephant Whisperers

The documentary is a 40-minute-long documentary that one can stream on Netflix. The documentary revolves around the lives of elephant caretakers Bomman and Bellie and also was the directorial debut of Kartiki Gonsalves.

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Traffic chaos as rain lashes Delhi NCR, more showers forecast tomorrow

Due to heavy rain during the office dispersal hour, traffic chaos covered the captial. Social media is swamped with Delhiites sharing visuals of the rain and jam-packed roads.

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Delhi rain

Heavy rain lashed several parts of Delhi and NCR on Monday evening. The captial along with on-and-off drizzles had pleasant weather throughout the day.

Due to heavy rain during the office dispersal hour, traffic chaos covered the captial. Social media is swamped with Delhiites sharing visuals of the rain and jam-packed roads.

Earlier today, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert owing to rain, thunderstorm, and hailstorm in several parts of the city.

The bad weather conditions in Delhi also triggered the diversion of a total of 10 flights which were scheduled to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.

Among the 10 flights, three were diverted to Lucknow and seven to Jaipur.

IMD had also said rain coupled with hail and gusty winds of up to 40 km per hour in Delhi will be witnessed on Monday. It also advised people to stay indoors and not seek shelter under trees, as maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 26 and 16 degrees Celsius.

On Saturday, Delhi-NCR witnessed heavy rain with hailstorms taking the temperature to 25.3 degrees Celsius. As per the officials, the capital recorded the lowest temperature so far this month on Saturday.

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