Lucknow, June 27: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday named senior IAS official Anoop Chandra Pandey as the new Chief Secretary of the state, an official spokesman said.
Pandey is a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and currently posted as the Industrial and Infrastructure Development Commissioner (IIDC).
Credited with the success of the UP Investors' Summit in February this year, Pandey takes over from Rajive Kumar, a 1981-batch officer, who is retiring on June 30.
The Chief Secretary-designate supersedes seven officials including Raj Pratap Singh, Deepak Singhal, Praveer Kumar, Chandra Prakash, Chanchal Tiwari and Sanjeev Saran.
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Dehradun (PTI): A helicopter with seven persons on board crashed at Gangnani in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Thursday morning, a disaster management officer said.
One person has been rescued but there is no clarity yet about the fate of others, Uttarkashi District Disaster Management Officer Shardul Singh told PTI over phone.
Rescue teams have rushed to the spot, he said
Further details area awaited.