Bengaluru, August 27: The state government has transferred two IAS officers and appointed two other IAS officers who were waiting for the places to the new posts on Monday.

The government has transferred Cooperative department principal secretary Dr N Nagalambika Devi as a Higher Education department principal secretary and Tourism department secretary TK Anil Kumar was transferred as Food and Civil Supplies department Secretary with immediate effect.

However, two IAS officers G Satyavathi and V Chaitra who were in anticipation of the posts, were shown the places as Employment and Training Department Commissioner and Basic Infrastructure Development joint secretary respectively.

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Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 4 (PTI): A nutritious meal cook and another person were arrested by the police on Friday for thrashing a class V student with broom, here, after the child demanded egg, the state government said.

A video of the purported incident has gone viral, where the boy is seen being beaten up with a broom by the two.

Social Welfare and Women Rights Minister, P Geetha Jeevan, made it clear the Stalin-led government will not tolerate any act of violence against children.

In a social media update, Jeevan said the incident happened at a primary school in Polur union in the district where the cook Lakshmi and an assistant, Muniammal "beat up a student who asked for an egg as part of the nutritious meal."

They were suspended on April 3 and later, criminal action was initiated against them and the two were arrested, she said.

A state government release said an enquiry was initiated following the viral video and after departmental action, the two women were booked under relevant sections of BNS and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and subsequently arrested.