State govt. to extend service of CS Rathna Prabha for three months
CM seeks centre’s approval for extension
Bengaluru, June 18: Amidst speculations about the next candidate to head the executive, the state government has decided to extend the service of the Chief Secretary of Karnataka government, K Rathna Prabha for further period of three months, for which Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy sent a letter to the Central government to approve the extension of the service of the officer.
In his letter written to the central government on June 18, the Chief Minister said that Ratna Prabha is under extension service till June, 2018. As she has an exemplary track record with immense experience in the state administration about multitude of central and state government sponsored schemes and there are several issues of governance and administration that need to be dealt with, the newly formed government is needed an officer of her caliber and experience to assist it. Therefore, the government of Karnataka has decided to extend the service of K Ratna Prabha, Chief Secretary to the government of Karnataka for the period of three months- till September 2018 for the smooth functioning of the incumbent government, he said and requested the central government to approve the extension of the service of K Ratna Prabha, a 1981 batch IAS officer, for further period of three months with effect from July 1, 2018.
It is noted that this will be her second extension in the service. She was appointed as Chief Secretary to the government of Karnataka on November 28, 2017 and her term was supposed to end on March 31, 2018. In view of the Assembly elections in Karnataka, the state government had written to the centre seeking extension of her tenure for three months and the centre had approved the extension. Even the extension of her service was to end on June 30, 2018. Once again, the state government has asked the centre to approve the extension of her service for further three months now.
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Noida woman duped of Rs 34 lakh, gets fake ED notices in case of 'digital arrest'
Noida (PTI): A woman was duped of Rs 34 lakh here in a case of "digital arrest" by cyber criminals who threatened her with fake notices by the Enforcement Directorate, officials said on Sunday
The fraudsters claimed that a parcel is being sent from Mumbai to Iran in her name containing five passports, two debit cards, two laptops, 900 US dollars and 200 grams of narcotics, they said.
The victim received a call form the fraudsters on around 10 pm on August 8, she said in her complaint.
The Gautam Buddha cyber crime police station has registered a case and started investigation in the matter, Inspector-in-charge Vijay Kumar Gautam said.
According to the complaint of Nidhi Paliwal, a resident of Sector-41, the fraudsters sent her a complaint via WhatsApp and asked her to send Rs 34 lakh.
An accused also video called her on Skype with the video switched off, Paliwal said in her complaint.
Inspector Gautam said the accused also sent two notices of Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which serious allegations were made against the victim. A probe on the matter is underway, he said.
