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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre to drop the proposed amendments to the IAS Cadre Rules.

In his letter to PM Modi, Rao expressed strong protest against the proposed changes to the All India Services (Cadre) Rules, 1954. The chief minister said, "the proposed amendments militate against the federal structure of the constitution, both in letter and spirit. ‘’

The proposed changes in the IAS Cadre Rules will reportedly take away the power of states to override Centre's request seeking officers on central deputation.

Nearly two years after his party decided to break its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he still believes that his party wasted 25 years as part of an alliance with BJP.

Chief Minister Thackeray made scathing comments about Shiv Sena's former alliance partner, the BJP, while addressing party workers through virtual mode on the occasion of 96th birth anniversary of the party founder and his father, Balasaheb Thackeray.

Uddhav Thackeray began by saying that Shiv Sena had "wasted" its time with BJP for 25 years. "My only disappointment is that once upon a time, they were our friends. We nurtured them. As I said earlier, our 25 years in alliance with the BJP were wasted," said Thackeray.

On Republic day, the Rajpath will don a new look. Completed within 11 months, the almost 3-kilometre long stretch is all set to be a visual treat for visitors. While atleast 30,000 invitees to the Republic Day celebrations will be the first ones to bear witness the changes alongside the road of significance, people will be able to see new Central Vista Avenue very soon.

Here's a list of changes that will welcome you to the new Rajpath:

As per the details, the new site will have atleast 40,000 square meters of additional space for tourists.

New sidewalks have been added in place of the red sand path, resulting in 94,600 meters of walkable pathway.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to release the Term 1 Results 2022 of class 10th and 12th board exam candidates on January 24, as per several media reports. Although the CBSE has not released the results' date and time yet, students are advised to keep checking the official websites - cbse.gov.in or cbseresults.nic.in - for CBSE Term 1 exam results 2022.

Meanwhile, CBSE has released the Term 2 sample questions papers on its official website. The Term 2 board exams are scheduled to be held in March-April 2022. The CBSE board exams results were categorized into two segments - Term 1 and Term 2 and each term will include 50% of the rationalised syllabus.

Two Congress chief ministers, Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot and Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel, on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the proposed change to the cadre rules for the three All India Services, arguing that the proposed amendments will hurt the spirit of cooperative federalism, create uncertainties for officials and impact their ability to discharge their duties impartially, particularly during elections.

The letters by chief ministers comes a day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee put out her second letter to PM Narendra Modi that described a new version of the proposed amendments even “more draconian” than the Centre’s initial proposal.

First, West Bengal, and now Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, have argued that the proposed amendment will ensure that the Centre can unilaterally requisition services of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers serving in the states without the concurrence of the officer concerned or the state government.