RANCHI, April 19 -- Effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Hemant Soren government has transferred, giving new appointments and additional charge to 65 IAS and IPS officers, officials said on Saturday. The notification of transfer of the officials was issued late on Friday night and most of the officers took charge of their new assignments on Saturday, people aware of the development said. Among the major changes, new deputy commissioners (DCs) have been appointed in 17 districts. The notification said that 2013-batch IAS officer Rajiv Ranjan, who was special secretary in the cabinet department and the chief minister's office, was made the DC of East Singhbhum district, while Sandip Kumar, a 2014-batch officer, was appointed Latehar DC. Shashi Prakash Singh, a 2017-batch officer currently serving as Hazaribag DC, was appointed Deoghar DC, while Hemant Sati was made Hazaribag DC and Manish Kumar was appointed West Singhbhum DC. Lokesh Mishra has been appointed Godda DC and Megha Bhardwaj the DC of Pakur, the notification said. On the other hand, the notification issued by the Home, Prison and Disaster Management Department, said that Inspector General (Operation) Michael Raj S was made IG (Rail), while IG of Palamu zone Shailendra Kumar Sinha was appointed Bokaro IG, and IG Bokaro Sunil Bhaskar was transferred to the Jharkhand Armed Police. Superintendent of Police Nidhi Dubey was made the new Saraikela-Kharswan SP in place of Mukesh Kumar, who was appointed the SP of Ramgarh. Ranchi Rural SP Praveen Pushkar was made Deogarh SP, while Ajay Kumar was appointed SP of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), it added....