New Delhi: Uday Kumar Varma a 1976 batch IAS of the Madhya Pradesh Cadre has taken over the charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of MSME. He has succeeded Shri Dinesh Rai, a UP Cadre IAS officer of 1974 Batch, who had superannuated on 31st August 2010. Varma holds Master Degree in Public Administration [...]
New Delhi: Local health authorities are undertaking extensive mosquito control measures which include source reduction, anti-larval measures using temephos etc. and fogging. Sufficient stock of these items is available. Railways have started fogging along the railways track. The joint close monitoring by MCD, NVBDCP, NCDC and NIMR in and around CWG stadia has shown drastic [...]
New Delhi: The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil will be visiting Leh tomorrow. During her stay, the President will tour the affected areas and meet the people at the relief camp. The President will also be briefed by civil and military officials about the ongoing relief and rehabilitation operations following the cloudburst earlier [...]
New Delhi: Union Public Service Commission has announced the results of the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Exam, 2009. The list for the Indian Economic Service contains 15 candidates, including 06 belonging to the Other Backward Classes (including 1 PH-1), 02 to the Scheduled Castes and 01 to the Scheduled Tribe and that for the [...]
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will be conducting the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2010 at 232 venues located in 41 Centers throughout the country on 19.09.2010 (Sunday). Admission Certificates to the candidates have been dispatched. Letters of rejection to the candidates stating reason(s) for rejection have also been issued. If any [...]
New Delhi (ANI): Flood alert has been sounded in the low-lying areas here, after heavy downpours for three days caused the water level to cross the danger mark in the Yamuna river on Saturday. The river is now flowing 11 cms above the danger level of 204.8 meters and with incessant rainfall expected throughout Saturday, [...]
New Delhi: Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has reported that banks have been permitted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow free cash withdrawal at their ATMs by customers from other banks upto five times in a month free of charge. Banks are generally complying with the guidelines issued by RBI in this regards from [...]
New Delhi (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to hike MPs” salary from current Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000. The decision comes few days after the Union Cabinet deferred its decision on the proposed three-fold increase. The Bill will now be placed in Parliament for final approval. The Parliament on Wednesday witnessed [...]
New Delhi: In an yet another passenger friendly move, the Ministry of Railways has decided to accept credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph as proof of identity for traveling on e-tickets. The new provision has come into effect from 6th August, 2010. The bank credit card is in addition to the existing seven [...]
New Delhi: A confident Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh sent out a positive Independence Day message that he wants to resolve differences with Pakistan through dialogue, but much progress cannot be made unless terrorism emanating from its territory ends. Following are the highlights of his speech delivered on the occasion of India”s 64th Independence Day [...]
New Delhi: Dr. M. S. Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports inaugurated an upgraded R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex here today. This is the first time that tennis as a medal sport has been introduced in the Commonwealth Games and R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex will be the Venue for Tennis competition for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth [...]
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday that the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi would be one of the best games ever organised. Addressing an inaugural event at the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee headquarters here, Dikshit said: “These Games really will be one of the best that has been conducted [...]
New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) in order to prohibit marriages in the same gotra. One Naresh Kadyan petitioned the High Court seeking ban on same gotra marriages. In his petition Kadyan submitted that same gotra marriage is violative of the [...]
New Delhi (ANI): India and Afghanistan on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in labour related areas. Minister of Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge and Afghanistan Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled Mohammad Ghous Bashiri signed the MoU. Under the terms of MoU, India will provide technical support in [...]