Several IAS officers were transferred Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe was on Tuesday appointed commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This is his 25th transfer in a 21-year career and his second in less than two months. In April, the 2005-batch IAS officer was transferred as secretary of the disability welfare department and…
Thepakkadu elephant camp in Tamil Nadu Bengaluru: After the Dubare camp tragedy in which a woman tourist and an elephant died in 24 hours, Karnataka forest department has started drafting a comprehensive standard operating procedure (SOP) based on best practices in India and abroad to improve visitor safety and elephant management.Forest department sources said they…
Archaeological Survey of India is working to bring back from Scotland seven charters on copper plates, including those issued by Vishnu Gopavarman and Simhavarman, early Pallava kings who ruled from Kanchipuram. CHENNAI: After bringing back the 11th century CE Chola-era copper plates from Leiden University in the Netherlands, Archaeological Survey of India is now working…
Chief minister A Revanth Reddy Hyderabad: The Congress on Tuesday accused BJP MP D Arvind of trying to mislead the people over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark, alleging that he fears chief minister A Revanth will not only bring the Congress back to power in Telangana but also put a check on the BJP’s growth…
Kolkata: Less than 24 hours of receiving the complaint, Bidhannagar Police has started a probe into allegations raised by Satadru Dutta, the organiser of the Messi India tour, against former sports minister Aroop Biswas, former DG Rajeev Kumar, New Alipore councillor Juin Biswas and IAS officer Santanu Basu for allegedly sabotaging the event at the…
Chandigarh: Harvinder Kalyan, the speaker of the Haryana legislative assembly, held a meeting with the chairpersons of various House committees and emphasised making these panels more effective and people-centric.During the meeting, Kalka MLA Shakti Rani Sharma-led ‘Women Empowerment Committee’ was also added to the existing list of House committees.During the special assembly session convened on…
Jaipur: Teachers from across the state have united and planned different protests throughout the summer vacation to raise their issues. The primary issue being raised by them is the 10-day deduction in summer holidays and non-academic work assigned to them.On Monday, teachers started their protest with a symbolic funeral procession of the education minister from…
SRINAGAR: Panzath Nag has been flowing for ages. So have celebrations. Now, bigger ripples of prominence and excitement course through the brook in south Kashmir’s Qazigund after a 400-year-old community cleaning and fishing festival tied to it seeped into an episode of PM Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat.This time, the Panzath fest fervour crested last…
Harinderpal Athwal (Photo: West Midlands Police) A UK court has jailed Harinderpal Athwal, a 41-year-old Uber Eats driver, for more than 11 years after he rammed his car into a couple walking hand-in-hand in Birmingham, killing the husband and leaving the wife with life-changing injuries.The incident took place on Soho Road in Birmingham on December…
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has introduced fresh guidelines for empanelment of insolvency professionals to streamline and speed up appointments in corporate insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, PTI reported.The revised framework lays down procedures for preparing a panel of insolvency professionals (IPs) who can serve as Interim Resolution Professionals (IRPs), Resolution Professionals (RPs),…
