Court reserves order on sharing officials’ appraisal reports (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea that government employees' performance appraisal reports, officially known as the annual confidential report (ACR), ... Read more...
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Court reserves order on officials’ appraisal reports
February 7th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea that performance appraisal reports of government staffers, officially known as the Annual Confidential ... Read more...
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Plea to make officials’ appraisal reports public
January 15th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The performance appraisal reports of government staffers, officially known as the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), may not be confidential anymore, with a petition before the ... Read more...
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EC puts minorities quota on hold, BJP slams Congress ‘bigotry’ (Roundup)
January 11th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Amid fierce resistance by the BJP to religion-based reservations, the Election Commission Wednesday asked the government to put on hold the implementation of the 4.5 ... Read more...
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GoM accepts Chawla panel report on natural resources
October 15th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A group of ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has accepted most of the recommendations of a committee set up to suggest ... Read more...
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Special sop for officials of northeast cadre
August 31st, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 31 (IANS) The central government has introduced a special allowance for the all-India services officers belonging to northeast cadres to improve their performance, an official said Wednesday."The union ... Read more...
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Congress MP submits Hazare bill to parliament panel
August 21st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Congress MP Praveen Singh Aron has moved Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill before the Parliamentary Standing Committee for consideration to "add more strength" to the ... Read more...
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64 satellites launched by ISRO so far
August 4th, 2011 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has so far launched 64 satellites and of these seven failed, Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.Minister of state ... Read more...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s new team
July 12th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Following is the new look of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's team after a reshuffle of his council of ministers Tuesday, inducting eight new faces, ... Read more...
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Ajit Seth is new cabinet secretary (Lead)
May 24th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Known as one of the most punctilious bureacrats in India, Ajit Kumar Seth, who strictly follows the rules, would be the next cabinet secretary after ... Read more...
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Ajit Kumar Seth to be new cabinet secretary
May 24th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the appointment of 1974 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Ajit Kumar Seth as the next cabinet secretary, the ... Read more...
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Terror list errors embarrassed home ministry: Chidambaram
May 21st, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Home minister P. Chidambaram Saturday admitted that multiple errors in the list of terrorists hiding in Pakistan was "embarrassing" for the home ministry but ... Read more...
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CBI to probe Manipur youth’s killing
May 9th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The central government Monday said it has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the killing of Irom Roger Singh, a Manipur ... Read more...
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Delhi to open more state-run retail outlets
May 8th, 2011 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Delhi government is planning to open more branches of Kendriya Bhandar, state-run retail outlets, in the government colonies to provide people with quality products ... Read more...
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Vice President to deliver UPSC Foundation Day lecture on Tuesday
May 1st, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 1(ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari will be the main speaker at the UPSC Foundation Day lecture on governance, which will be held at Vigyan Bhawan here on May 3. ... Read more...
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CBI can’t probe Goa drug nexus, high court told
March 22nd, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 22 (IANS) The police-politician-drug mafia nexus case cannot be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as it "lacks manpower" and has "constraints of local language", its ... Read more...
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Decision next week on CBI probe in Goa drug nexus case
March 17th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 17 (IANS) The union ministry of personnel will next week decide whether to hand over the police-politician-drug mafia nexus probe to the CBI, a central government counsel told ... Read more...
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‘Personnel ministry mum on CBI probe into Goa drug nexus’
March 8th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 8 (IANS) The union personnel ministry has not responded to the Goa government's request that the probe into the police-politician-drug mafia nexus in the state be handed ... Read more...
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Despite petition, PM mum on Goa drug mafia nexus probe: BJP
March 4th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is silent on setting up a central probe in the police-politician-drug mafia nexus in Goa despite a petition to this effect, ... Read more...
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Over 15,000 RTI appeals pending with information commission
February 24th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) More than 15,000 appeals under the Right to Information Act (RTI) are pending with the Central Information Commission (CIC), Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, ... Read more...
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S.K. Tripathi to take charge of RAW Thursday (Lead)
December 28th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The government Tuesday announced the appointment of S.K. Tripathi as the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the country's external intelligence agency.Sanjeev Tripathi, who headed ... Read more...
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S.K. Tripathi to be new RAW chief
December 28th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) S.K. Tripathi will take charge Dec 30 as the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on a two-year tenure, an official statement said Tuesday."The appointments ... Read more...
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Narayanaswamy given additional charge
November 15th, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanaswamy Monday was given additional charge of the personnel, public grievances and pensions ministry.Narayanswamy was given the portfolio, ... Read more...
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IGNOU launches course for central government staff
October 28th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) A new course for government employees in the country was launched Thursday by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and the training division of department of ... Read more...
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IAS officers among dozen under scanner in Kashmir
August 29th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 29 (IANS) Two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the rank of commissioner secretary are among a dozen civil service officers in Jammu and Kashmir under the scanner for corruption, ... Read more...
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The whistleblowers protection bill - a primer
August 9th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, 9 Aug (IANS) Here are some important features of the landmark whistleblowers protection bill cleared by the union cabinet Monday:
* It is officially called The Public Interest Disclosure and ... Read more...
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Chandra Bhushan Paliwal new CVO of SAIL
July 15th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Chandra Bhushan Paliwal of the Indian Administrative Service has taken over as the chief vigilance officer (CVO) of the Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
Prior to ... Read more...
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Centre withholds Rathore’s pension permanently
June 30th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday decided to withhold former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore's pension in full on a permanent basis.Rathore is ... Read more...
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Indian Legal Service to be revamped to attract fresh talent
June 11th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Indian Legal Service (ILS) will be revamped to attract fresh and talented law graduates - and not just experienced officers - to various government services, officials ... Read more...
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Government bids goodbye to typewriters
June 5th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Bidding goodbye to typewriters, the government announced Saturday that it would test the typing skills for clerks as well as stenos on computers.
"(The) Staff Selection Commission has ... Read more...
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Visa free travel for Chinese, Indian airline staff (Lead)
May 27th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) The airline staff of India and China will henceforth enjoy visa free travel between their countries following an agreement signed during the visit of Indian ... Read more...
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India, China sign three bilateral pacts
May 27th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, May 27 (ANI): India and China on Thursday signed three bilateral cooperation pacts, including two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on the sidelines of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's six-day visit to China.The ... Read more...
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Shivshankar Menon formally named NSA
April 6th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A cabinet panel Tuesday formally approved the appointment of former foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon as the National Security Advisor (NSA).
Menon, who was named Jan 21 to take ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh to inaugurate conference of Chief Secretaries
February 1st, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will on Monday inaugurate a conference of State Chief Secretaries.The two-day conference is being organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms ... Read more...
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PM to inaugurate chief secretaries’ conference
January 31st, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate a two-day conference of state chief secretaries here Monday aimed at formalising the process of interaction with states and union ... Read more...
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