Gyanesh Kumar appointed as next CEC

Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. IMAGE: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (right) and his wife show......

What CEC Rajiv Kumar plans to do after retirement

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday revealed his intention to "detoxify" himself and spend several months in solitude in the Himalayas post his retirement next month. IMAGE: Chief......

Govt posts Manipur cadre officer as aviation secretary, rejigs bureaucracy

The Centre has appointed senior IAS officers Vumlunmang Vualnam and Neeraj Mittal as new secretaries in the ministry of civil aviation and the department of telecommunications respectively in a......

Senior PMO Official Resigns

Amarjeet Sinha, a senior bureaucrat in the prime minister's office, has resigned from his post, sources said on Monday.   A retired IAS officer, Sinha was an advisor in the PMO and handled......

Bihar CM to woo NRI investors

The new Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi will attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, to be held in Hyderabadin second week ofJanuary 2006towoo NRI......

Top bureaucrats in fray for Sebi chief's post

The government has also allowed individuals from the private sector to apply for the post The race for the post of the chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has hotted up.......

Sebi's next big worry: Who will fit into UK Sinha's shoes?

UK Sinha, a Bihar Cadre IAS officer, was appointed as the chairman of the market regulator in February 2011, succeeding CB Bhave. Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister with UK Sinha, Chairman of SEBI,......

Meet the new team of the 14th Finance Commission

Y V Reddy, (see left) the chairman of the 14th Finance Commission is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch. He is best known for his tenure as the 21st governor of the......