Central vigilance commissioner appointed after a year, Murmu swears in Suresh Patel

Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N Patel was on Wednesday appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, a year after the post fell vacant. IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu administers the oath of......

CBI takes over probe into Delhi coaching centre deaths

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the deaths of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi and registered a first......

Mercifully, you haven't fined rainwater: HC to Delhi cops on basement deaths

"Mercifully, you have not challaned the rainwater for entering the basement" of the coaching centre, the Delhi high court said Friday, slamming the police for arresting a man for driving his car......

Congress picks Rahul Gandhi as leader of Oppn in Lok Sabha

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a letter about the decision has been sent to Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab by the Congress party.......

Vigilance Commission quizzes DoT

The Central Vigilance Commission has asked the Department of Telecommunications to make a presentation on 28 January on contentious issues arising out of its spectrum-allocation policy, the key......

FinMin's diktat to banks on selling insurance

Concerned over rising incidence of mis-selling, the finance ministry has directed heads of public sector banks to put in place strong mechanisms to avoid unethical practices for selling insurance......

ED allowed to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies

The government has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies, including SFIO, CCI and NIA, a move that will expedite nailing of......

RBI slams banks, FIs for delay in detecting frauds

RBI said a total of 8,707 frauds involving Rs 1 lakh and above were detected during 2019-20 involving an amount of Rs 185,644 crore. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The average lag......

Ex-NIA chief Sharad Kumar to head BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit

IMAGE: Sharad Kumar Kumar is a 1979 batch IPS officer from the Haryana cadre and has had a distinguished career especially as the chief of the National Investigation Agency from 2013 to 2017.......