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......

In PHOTOS: Meet the new Central Vigilance Commissioner

Newly-appointed Chief Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar, an IIT-Delhi alumni and Haryana cadre Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1972 batch, is a seasoned bureaucrat who has traversed......

Adhir wants names of candidates short-listed for EC

Ahead of the meeting of the prime minister-chaired high powered panel for selection of Election Commissioners, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to the Law Ministry seeking details......

Over 6,900 corruption cases probed by CBI pending

Over 6,900 corruption cases probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation were pending trials in different courts, 361 for more than 20 years, according to the latest annual report of the Central......

UPSC, CVC chief, members to get higher salary

The pay scales of heads and members of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) have been revised. This was decided on at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired......

T K A Nair may become principal secretary in PMO

Public Sector Enterprises Board Chairman T K A Nair is tipped to become the Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. He was earlier principal secretary in the PMO when I K Gujral was......

RBI did not audit PNB during NiMo scam, says CVC

‘There are so many issues that the CVC is examining both with reference to the PNB and RBI,’ K V Chowdary said.  Apportioning blame to the Reserve Bank of India over the PNB loan......

Modi government plans to amend 145-year-old pension law

This Act had to be excluded from the list of the obsolete laws to be repealed as some of its provisions provide security to the pensioners against attachment of pension The Centre is considering to......

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.......

Images: Australia vs West Indies, Champions Trophy

After winning the toss, West Indies skipper, Floyd Reifer, elected to bowl first. And what a decision it turned out to be! Opening the bowling for West Indies, Kemar Roach got Australian......