Alok Ranjan appointed new UP Chief Secy

The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday removed Chief Secretary Javed Usmani and appointed Alok Ranjan in his place.A 1978 batch IAS officer, Ranjan, who assumed office this......

Lalu's trusted IAS officers placed in sons' departments

Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad Yadav's two of the most trusted senior IAS officers have been moved into departments held by the party patron's sons in the Bihar cabinet. 1982-batch IAS......

Faced with brickbats, Yogi replaces Covid crisis response team

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday replaced his ‘Team-11’, a group of officials tasked with managing the crises, with a new......

Maha to set up panel to strictly implement beef ban law

The Maharashtra cabinet has cleared a proposal to set up a cow service commission to strictly implement a 2015 law to ban beef and take measures for the overall betterment of livestock, an official......

Florida keen to export agri products to India

In order to help the farmers of Florida, the Sunshine State is seemingly looking at India these days, or so it seems. In the first major step to help the state's agricultural producers to augment......

Impact of untimely rain on wheat crop marginal

There has not been a large impact of untimely rain and hailstorm so far in several major wheat-growing areas, and those might have damaged around 3 per cent of the standing crop -- not enough to......

Panel against Bt Brinjal in Andhra Pradesh

A three-member committee on Bt brinjal, appointed by the Andhra Pradesh government, has recommended not to allow commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in the state. The committee suggested for......

'Fine balance needed on market access for FTA'

India and the EU have agreed that a ‘fine balance’ needs to be arrived at on market access on both the sides, an issue that is bogging progress in the tortuous negotiations for a free......

There is no question of protecting Modi: Pawar

Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi will have to face the music if he is found guilty of corruption, according to ICC President Sharad Pawar who on Sunday made it clear that there was no question......