'For marginalised communities': Govt cancels lateral entry for babus

The Centre on Tuesday asked the UPSC to cancel the latest lateral entry recruitment, amid a row over reservation in the advertised posts. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the......

It's Rahul vs BJP on lateral entry of bureaucrats

The opposition parties on Sunday slammed the move to hire public servants through lateral entry, claiming it will snatch reservations from SCs, STs and OBCs, but the Bharatiya Janata Party hit back......

Tension rises in Manipur as militants torch 2 police outposts, 70 houses

Tensions heightened in Manipur's Jiribam district on Saturday after suspected militants torched two police outposts, a forest office and at least 70 houses, prompting the authorities to transfer......

Govt allocates Rs 928 cr to CBI, down by Rs 40 cr from FY 2024

The Centre has allocated Rs 928.46 crore to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Union Budget 2024-25 announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, a snip of over Rs 40.4......

Are we destroying leadership at the IITs?

'As engineers, as alumni and as Indians, we should be concerned about today's leadership that is making tomorrow's leaders at our IITs,' says Air Marshal P V Athawale PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd).......

Modi replaces top finance mandarin Mayaram in 1st major shake up

In first major Secretary-level shuffle by the Narendra Modi-government, Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been transferred out of the Finance Ministry to a low profile Tourism Ministry. Mayaram,......

New simplified pension form for retired govt employees

Government on Friday introduced a new pension form for its retired employees which simplifies the process of sanctioning pension and doing away with the requirement for submission of affidavits.......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......