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......

SC names ex-HC judge to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri probe

Determined on an 'impartial, fair and just' investigation into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Supreme Court Wednesday appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana......

UP's ex-IPS officer names new party Adhikar Sena, but suggestions welcome

Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, former Indian Police Service officer Amitabh Thakur on Friday said he will float a new political party soon. IMAGE: Amitabh Thakur with......

Ex-IPS officer to contest against Yogi

Former Indian Police Service officer Amitabh Thakur, who was issued premature retirement orders in March 2021, will contest next year's state assembly election against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister......

Why ICICI Bank chose Girish Chaturvedi as its chairman

The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.Jyoti Mukul reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com His former colleagues in the powerful......

Coal scam: 'CBI is incapable of finding the truth'

'Officers have been made the scapegoat for political failure.''No effort has been made to find out who scuttled the prime minister's decision to introduce competitive bidding and why and at whose......

PM Modi faces a bureaucratic test

Here comes the moment of truth. Modi prides himself on offering an "incorruptible" government. Will he dilute the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill to coax the administration's fealty and......

Key posts vacant at Centre, few takers

The shortage of officers at the Centre has become so visible that the Department of Personeel and Training in a candid acknowledgment of the shrinking pool asked the states to ‘share the......