27 posts lying vacant in ASI
New Delhi: Government is in process of filling around 27 senior level posts lying vacant in Archeological Surevy of India (ASI), Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch said on Tuesday. The existing post of Director General, one post each of Additional DG (Archeology) and ADG (Administration), one post each of Director (Epigrahy)- Sanskrit and Dravidian Inscriptions and Arabic and Persian Inscription and 18 newly created posts of Joint Director Generals and four posts of Addl DG are lying vacant, Katoch said in a written reply to lok Sabha.
‘Over 6,000 feared killed in U’khand flood’
New Delhi: Over 6,000 people are feared to have been killed in the devastating floods, cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand in June, Government said on Tuesday. “The scale and magnitude of the extreme event was such that more than 580 persons are confirmed to have lost their lives. Besides, another 5,474 persons who are still missing and feared to be no more,” Defence Minister AK Antony said in a statement in lok Sabha.
backing for Media self-regulation
New Delhi: Participants in a discussion on Tuesday favoured providing a statutory backing for self-regulatory mechanism for media while holding that Government control over media was undesirable. They also felt that there is a tendency among parts of the media not to subject themselves to even self-regulation. They were participating at a discussion organised by Observer Research Foundation and anchored by veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. The chairman of the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) Justice AP Shah, I&B Minister Manish Tewari, Press Council of India Chief Justice (retd) Markandey Katju and NBSA chairperson former Justice RV Raveendran were present at the discussion.
`4,930 lakh diverted to U’khand from MPlADS
New Delhi: A total of Rs 4,930 lakh have been diverted towards works in calamity-affected areas of Uttarakhand from the MPlADS funds. Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation Srikant Kumar Jena said in a written reply in the lok Sabha that the funds will be utilised in accordance with the Guidelines of MPlADS.