Deepak Sandhu is first woman CIC
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday administered oath of office to Deepak Sandhu, who became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission. A former Indian Information Service officer of 1971 batch, Sandhu has served at many key positions like Principal Director General (Media and Communications) Press Information Bureau, Director General DD News, Director General (News) All India Radio before taking over as Information Commissioner in 2009.
Naidu re-appointed panel chairman
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP M Venkaiah Naidu has been re-appointed the Chairman of Department Related Standing Committee on Home Affairs for the first consecutive term. He has held this position from 2009-10 to 2012/13. lK Advani, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Sandeep Dikshit, Naveen Jindal, D Raja and others are members of this 31-member committee.
BJP MP flays TV serial ‘Jodha Akbar’
New Delhi: Cutting across party lines, members in the Rajya Sabha criticised the serial Jodha Akbar as it portrayed Akbar as a tyrant who forced Jodha to marry him. The matter was raised by BJP MP Najma Heptulla and all the members said national icons should not denigrated.
‘cbse books hardly mention of Shivaji’
New Delhi: BJP and Shiv Sena expressed concern in Rajya Sabha over inadequate mention about Chhattrapati Shivaji and Maharana Pratap in CBSE books. The issue was raised by Shiv Sena MP Bharat Kumar Raut and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla.