ITBP chief appointed after two months
New Delhi: Two months after the post fell vacant, Government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officer Subhas Goswami as the new chief of the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) which guards the crucial Indian border with China. Goswami, a 1977-batch police officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will be the 30th Director General (DG) of the force which was raised in the face of the 1962 Chinese aggression. He is currently serving as the Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad.
Jairam urges all
to shun crackers
New Delhi: With Diwali round the corner, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh have urged the people to celebrate the festival by lighting lamps only and shun firecrackers which are manufactured by hundreds of innocent children illegally employed in cracker units. He said that in cracker industry many children and bonded labourers are working. “This should be an issue of concern for us,” Ramesh said on Wednesday while announcing government’s rehabilitation programme on bonded labourers in 10 critically vulnerable districts across Six states.
DA case: WB cadre
IAS chargesheeted
New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday chargesheeted 1990-batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Manoj Agarwal, his wife Uma and father-in-law P Garg in a disproportionate assets case. Agarwal and his family members had allegedly amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 1.46 crore during the check period from August 20, 1990 to June 30, 2008. The alleged disproportionate movable and immovable properties were acquired during Agarwal’s stint as Commissioner of the Delhi Development Authority. They have been accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act.