Cong celebrates Rahul’s birthday
New Delhi: Congress workers here were in a joyous mood as they celebrated the birthday of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who turned 44 on Thursday. Although Rahul is not in Delhi and travelling abroad, his absence did not deter party supporters from marking their leader’s birthday with fanfare. led by Jagdish Sharma, party supporters cut a birthday cake weighing 44-kg while hundreds of them gathered between Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s official residence at 10, Janpath, and the AICC headquarters on 24, Akbar Road, amidst the beating of drums and bursting of crackers
Rajnath launches MHA’s Twitter handle
New Delhi: Union Home Ministry on Thursday got a new handle on micro-blogging site Twitter -- @HMOIndia -- to ensure a transparent and responsive Government. The new Twitter handle was launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and the number of followers crossed 7,000 within a day. “Welcome to the official Twitter account of India’s Home Minister,” was the message written in Hindi on the account that also had previous 36 tweets from Singh’s personal account.
PM hails Russia as ‘reliable friend’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed Russia as a “time-tested and reliable friend” and said he intends to take the relationship to a higher level. He gave this message to visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin who met him here to convey President Vladimir Putin`s greetings and his desire to work with him to further strengthen and deepen the “special and privileged strategic partnership” between the two countries. Modi told Rogozin that he looks forward to “a productive, substantive and forward-looking” Summit with Putin later this year.
PMO secy Ramanujam gets 3-month extension
New Delhi: R Ramanujam, Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, has got a three-month extension till September this year. The extension to Ramanujam, the Secretary in the PMO, has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in public interest on contract basis for a period of three months beyond the date of his superannuation, i.e. up to September 30, 2014, an official release said on Thursday.
Project Seabird on Naval meet’s agenda
New Delhi: Maintenance of its aging fleet, security and safety of warships and development of major infrastructure projects such as Project Seabird in Karwar would be high on agenda of the Naval commanders’ conference scheduled to be held here next week. The conference, which has been delayed by over two months due to resignations by then Navy chief Admiral D K Joshi and Western Naval commander Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, will be the first to be headed by Admiral Robin Dhowan who will also review the integration of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya with other assets of the fleet.