IPS Surender Singh is new cisf chief
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Surender Singh has been appointed as the new chief of Central paramilitary force CISF. Singh, a 1980-batch police officer of West Bengal cadre, is at present serving as a Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and will take over the new charge as incumbent Director General Arvind Ranjan retired on Thursday.
bjp’s mass contact project begins
New Delhi: After completing the membership drive, the BJP on Friday launched a mass contact programme under which the party workers have been tasked to make house-to-house visits to touch base with new members and apprise them about its ideology.
us ambassador praises india Food Security prog
New Delhi: US Ambassador Richard Verma appreciated India’s Food Security programme during his meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday. Agriculture Minister expressed interest in the technology used by USA for weather forecasting for improving preparedness as well as redressal of problems caused by natural calamities.
indo-sino ceremonial Border meeting held
New Delhi: A ceremonial border personnel meeting (BPM) was on Friday conducted on the Chinese side in Chushul Sector in Eastern ladakh, during which both sides committed to maintaining peace along the lAC. The BPM was held on the occasion of International labour Day and the Indian delegation was led by Brigadier JKS Virk while Senior Colonel Fanjun led the Chinese side. Friday’s meeting was third in a fortnight.
shashi kapoor to get phalke award in mumbai
New Delhi: Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor will be conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award in Mumbai as his family has conveyed to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry that it will difficult for him to travel to Delhi for the National Awards presentation function due to health reasons. Sources said that it is likely that I&B Minister Arun Jaitley or his deputy Rajyavardhan Rathore will travel to Mumbai to bestow the honour at a function there.
amity signs pact with us-based Forest-PlUS
New Delhi: Amity University has signed a MoU with Forest-PlUS, a US organisation providing technical assistance to improve the management of forested landscapes in India to further strengthen the academic courses and research concerning climate change and management of forested landscape in India. The MoU was signed by Gina Green, Head of the Forest-PlUS and Bl Arya, Registrar, Amity University in the presence of Ashok K Chauhan, Founder president, Amity Group and Kit Kernan, COP, Forest-PlUS.