Arunendra is acting Rly Board Chairman
New Delhi: Arunendra Kumar, Member (Mechanical) of Railway Board, has been given the additional charge of Chairman Railway Board from July 1. Similarly, Kul Bhushan, Member (Electrical), will look after the duties of the post of Member (Traffic) in addition to his own duties. Rajendra Kashyap, Additional Member (Budget) has been given the additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Railways.
Tirath seeks support in anganwadi rebuilding
New Delhi: In the aftermath of the devastating floods which shook Uttarakhand, Minister of Woman and Child development Krishna Tirath has written to the PMO, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and CM Vijay Bahuguna assuring the Ministries complete support in rebuilding all anganwadi centres devastated in the floods. According to a State report, the floods have swept away 30 anganwadi centres catering to 3.5 lakh children and damaged CPDOs. The Minister has requested the Centre to waive off the mandatory 25% State contribution in the development of these centres.
‘Formidable challenge to protect tiger’
New Delhi: It is a “formidable” challenge to protect India’s national animal — Tiger — from poaching and threat to its habitat, CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha told wildlife crime investigators from South Asia on Monday. “Presently, the country’s 1,706 tigers are scattered across a fragmented system of 43 reserves which are under the governance of 17 different State Governments. The challenge to protect these is formidable,” Sinha said.