Deepak Sandhu tipped to be next CIC
New Delhi: Former media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Deepak Sandhu, is likely to be appointed as next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) to succeed Satyanand Mishra who retires early next month. Sandhu’s appointment is understood to have been cleared at a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the file recommending her name has been sent to the President’s office for his approval, official sources said. Sandhu, a retired Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of 1971 batch, has already been serving in Central Information Commission as Information Commissioner since September 2009.
‘structural features in u’khand hills different’
New Delhi: Scientists have discovered a significantly different structural feature in Uttarakhand hills, which may lead to a major earthquake. “Researchers found a significantly different structural feature (in Uttarakhand Hills) as compared to earlier projections. This feature at depth may hold strain (energy) at the location. One of the many possibilities of releasing the stored energy is in the form of a major earthquake,” a senior official of the disaster management division of the Home Ministry said. The scientists of National Geophysical Research Institute, as part of research project from Department of Science and Technology, carried out detailed seismological investigation of Uttarakhand region for over three years.
NIA chief to visit Bodh gaya blast site
New Delhi: After drawing a blank for over a month in finding any credible clue in the Bodh Gaya explosions, NIA chief Sharad Kumar will be visiting the blast site on Thursday in an effort to speed up the probe. Kumar, who took over the reins of the investigating agency of the country last July, will talk to the probe officers of the NIA and State police and also go through the evidence collected in this regard. Two monks were injured in 10 blasts that took place early in the morning of July 7 in the Mahabodhi temple. Three unexploded bombs were also found from the complex.