Sushma Singh to be next CIC of India
New Delhi: Sushma Singh, the seniormost Information Commissioner, will be the next Chief Information Commissioner of India and will succeed Deepak Sandhu, who completes her term. The decision on appointing Singh, a former IAS officer, as the next CIC was taken unanimously by a panel comprising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, leader of the Opposition in lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and law Minister Kapil Sibal.
Arvind Ranjan to take charge as CISF DG
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer and current NSG chief Arvind Ranjan is tipped to be the new Director General of Central Industrial Security Force, which guards the country’s civil airports and other key installations. The post of CISF chief is vacant for over a month when incumbent Rajiv retired on October 31. Union Home Ministry on Thursday issued orders asking Ranjan to hold the charge of CISF DG in an “additional capacity”, taking the responsibility away from BSF chief Subhash Joshi.
Winter session begins on a sombre note
New Delhi: Winter Session of Parliament began on Thursday on a sombre note as both Houses condoled the death of sitting members, Mohan Singh in the RS and Murarilal Singh in the lS, before adjourning for the day. lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar led the House in expressing condolences over the death of Murarilal Singh, BJP MP from Sarguja, who died on Wednesday in Raipur at the age of 61.
‘India committed to supporting Myanmar’
New Delhi: Myanmar has much to learn from India as it returns to a multi-party democratic system of governance, Speaker of the country’s Upper House told President Pranab Mukherjee as he met him here. Mukherjee, during the visit of the 23-member parliamentary delegation led by U Khin Aung Myint, Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House), said India is committed to supporting its eastern neighbour in “whichever way it can.”