Pachnanda appointed CRPF operations chief
New Delhi: RK Pachnanda, a senior IPS officer from West Bengal, has been appointed as head of Operations in paramilitary CRPF. The officer was recently in news after his name figured in a panel of senior police officers to be appointed as Additional Director of CBI. However, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, appointed another officer for the vacant post at the premier investigating agency from a pool of senior officials.
24 monuments are untraceable: Survey
New Delhi: A survey by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found that 24 monuments are untraceable, while 12 monuments have submerged under reservoirs, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Maximum plaints to
CIC against Delhi Govt
New Delhi: Central Information Commission received maximum complaints against the Delhi Government from RTI applicants in 2013, the lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written response, MoS for Personnel V Narayanasamy said Ministry of Railways recorded maximum number of RTI complaints during 2012 while in 2013 Delhi Government was the public authority against whom maximum complaints were received.
‘Naxals have link with foreign Maoists’
New Delhi: Naxals have close links with foreign Maoist organisations in Philippines, Turkey and a few other countries and possibility of their front outfits getting foreign funds cannot be ruled out, Rajya Sabha was informed. “The CPI(Maoist) have close links with foreign Maoist organisations in Philippines, Turkey etc. The outfit is also a member of the Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organisations of South Asia. The Maoist parties of South Asian countries are members of this conglomerate,” MoS for Home RPN Singh said replying a written question.
EC proposes raising poll expense cap: Sibal
New Delhi: The Election Commission has proposed to the law Ministry to raise the expenditure limits for lok Sabha elections to a maximum of Rs 70 lakh and bring the
North-Eastern and hill States on par with those in the
plains and proposed the limit of Rs 54 lakh for them.
The Commission has also proposed to raise expenditure limits for assembly elections, with a maximum of Rs 28 lakh and a amimum of Rs 20 lakh in NE and hill States. This was stated by law Minister
Kapil Sibal in a written reply to a question in the lok Sabha on
whether EC has proposed any raise in expenditure limits. “A proposal of the Election Commission to raise the expenditure limit for lok Sabha and assembly elections has been received on February 17, 2014,” he said.