PM rejects kushwaha’s private secy choice
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned down Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha’s choice of an IAS officer for appointment as his private secretary. Minister of State Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation, Kushwaha, leader of Rashtriya lok Samata Party, had recommended the name of Ravinder Kumar as his private secretary to the Appointment Committee of Cabinet. Kumar, a resident of Bihar, is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Modi meets japanese delegation
New Delhi: A delegation comprising members from the Standing Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives of Japan, led by Ichiro Aisawa, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. In his first meeting with Japanese political leaders after assuming office as PM, Modi said for India the strategic and global partnership with Japan has high priority and pointed out the scheduled Budget session as the reason behind deferment of his Japan visit. The leader of the Japanese delegation, Aisawa said that Japanese nationals working in India have great expectations from Modi’s Government. The Japanese delegation suggested Parliamentary exchanges between the two countries.
Jaitley felicitates def ministry’s assistant
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday felicitated Priyanka Mashelkar, an assistant in the Defence Ministry, for cracking the Civil Services examination this year. She was working in the Establishment division of the Ministry for the last four months. Jaitley wished her a bright future as a civil servant.
10 rly cops booked in custodial death case
New Delhi: CBI has registered a murder case against 10 police personnel who were posted at Wadala Railway Police Station in Mumbai in connection with alleged custodial death of a 24-year-old Mumbai resident arrested by them in April this year. The agency has taken over the case on the direction of the Bombay High Court which had ordered CBI to start a fresh probe into the alleged custodial death of Agnelo Valdaris on April 18 and custodial torture of others, CBI spokesperson said.
Vardhan clarifies stand on sex edu comment
New Delhi: Under attack for his opposition to sex education in schools, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday clarified his position. He said he was just against the present form of sex education imparted to students in Indian schools. Slamming the UPA’s Adolescence Education Programme (AEP), he said the Congress-ruled States had also opposed it. “I have clarified that the view expressed on the website was entirely my own and made in the context of the UPA Government’s 2007 decision to introduce the AEP in its original form. Even the Chief Ministers of UPA-ruled States had objected to it and subsequently it was modified,” he said .
Cong releases nda’s 30-day report card
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 30-day report card of his Government, wondering whether the “serious hard work” was aimed at the rail fare hike, rising sugar prices and a policy that would see regular hike in prices of petroleum products. “30-days report card of his Government presented through a blog by the Prime Minister is full of pessimism and reflects tendency to criticise all institutions instead of ensuring course correction,” party spokesman Randeep Surjewala told reporters. He wanted to know what are those internal dissensions and challenges that Modi is facing within 30 days of taking over government and what are the reasons. “India wants to know... Whether centralisation of power is the reason for this internal dissension,” he asked.