Nadella visits hyd microsoft office
Hyderabad: Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella on Monday addressed the employees at the company's India Development Centre (IDC) here. Nadella, who is on a hush-hush visit to the city, shared his vision during the address at IDC, the biggest campus of the software giant outside its headquarters at Redmond in the US. A company official said that the CEO visited the IDC campus located at Gachibowli in the morning.
BSF contingent sent to congo on un duty
New Delhi: A 135-member contingent of the Border Security Force (BSF) was on Monday flagged-off for rendering UN mandated police duties in the African nation of Congo. The squad was sent off by BSF chief DK Pathak from the force headquarters here.
Meet held to review SCAVENGERS act-2013
New Delhi: The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis convened a meeting here on Monday to review and monitor the implementation of “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013” in the various States/UTs. NCSK representatives were upset about the progress of the implementation of the Act. The surveys reportedly conducted by the States to identify the manual scavengers and the insanitary latrines are not done in a proper manner and the questions are being raised about their credibility and accuracy of the figures.
EC bans election ads on govt buses
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday issued a directive disallowing display of election advertisements on Government transport buses, saying the party in power can use it to its advantage and disturb the level playing field. In a communication to Chief Electoral Officers of all States, including poll-bound States of Maharashtra and Haryana, the EC said, "level playing field envisaged under the Model Code of Conduct is a very vital aspect for ensuring free and fair elections. A party should not be in a position to take undue advantage on account of it being in power in the Government." Buses of the State road transport authorities are virtually under the control of the State Government.
Chargesheet against 7 in Custodial death case
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a chargesheet against seven police officials, then posted at Dhaniakhali police, for the alleged custodial death of a vegetable seller, concluding that the death was caused by "negligence". In a statement, CBI said on Monday that a charge-sheet has been filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hooghly (West Bengal), against seven police officials, including two Sub Inspectors, three Assistant Sub Inspectors and two Constables, all of Dhaniakhali Police Station then for allegedly causing the death of Kazi Nasiruddin, a TMC worker, by negligence earlier this year. Nasiruddin died on January 18, 2013.