Military Secy to Prez gets month’s extension
NEW DElHI: Military Secretary to the President Major General Anil Khosla scheduled to retire on December 31 last year was granted a one month extension in service. This is unusual as the Army does not have an extension norm beyond retirement age.
abandoned siblings to be separated after 5 years
New Delhi: Siblings abandoned by their family will be separated from each other at the time of adoption if they are above five years old and agree to it, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Tuesday. Until now, the Child Adoption Resource Authority places siblings with the same family except in rare cases. But this will now be changed, she said.
Rly recruitment process to take just 8-9 months
New Delhi: Railways has decided to cut down its nearly two year-long recruitment process to just eight to nine months.With over two lakh vacancies in the national transporter, general managers of 16 zonal railways had requested Chairman Railway Board Ashwani lohani to cut down the process..
now paid leave for blood donation
New Delhi: Central Government employees can now get paid leave for blood donation. At present, service rules allow leave for whole blood donation and not apheresis donation. It is felt that the rule should cover apheresis donation as well since it will have the added advantage of getting blood components like platelets, plasma, etc, the Personnel Ministry said.
14 years after, CBI to probe 2 custodial deaths in Maha
New Delhi: The CBI has taken over the probe into the alleged custodial death of two youths in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district over 14 years ago. Suresh Sonkusare and Ajay Mohite were arrested by police in connection with an alleged dacoity at the residence of a local money lender in 2003.
‘panic button' test to kickstart from UP
New Delhi: A pilot project to test ‘panic button' feature on mobile phones to ensure women safety will kick-start from Uttar Pradesh on January 26, Union minister Maneka Gandhi said on Tuesday.
ED summones Karti in INX media case
New Delhi: The ED has summoned Karti Chidambaram for questioning on January 11 in connection with its money laundering probe in the INX media case.