Naresh Goyal, his wife to step down from Jet Airways board
NEW DELHI: Jet Airways Founder and Chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal will resign from the board of the crisis-hit airline, according to a regulatory filing. The decision was taken at the airline’s board meeting held here Monday. In a filing to the stock exchanges, Jet Airways said Naresh Goyal, Anita Goyal and […]
M R Kumar appointed LIC chairman
NEW DELHI: M R Kumar was on Wednesday appointed the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), according to a Personnel Ministry order. Kumar was Zonal Manager (in-charge) of North Zone and will hold the post of the LIC Chairman for five years, it said. T C Suseel Kumar and Vipin Anand have been […]
Subhash Chandra Garg appointed as Finance Secretary
NEW DELHI: The government of India on Friday appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg as the Finance Secretary, the Ministry of Personnel said. Garg succeeded Ajay Narayan Jha, who superannuated on February 28. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved designating Garg as the Finance Secretary, […]
Sanjeev Ranjan named Road Transport Secretary , N N Sinha to be NHAI chief
NEW DELHI: Senior IAS officer Sanjeev Ranjan has been named secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the central government, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Ranjan, a 1985-batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre, is at present the chairman of National Highways Authority of India. […]
Ravneet Gill takes charge as Yes Bank MD, CEO
NEW DELHI: Yes Bank said Ravneet Gill has taken charge as its MD and CEO with immediate effect for a tenure of three years. “Ravneet Gill has joined Yes Bank as MD & CEO today. His tenure as approved by RBI is 3 years from the date of his joining, i.e. March 1, 2019 to […]
Ajay Narayan Jha joins as Member Finance Commission
NEW DELHI: Ajay Narayan Jha today joined the Fifteenth Finance Commission as its Member. He joins in place of Shaktikanta Das who had resigned as a Member of the Commission after being appointed as Governor, Reserve Bank of India. Prior to joining the Commission, Shri Jha, a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre, was […]
Ashwani Lohani takes charge as Air India CMD
NEW DELHI: Retired technocrat Ashwani Lohani took charge as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India on Friday. He took the charge in presence of recently appointed Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola and senior officials of the national carrier. This is Lohani’s second tenure as Air India chief. The Appointments Committee of […]
DHFL CEO Harshil Mehta resigns
NEW DELHI: DHFL on Wednesday said its CEO Harshil Mehta has decided to resign from his position with immediate effect. “However, he would continue to be associated with the company and shall hold the designation of Executive President -Retail Business with effect from February 14, 2019,” DHFL said in a regulatory filing on stock exchanges. […]
Pramod Chandra Mody new CBDT chairman
NEW DELHI: Senior IRS officer Pramod Chandra Mody was on Thursday appointed as the chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), top policy making body of income tax department, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Mody, a 1982 batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), has been appointed in place of Sushil Chandra, who […]
Ashwani Lohani appointed Air India CMD for second time
NEW DELHI: Former Railway Board chairman Ashwani Lohani has been appointed chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, according to an order issued by the government on Wednesday. This will be Lohani’s second tenure as Air India chief. His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday, sources said. Lohani […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey gets six-month extension
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey, who was due to retire in February, has got an extension for six months, an official said on Wednesday. Pandey, a 1984-batch IAS officer, was due to retire on February 28. “The Centre has approved the extension of the chief secretary,” Principal Secretary (Information) Avanish Awasthi said […]
Air India CMD Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed Civil Aviation secretary
NEW DELHI: Air India chief Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed Civil Aviation secretary as part of a minor bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Wednesday, according to an official order. Kharola, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, was in November 2017 named chairman and managing director of Air India Ltd. The vacancy had come […]
Rishi Kumar Shukla takes charge as CBI director
NEW DELHI: Newly-appointed CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla took charge of the probe agency Monday, officials said. Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS officer, took charge at a time when the agency is busy in a dirty turf war with the Kolkata Police which has spiralled into a political slugfest between the Centre and West Bengal government. […]
DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek gets additional charge of Civil Aviation Ministry
NEW DELHI: Ramesh Abhishek, secretary of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), was given an additional charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry, an official order said. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary, Civil Aviation Ministry, to Abhishek, the order by the Personnel […]
Rishi Kumar Shukla appointed CBI director
NEW DELHI: Former Madhya Pradesh Police chief Rishi Kumar Shukla was on Saturday appointed CBI director for a fixed tenure of two years, according to an order issued by the personnel ministry. The 1983-batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre is at present chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation. He succeeds Alok Kumar […]
Sunjay Sudhir appointed as India’s envoy to the Maldives
NEW DELHI: Senior diplomat Sunjay Sudhir has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the Maldives, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Monday. Sudhir, a 1993 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said […]