If all is well, why weren’t we allowed in Jammu and Kashmir: Left leaders question Modi government
NEW DELHI: The Left parties hit out at the Narendra government on Friday after CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI chief D Raja were barred from entering Kashmir, saying if the situation was normal, why the two leaders were stopped at the Srinagar airport. Speaking at a briefing here after being sent back, Yechury […]
Odisha urges Modi government not to shift CWC office to Patna
NEW DELHI: The Odisha government has urged the Narendra Modi government to rescind its decision to shift the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) office to Patna, saying the move will jeopardise the state’s interests. State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain conveyed Odisha’s concerns in a letter to Union Consumer Affairs, Food and […]
Modi government removes 312 officials from service for corruption, lack of integrity
NEW DELHI: MoS for PMO Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that the Centre has forced 312 officials to retire on the grounds of ineffectiveness or lack of integrity. In the Parliament, the government said that the action against the official was taken after reviewing works of around 1.2 lakh officials at the Group A and […]
India appoints Krishnamurthy Subramanian as Chief Economic Adviser
NEW DELHI: The government of India on Friday appointed ISB Hyderabad professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian as Chief Economic Adviser for a period of three years. The post of CEA had been lying vacant since Arvind Subramanaian left the finance ministry after a four-year stint earlier this year. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved […]
Supreme Court asks Modi government to submit details of pricing of 36 Rafale fighter jets
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court of India has asked the Narendra Modi government for pricing details of the 36 Rafale fighter jets India is buying from France in a sealed cover within 10 days but agreed that “strategic and confidential” information need not be disclosed. In its order, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan […]
Congress accuses Modi government of favouring Adani in coal import case
NEW DELHI:Accusing the Narendra Modi government of promoting crony capitalism, the Congress on Monday asked it to come clean by appointing a special counsel in the Bombay High Court in a case of alleged over-invoicing of coal imports by industrialist Gautam Adani-led group. Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh also alleged that the Gujarat government has accepted […]