Govt eases rules, Gauba to stay as cabinet secretary till after 2024 LS polls

The Centre on Thursday relaxed key rules to give a one-year extension to Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba beyond August 30, 2023, according to a personnel ministry order. Photograph: ANI Photo With......

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba gets one-year extension

Gauba is said to be the key architect of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act under which Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two Union territories following the abrogation of the special status......

Rajib Gauba takes charge as home secretary

Seasoned bureaucrat Rajiv Gauba on Thursday took charge as the Union home secretary after superannuation of incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi. A 1982-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, 58-year-old Gauba......

Cabinet secretary Gauba to head panel monitoring civil servants' training

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba will head a top panel, including a senior official from the Prime Minister's Office and seven secretaries, to monitor the implementation of the Centre's ambitious......

Move over incentives, time for 'soft' mandates on EVs: Niti Aayog

After a slew of programmes to facilitate electric-vehicle (EV) adoption in India, the NITI Aayog has said the government has done enough on incentives and now it’s time to take the programme a......

Govt appoints three new external RBI MPC members

The government on Tuesday appointed three external members -- Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar -- to the RBI's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee for four years. Photograph:......

Officials Prepare For Modi 3.0

Government departments have been tasked with identifying major goals, which will include annual targets from the financial year 2024-2025 to 2028-2029. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader......

Modi govt set to allow extension of business visa for up to 15 years

Emphasising that India has the potential to become a global hub for education and tourism, Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba called for a change in the mindset at the field level to make foreigners......

Thakur re-enters Boxing Federation of India's election race

IMAGE: The Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association (HPBA) has nominated Anurag Thakur to contest for the post of president of the Boxing Federation of India. Photograph: Anurag Thakur/X Former Sports......

IOA boss Usha forms panel to probe BFI election delays

IMAGE: IOA chief P T Usha has appointed a three-member panel to examine the 'current legal and administrative status of the BFI and assess the implications of the delay on the governance and......

Boxing Federation of India's elections 'paused'

IMAGE: BFI president Ajay Singh, left, with Vijender Singh, Sarita Devi and Nikhat Zareen. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India The upcoming Boxing Federation of India elections were 'paused' on......

BFI secretary general Kalita suspended for financial fraud

IMAGE: Following the scrutiny of nominations on Tuesday, Returning Officer R K Gauba declared Kalita "ineligible" for the upcoming election. Photograph: Kind courtesy BFI/X Boxing Federation of......

BFI postpones elections citing cramped timeline

  IMAGE: The Boxing Federation of India said it would be practically impossible to complete the election process on March 28. Photograph: ANI Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Wednesday......