With Bharatiya Janata Party demanding annulment of the government's decision to appoint Ranjit Sinha as the new Central Bureau of Investigation director, Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy on Friday said his selection has been done "in a fair manner following the due process".
Voicing 'disapproval' over the appointment of new Central Bureau of India's Director Ranjit Sinha, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying it should be kept in abeyance as a parliamentary committee on Lokpal has unanimously recommended that it should be done by a colleguim.
A day after senior police officer Ranjit Sinha was appointed as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Friday withdrew his plea from the Central Administrative Tribunal against the government's decision to not consider his name for the top post in the probe agency.
The former India captain said he was not a part of any committee that was overseeing the organisation of the ongoing Indian Premiere League.
Financial pressure on the parent company triggered the move.
Dr Ranjit Singh not only acquired an MBBS degree for himself but also managed medical degrees for a large number of his kin and well-wishers.
With the November Congressional polls entering the crucial last 90 days, five Indian-origin candidates, including 25-year-old "young gun" Ranjit 'Rikky' Gill, and a Hindu-American woman remain in the race for the US House of Representatives.
Ignored by the government, yoga guru Ramdev on Monday decided to take his protest on black money and corruption to Parliament and vowed to oust the Congress in the next Lok Sabha polls.
In a surprise move by the Chief Vigilance Commission panel, an Indian Police Service officer of the 1976 batch from Uttar Pradesh, Atul has been short-listed to become the Central Bureau of Investigation director on December 1.
India will field a depleted team for the Davis Cup tie against South Korea. With the revolting players sticking to their stand, the AITA on Friday named Leander Paes, V M Ranjit, Vijaykant Malik and Purav Raja for next month's home match.
India Ombudsman DK Jain has received two complains that Sourav Ganguly will be 'conflicted' if he performs his role as Delhi Capitals' advisor
President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Kejriwal as the CM of Delhi. The President has also appointed six MLAs -- Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam -- as ministers of the Delhi government following the advice of the CM.
The bench expressed satisfaction over the medical care being provided to the girl.
To deliver on strategy that late Slym was executing.
Screams of people trapped in the fire broke the silence of the night in the congested Surya Sen Market complex in Kolkata where a blaze left 19 labourers and shopkeepers dead on Wednesday.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Ranjit Singh Rana and another co-accused were on Thursday arrested in the case of gunning down of an assistant sub inspector of Punjab police while saving his daughter from eve teasers.
Chanda Kochhar, the high-profile ex-banker had on November 30 moved the Bombay high court challenging "termination" of her employment by ICICI Bank which also denied her remuneration and clawed back all the bonuses and stock options between April 2009 and March 2018 for her alleged role in granting out of turn loans worth Rs 3,250 crore to the Videocon Group which benefitted her husband Deepak Kochhar. A division Bench of justices Ranjit More and SP Tavade allowed her to implead RBI and directed the apex bank to file its reply by December 16.
After an impressive speech by Indian American Ranjit Ricky Gill, yet another Indian-origin leader launched a scathing attack on President Barack Obama over a range of policy issues during the ongoing Republican convention in Tampa.
'...are the deep ruts and fissures in the rotting fabric of our cities and the incompetence of elected leaders and administrators,' notes Sunil Sethi.
They were both carrying a cash reward of Rs 5,000 each for their arrest.
Pune Warriors seamer Krishna Kant Upadhyay and unknown Ranjit Mali from Assam rocked the depleted Bengal batting to give Railways a 77-run first innings lead thereby raising hopes of staying in the Group A.
There is no need for increased superintendence over the CBI in the aftermath of the coal blocks allocation and 2G scam cases, CVC K V Chowdary said on Sunday.
'In the early years of this century, barely 10 years after liberalisation, drinking Coke was still cool,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.
Satish Kaushik, who co-wrote the film and acted in it, looks back at the experience of being a part of it.
The court noted that several devotees visiting the Jagannath temple in Puri were being harassed.
Mammootty has already had six releases this year, of which only two films were successful.
Heavily-armed Taliban suicide attackers on Sunday struck Afghanistan capital Kabul, with several explosions and gunfire rocking the diplomatic enclave as the militants took over a hotel and tried to enter the parliament.
The appointment of retired IAS officer Ranjit Singh Pankaj as Uttar Pradesh's chief information commissioner has come under intense scrutiny. Governor B L Joshi, who had appointed Pankaj on June 30, 2009, has questioned the appointment on grounds of concealment of material facts by the appointee.
Molly Aunty Rocks makes for great viewing for Revathy and Prithviraj.
"This is definitely a hate crime," said Pradeep Singh Kaleka, eldest son of the Satwant Singh Kaleka, who died while trying to get hold of the shooter on Sunday morning at a gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
Rediff reader Reshma Aslam tells us how to make oatmeal delicious and filling.
The officers did not arrest Neeraj Singhal despite CBI Director Ranjit Sinha's orders.
The Galaxy S3 handset will cost Rs 43,180. Apple's iPhone 4 (16 GB) is priced at Rs 44,500.
Revenues and earnings to improve for companies with low forex liabilities and no forward cover.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday had simple vegetarian meal prepared by an Indian chef for lunch after his arrival on a two-day official visit.
The actor will complete his jail-term on February 25 but the delay has been caused as he overextended his parole by two days.
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots in India were given on Saturday to nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitary workers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world's largest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths and upended millions of lives in the country.
The United Nations' rights body has concluded that France had violated the religious freedom of a 76-year-old Sikh man when he was asked to remove his turban for his ID photograph, a US-based Sikh group has said.
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