The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved 'Mission Karmayogi', dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative, aimed at capacity building of government employees to make them more "creative, proactive, professional and technology-enabled". The core guiding principles of the competency-driven programme will be to support a transition from "rules based to roles based" HR management to prepare the Indian civil servant for the future, according to a government statement.
Tushar Deshpande held his nerve to help fashion a 13-run victory for Delhi Capitals against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday night.
"Sunita never comes in the picture but she is always there.'
'I was no one. I am here today because I am a proud soldier of the Indian Army,' says Captain Mohammed Quamrul Zaman.
The CBEC will itself be rechristened as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs and will supervise GST and Customs activities and provide the government policy inputs.
Remember, the security of your job primarily depends on two major factors -- how relevant you are for the organisation and how the organisation is aligned to its stakeholders (investors, clients and employees)
I was lucky to have support from family and IAF, Saxena said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation's plans to organise a training programme for police officers, to be conducted by experts from Germany, has gone awry twice. The course was based on 'money laundering and financing of terrorism'.The five-day course was scheduled to be held at the CBI academy in Ghaziabad in May and in December, but the training programme was cancelled as there were no trainers and no participants for the course.
The Centreal Reserve Police Force operations, will have to acquire an intelligence-based strategy to combat Maoists who have organised themselves as a "regular fighting army", Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday.
Alert: Post-Graduate Diploma in Professional Selling
"This projection is conditional. The army can fill up the vacancies in 20 years only by increasing training capacities in officers' academies, keeping exit rate of army officers low, and a handsome pay package to attract qualified youth," a senior officer at the army headquarters told PTI.
Congress leader and Union Minister Sachin Pilot will be commissioned into the Territorial Army as a regular officer in New Delhi on Thursday by Army Chief General Bikram Singh.
The woman who lodged the complaint in Rohtak Mahila Thana recently, which was later transferred to Ratibad police station, stated that she and the accused used to live in the SAI academy after they got the admission in 2013, according to police.
A soldier cannot justifiably demand faster, easier promotions based on frequent field tenures
Nikita Sahay was a captain in the Indian Army when she decided to quit her job and pursue her childhood dream. After a lot of failed attempts, Sahay, now 26, is finally living her dream and is happy at that.
A look at the various naval institutes in India, the courses they offer and how you can sign up.
Lt Gen Naravane is currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army. In his 37 years of service, Lt Gen Naravane has served in numerous command and staff appointments in peace, field and highly active counter-insurgency environments in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets the family of CRPF jawan G Subramanian, who was among the 41 martyred in Pulwama.
Gujarat's first woman Chief Minister Anandi Patel on Tuesday announced a 33 per cent reservation for women in the state police force.
Lieutenant General Arvinder Singh Lamba, a senior Artillery officer with commando training, took over as the Army's vice chief. He replaces Lieutenant General P C Bharadwaj, who retired on November 30.
'In the process of re-setting the equation between the bureaucracy and the political executive, the features that traditionally defined the bureaucracy will undergo a gradual metamorphosis in the next five years and may acquire a distinctly different character.
The PM and home minister, along with all heads of various police and other security agencies, will attend the conference.
Abhishek Yadav holds a Limca record for training 5,700 girls in self-defence techniques in Kunda, Pratapgarh and other places in Uttar Pradesh.
'He destroyed many of our tanks, and finally, it was just the two of us left facing each other with our tanks just 200 m apart.' A tale of valour excerpted from Rachna Bisht Rawat's 1971: Charge Of The Gorkhas And Other Stories.
'I never fail to remember those spirited men of the 390 Field Company who moulded me into an army officer worthy of being their commander.'
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday asserted that Jasprit Bumrah's fitness evaluation will be done at the National Cricket Academy after it was speculated that the Rahul Dravid-led body is not keen to conduct the test in Bengaluru. Bumrah is on his way to regaining fitness after being laid low by a stress fracture of the back.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Out of favour India veteran Yuvraj Singh's decision to do fitness training at the National Cricket Academy at the expense of Ranji Trophy matches has not gone down well with a section of the Board of Control for Cricket in India officials.
He is due to call on Premier Li Keqiang later on Thursday and hold talks with China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, who is also the State Councillor in the CPC, a rank above the minister.
Vipin Vijayan/Rediff.com witnesses the passing out parade at the Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala, Kerala, and comes away with mixed emotions.
The four leg canine 'soldiers' play a crucial role in saving lives of troops and civilians, reports Mayank Singh.
'She is not only concerned about her own performance or how she is looking, but also about others.'
The two met during a training in Mussorie and it was love at first sight.
The CJI also said the ancient Indian text "Nyayshastra" is "not a bit" inferior to Aristotle and the Persian system of logic, and "there is no reason why we should forsake, overlook, and not benefit from the geniuses of our ancestors".
Sergeant Rupert Frere, who transferred from a role in bomb disposal to become a photographer in the Royal Logistic Corps, won no fewer than five of the professional categories.
Indrani was spiritedly telegraphing details of the jewellery from the back of the court...
Indian Women's Hockey team leaves for Argentina tour.
Among the retired police officials who lost was former 'encounter specialist' and Shiv Sena candidate Pradeep Sharma.
The national selection committee is awaiting an update on skipper India Virat Kohli's injured wrist as they get ready to announce the squad for the two-Test series against the West Indies.
