Rajiv Jain appointed new IB chief while Anil Dhasmana to head RAW

Rajiv Jain appointed new IB chief while Anil Dhasmana to head RAW

Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Rajiv Jain has been appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the next chief of the country’s external intelligence agency RAW. Both the officers will take over on January 1 and will have a tenure of two years.Jain is at

IDFC Bank appoints Veena Mankar as Non-Executive Chairperson

IDFC- Bank -appoints -Veena- Mankar- as- Non-Executive- Chairperson MUMBAI, DECEMBER 8:   The board of directors of IDFC Bank has approved appointment of Veena Mankar as Non-Executive Chairperson, with effect from December 9, 2016, up to July 26, 2018. The appointment is subject to approval by the Reserve Bank of India.The private sector bank, in a statement, said Anil

Vistaar appoints ex-Sebi chief C B Bhave as non-exec Chairman

Vistaar appoints ex-Sebi chief C B Bhave as non-exec Chairman Former Sebi chairman C B Bhave was appointed as non-executive Chairman and Independent Director of Vistaar Financial Services on December 8, 2016 . Prior to SEBI, he has worked as the Chairman and Managing Director of National

L-G appoints Dilraj Kaur as Member Secretary in DCW

L-G appoints Dilraj Kaur as Member Secretary in DCW Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today appointed IAS officer Dilraj Kaur as Member Secretary of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). The move comes eight days after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had sought removal of incumbent Alka Dewan terming her appointment "unconstitutional".Kaur, who is Secretary (Social Welfare), has been given

Badal govt appoints top Army officer associated with regiment of dalit Sikhs as PPSC chief

Badal govt appoints top Army officer associated with regiment of dalit Sikhs as PPSC chief , For the coveted post of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) chairman, Lieutenant General NPS Hira, currently the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training), appears to have beaten other decorated officers from Army background in the fray due to his association with a

AirAsia India appoints Amar Abrol as Managing Director

AirAsia India appoints Amar Abrol as Managing Director Amar Abrol was Managing Director of Chennai based AirAsia India during the company’s board meeting held on 29 November 2016. Abrol was appointed as CEO of the airline in April 2016.

BC Bhullar appointed new Director General of DGCA

BC Bhullar appointed new Director General of DGCA NEW DELHI: The government today announced the appointment of B S Bhullar, an Indian Administrative Services officer from UP cadre, as the new DG of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). In an order the government said: “B S Bhullar IAS (UP-86) additional secretary in the ministry of civil aviation (has been appointed) as

Salman appointed ambassador of BMC’s Swachh Bharat Mission’

Salman appointed ambassador of BMC’s Swachh Bharat Mission’ Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) has roped actor Salman Khan for it’s drive against open defecation and litter said by Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta. Salman’s Being Human Foundation decided donate five mobile toilets to the BMC to be placed at Bandstand. The BMC recently declared 12 out of Mumbai’s 24 wards

Rakesh Asthana takes additional charge as Director of CBI

Rakesh Asthana takes additional charge as Director of CBI The Union Government has given senior IPS officer Rakesh Asthana additional charge of the post of Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He took charge following retirement of Anil Sinha. He was given this charge after government failed to find any full-time Director for CBI. This is the first time in last 10 years and only

Former CBEC head Praveen Mahajan is new AITA President

Former CBEC head Praveen Mahajan is new AITA President

i. Senior bureaucrat Praveen Mahajan is appointed as the President of the All India Tennis Association on December 1, 2016. She will replace Anil Khanna. Mahajan became the second woman preseident of AITA after Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. Former CBEC head Praveen Mahajan is new AITA Presidentiii. She

Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai Appointed BJP's Delhi And Bihar Unit Presidents

Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai Appointed BJP's Delhi And Bihar Unit Presidents 

NEW DELHI:  BJP chief Amit Shah today appointed party MPs Manoj Tiwari and Nityanand Rai as party's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents  respectively. While Mr Tiwari replaces Satish Upadhyay, Mr Rai replaces Mangal Pandey. Their tenures were long over and new appointments were awaited for the past

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh takes charge of Strike Corps

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh takes charge of Strike Corps , 

MATHURA: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh today took charge as General Officer Commanding of the elite Strike Corps based here. "He is an alumni of Kapurthala Sainik School and graduated from the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned into 9th Battalion of the Dogra Regiment," Defence PRO

Lok Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra gets 1-year extension

Lok Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra has been given one-year extension. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Mishra was appointed as the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on December 1, 2014 for a period of two years and his term ended on Wednesday. The UP-cadre IAS

M. M. Kutty appointed Delhi Chief Secretary

Senior IAS officer M. M. Kutty was appointed as the Delhi Chief Secretary. He replaced K. K. Sharma, who was transferred to the Union HRD Ministry as OSD. Earlier in the day, the Central government had sent back Mr. Kutty, a 1985 batch IAS officer, to his parent Union Territories cadre before the completion of the tenure of his Central deputation. Till date, he was working as the Additional Secretary

Urjit Patel assumes charge as 24th RBI Governor

Eminent economist, consultant and banker Dr. Urjit Patel has assumed charge as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Dr. Patel succeeds Raghuram Rajan who completed his tenure after serving a three-year term.  He will have tenure of three years. Prior to this appointment (elevation) he was Deputy Governor of RBI. He is the eighth Deputy Governor to be elevated as

PV Sindhu to be appointed as brand ambassador of CRPF

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has decided to appoint Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu as its honorary commandant and brand ambassador. It was announced by CRPF’s Director General K.Durga Prasad after she had agreed to become the India’s largest paramilitary force’s brand ambassador. In this regard, CRPF also has moved the proposal before the Home Ministry. She will be

Babus rejig: B Navnit, V Sheshadri appointed Joint Secretaries in PMO

NEW DELHI: Senior IAS officers Brajendra Navnit and V Sheshadri have been appointed as Joint Secretaries in Prime Minister's Office as part of massive mid-level reshuffle effected today. As many as 22 new Joint Secretaries have been appointed in different central government departments. Of these, 18 are from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and remaining from other services. Both Navnit and Sheshadri

Sunil Mittal re-appointed Chairman of Bharti Airtel for 5 yrs

Sunil Bharti Mittal has been re-appointed as the Chairman of telecom giant Bharti Airtel for another five year, with effect from October 1, 2016.  Mittal is the Founder of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s largest conglomerates with diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, agri and food, besides other ventures. The Group also has joint ventures with global leaders like Singtel, SoftBank, AXA, Del Monte

Urjit R Patel appointed as 24th Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Union Government on 20 August 2016 appointed Dr. Urjit R Patel as the 24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will be having tenure of three years with effect from 4 September 2016. He will succeed the present RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan, the former International Monetary Fund chief economist. At present, Dr Patel is the Deputy Governor of RBI and is holding this assignment since 2013. With this

V M Sudheeran to remain Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee chief

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mr V.M. Sudheeran will continue as KPCC president  with the AICC leadership deciding not to succumb to  the group pressure to remove him. Party vice-president Rahul Gandhi has asked  Mr Sudheeran to go ahead with the organisational elections ignoring the groups’ demand that he should be replaced ahead of  organisational elections. The high-power committee to revamp the party  will