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NIFT board member Shikha Tyagi sends defamation notice to UPA appointee Sunil SethiTyagi, a consultant with Gadkari’s ministry, alleges inappropriate and defamatory allegations made against her by Sethi in communications t...
Najeeb Jung says had offered to quit twice but was asked by PM to continueJung offered to resign, telling his host during the 40-minute meeting how he was, after all, a UPA appointee. However, PM was quick to turn...
Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar puts in his papersSircar has served as secretary of the Ministry of Culture for over three years from 2008 to 2012 after which he was posted at Prasar Bharat...
Sangeet Natak Akademi board cancels appointment made by Leela SamsonThe Executive Board has now overturned the appointment of Acharya and decided to start afresh the selection process for a new Secretary.
Vyapam scam: Rajnath Singh meets President Pranab MukherjeeAs the sword of Damocles hung over Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav in the wake of Vyapam scam.
Government making problems with Censor Board a UPA versus NDA issue: CongressCongress asked what stopped it from sacking the Board members over the last eight months if it felt that the appointments were politicised.
CBFC row: 9 more members resign; FM Jaitley says UPA appointees politicising the issueJaitley said, "It is regrettable that UPA appointees have decided to politicise routine issues" while reacting to the resignations of some ...
Hive off Maharashtra Consumer Welfare Advisory panel, says its chief"I want the government to delink the Advisory Committee from Food and Civil supplies department," Gawli told reporters here.
GS Sandhu shunted out of Finance Ministry; Hasmukh Adhia moves inFinancial services secretary GS Sandhu has been shifted out from the finance ministry, marking removal of yet another UPA appointee to the ...
Government sacks all five independent directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals LtdGovernment has sacked all five independent directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd leaving company board.
NDA government starts ousting UPA appointees in north-eastPolitical analysts view this situation as unprecedented as in the past no NEC members were asked to put in papers in this manner.
Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot suggests Punia should resignSocial Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot today suggested that National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairman PL Punia should resign.
Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Kumar Singh to assume charge of Puducherry's Lt Governor tomorrowIn the first such action against political appointees of the UPA regime, the Modi government had on July 11 sacked Virendra Kataria.
Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Kumar Singh to assume charge of Puducherry Lt Governor tomorrowIn the first such action against political appointees of the UPA regime, the Modi government had on July 11 sacked Virendra Kataria as Puch...
Government to follow constitution, Governors should 'follow conscience': Prakash JavadekarWhen pointed that asking Governors to resign was against a SC ruling of 2010, he said 'no Supreme Court decision has stopped anyone from re...
Political appointees must resign voluntarily: M Venkaiah Naidu"Some of our Congress friends are preaching....I would request them to check their consciousness and find out what they have done."
Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt resigns"The Governor submitted his resignation papers to President Pranab Mukherjee last night in New Delhi," Secretary to Governor, Amitabh Jain ...
Action on governors: Congress' own history blunts attackAICC chief spokesman Ajay Maken said, "Governors being constitutional authorities should not be subjected to a public debate. We ask the ce...
BJP to spare governors nearing their termShiela Dikshit, who was named Kerala governor only in March this year, could be on her way out.
- New selection rules to bring politicos on board at PSUs
The government has amended the norms for the appointment of independent directors to state-run companies, making room for “political appoin...