Imphal, June 1 (IANS) Senior IPS officer Mukesh Singh, who assumed charge as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Manipur on Monday, underscored the importance of strengthening coordination with sister law-enforcement agencies and maintaining impartiality, neutrality and professionalism in serving the public.Addressing senior police officials after taking over charge, Singh stressed that effective collaboration among security and law-enforcement agencies, coupled with fair and unbiased polici…
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Imphal, May 30 (IANS) Senior IPS officer Mukesh Singh, who has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Manipur, arrived in Imphal on Saturday and is set to formally assume charge as the state’s police chief on June 1, officials said. Mukesh Singh will succeed incumbent DGP Rajiv Singh, marking a key leadership transition in the state police force amid ongoing efforts to restore peace and normalcy in Manipur. Singh, before his transfer to Manipur, was the DGP of Ladakh.Rajiv…
New Delhi/Imphal, May 22 (IANS) Incumbent Director General of Police (DGP) of Ladakh, Mukesh Singh, is set to become the new police chief of Manipur after the current DGP Rajiv Singh was appointed as Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat, a top official said on Friday. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the transfer of Mukesh Singh to Manipur on inter-cadre deputation for a period of three years. According to an official order issued by the Department of Perso…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Vishvajit Sahay, a 1990 batch officer of the Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS), assumed the charge as Secretary (Defence Finance) in the Ministry of Defence, an official statement said on Friday.Prior to this appointment, he served as the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA).An alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and a law graduate, Sahay brings over three decades of extensive experience in Defence Finance and Public Administration. Accor…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday interact with Chief Ministers through video conferencing on the West Asia conflict to review preparedness and plans of states, said an official.The meeting will focus on ensuring synergy of efforts in the spirit of ‘Team India’, said the official.With geopolitical tensions escalating and their global fallout becoming more pronounced, the meeting is likely to serve as a platform for PM Modi to brief Chief Ministers and seek br…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Centre has constituted seven empowered groups of officials and experts to handle the fallout of the Iran war on specific sectors of the Indian economy, including oil, gas, fertilisers, supply chains, and inflation. The empowered groups, comprising senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Secretariat, were based on directions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the evolvi…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) The Union Finance Ministry has approved special assistance of Rs 360 crore to Kerala under the Compliance Reduction & Deregulation (Phase-I) component of the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) scheme, endorsing the state’s structured push to ease regulatory burdens and improve its investment climate.The amount will be released in a single instalment, marking a significant recognition of Kerala’s reform-led governance model aimed a…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) In a significant administrative decision, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the Udyog Bhawan Metro Station in the national Capital will be renamed as ‘Seva Teerth Bhawan’ station. The move reflects a shift in administrative identity and aligns with evolving governance priorities in central Delhi.The announcement was made during a public address, where Khattar underlined the importance of renaming public spaces to reflect the nation’s changing instit…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday termed the inauguration of the new Prime Minister’s Office ‘Seva Teerth’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a historic step towards placing public service above all at the very heart of Indian democracy.In a message on social media, the Home Minister said, “Today is historic day in placing public service at the very centre of Indian democracy, as Modi Ji inaugurated the new Prime Minister’s Office, ‘Seva Teerth’. ‘S…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) As the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) gets relocated from the South Block building in Raisina Hills to a newly constructed buildling ‘Seva Teerth’, this not only marks a milestone in the highest office’s history but also puts on record a profound shift in the popular public mindset, since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power. The calibrated effort to do away with structures reflective of the colonial past and to rename and rebrand public institutions unde…