New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) IAS officer Saurabh Vijay assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday, an official statement said. A civil engineer from IIT-Delhi, he is a 1998 batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre, and has held several key positions in both the Maharashtra and Central governments, it said.Vijay was Principal Secretary, Expenditure, in Maharashtra’s Finance Department, prior to joining the UIDAI. His earlier assignmen…
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New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday acquitted all surviving accused in a decades-old case arising out of alleged fabrication of records in the President’s Secretariat, saying that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a forged representation was created or that any criminal conspiracy existed. In a detailed judgment, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari of the Rouse Avenue Court acquitted Mohan Lal Jatia, Ashok Jatia and Ashok Jain of char…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he criticised the Trinamool Congress government over the controversy surrounding the venue change for President Droupadi Murmu’s event, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that no protocol lapse occurred on the part of her administration during the President’s visit to the state.Using her social media handles, CM Banerjee said that the BJP was misusing the highest constitutional office in the country …
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Change of Guard Ceremony, which takes place every Saturday at the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, will shift to a new timing of 8 to 9 a.m. from March 7, the President’s Secretariat said on Thursday. The ceremony is held every Saturday, except Gazetted holidays.Registration charges of Rs 50 per visitor were introduced from February 22, 2025.The registration charges are payable online and will be non-refundable and non- transferable, according to the official websit…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Tuesday approved a major bureaucratic reshuffle involving over 40 senior officers from the IAS and Allied Services for various posts in the ministries and departments at the Centre. The list includes the appointment of a Special Secretary and several Additional Secretaries. The reshuffle also includes temporary upgradations of posts to some officers as part of the administrative restructuring.The postings at the Special …