Jammu, July 5 (IANS) Security was intensified on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, especially along the Line of Control (LoC), to enhance operational preparedness and create safety awareness among civilians.The Army conducted a large-scale mock drill across parts of Poonch district to improve operational readiness and familiarise civilians with safety measures during emergency situations.The exercise, carried out simultaneously by Rashtriya Rifles and other Army units, simulated a…
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 3 (IANS) The Save University Campaign Committee (SUCC) on Friday demanded a comprehensive Vigilance probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment by the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) over the past decade, including corruption, question paper leaks, and the sources of income of PSC members.The present PSC board consists of a Chairman and 15 other members, all of whom were appointed by the Pinarayi Vijayan government ( 2016-26).In a memorandum submitted to the …
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Chief of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth on Wednesday expressed happiness over his new appointment and said that he will lead the force with “an unwavering commitment to the ideals of duty, honour and ‘Nation First’. Earlier, Gen Seth laid a wreath at the National War Memorial to honour those who made the supreme sacrifice on the line of duty. He was then accorded a Guard of Honour at the South Block lawns.General Dhiraj Seth took over as the next Chief of the Army Staff …
Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) The CPI-M’s long-held claim that it pursued a policy of reducing liquor consumption through regulation rather than prohibition has come under renewed scrutiny, with official documents and administrative decisions from the previous LDF-led Kerala government painting a sharply different picture of its decade in power in the state. Fresh disclosures relating to the grant of bar licenses and the entry of multinational liquor giant Bacardi into Kerala’s low-alcohol …
Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance continues its crackdown on corrupt government officials in the state as the agency on Tuesday carried out simultaneous house searches at multiple locations linked to the Executive Engineer of CADA (Command Area Development Authority), Sambalpur Division, on charges of possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. “On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, simultaneous house…
New Delhi/Itanagar, April 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint (SPC) before a court in Arunachal Pradesh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a Rs 44.98 crore land acquisition compensation scam linked to the Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH), involving the alleged fraudulent diversion of government funds.The Trans-Arunachal Highway is a major 2,407-km-long, two-lane highway project trav…
Bhubaneswar, March 27 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested an Assistant Engineer of the Water Resources Department in Ganjam district on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, to the extent of 334 per cent. The accused official, Panchu Behera, is currently posted as SDO at the DAHA Irrigation Sub-Division, SE, Bhanjanagar Irrigation Division, in Ganjam district. He was produced before the Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, Berhampur, which rem…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) In the narrative of productivity enhancement some new concepts have emerged in the Age of Knowledge Economy-linked with the pace at which business was transacted and the induction of technology including Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents for business purposes. Increased importance of ‘business intelligence’ generated often through competent analysis, elimination of personal corruption within the corporate body and the need for the creation of right organisational e…