NEW DELHI: From combing regulations at the Centre and in the states to make it easier for companies to invest, tailoring packages, and making investment pitches to global corporations, govt is seeking to ensure that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into the country remain strong.India saw FDI inflows increase by 13.6% to $81 billion, and…
R ANCHI: Jharkhand Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday arrested senior IAS officer Vinay Kumar Choubey and joint commissioner of excise department Gajendra Kumar Singh for their involvement in the alleged liquor scam in the state.Choubey, a 1999 batch IAS officer who was secretary to Hemant Soren in his previous term as CM, is at present principal…
JAMMU: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has returned a proposal for sanctioning the prosecution of three IAS officers of AGMUT cadre allegedly involved in arms licences scam in Jammu and Kashmir, citing missing documents, and directed the chief secretary to resubmit the proposal with all the documents within a week.The IAS officers in question…
NEW DELHI: It is literally a 14-year-long kachcha-banian fight by a reputed hosiery manufacturing company to get hold of an acre of land in New Town, Kolkata. The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave an ultimatum to the West Bengal chief secretary – register the sale deed by March 2 or remain present in court.Rupa &…
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit China on January 26 and 27, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. This visit comes as India and China cautiously navigate the recent thaw in their bilateral relationship after over four years of heightened tensions. Last year saw the two Asian giants reach agreements on resuming patrolling…
NEW DELHI: The CBI has booked a former deputy secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and six former Prasar Bharati officials in connection with a corruption case referred to it by the Lokpal, officials said Wednesday. Besides the former MoIB deputy secretary, the CBI has also listed former a Prasar Bharati Additional Director…
VADODARA: The BCC has kickstarted the process to elect its new secretary and treasurer. On Saturday, the BCCI sent a brief notice informing its members about the Special General Meeting (SGM) on January 12 in its headquarters in Mumbai in which the main agenda is the election of a new secretary and treasurer. TOI had…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Wednesday acquitted six accused, including a former coal secretary and two other public servants, in an alleged coal scam case related to allocation of blocks in Odisha, reports Vineet Upadhyay.Special judge Sanjay Bansal acquitted former coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta, former joint secretary in ministry of coal K S Kropha,…