Yashvardhan Sinha New Chief Information Commissioner
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha took oath as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to Sinha as the CIC at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The post was lying vacant since the retirement of Bimal Julka on August 26.
Sinha will have tenure of about three years as the CIC.
Nov 07, 2020
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha New CIC
Information Commissioner Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was administered the oath as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Journalist Uday Mahurkar, former Labour Secretary Heera Lal Samariya and former Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General Saroj Punhani were administered the oath as the Information Commissioners by Sinha.
The selection of Sinha, Mahurkar, Samariya and Punhani was done by a three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Besides Modi, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Home Minister Amit Shah are members of the panel.
Sinha joined as the Information Commissioner on January 1, 2019. He has served as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.
Nov 06, 2020
Court Rejects Request for Arnab Goswami's Police Custody
The Magistrate Court in Alibag, Maharashtra, recorded reasons for rejecting the request for police custody for Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami. The court remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.
Mr. Goswami was arrested on November 4 from his residence in Mumbai for allegedly abetting the suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik, directors of Concorde Designs Private Limited, for not paying ₹83 lakhs towards the Bombay Dyeing Studio Project.
Nov 05, 2020
Actor Faraaz Khan Passes Away
Actor Faraaz Khan, known for starring in movies such as "Fareb" and "Mehndi" in the 1990s, passed away in Bengaluru. He was 46.
The news of his demise was shared by actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt on social media.
Khan had marked his debut in Bollywood in 1996 with Vikram Bhatt-directed Fareb.
Nov 03, 2020
Annu Tandon Joins SP
Former Unnao MP Annu Tandon joined Samajwadi Party within days of quitting the Congress, expressing dissatisfaction with the functioning of its Uttar Pradesh unit.
Tandon joined the Samajwadi Party along with Ankit Parihar, a secretary of the state's Congress unit along with 150 party workers in a small function at the SP headquarters in presence of Akhilesh Yadav.
The SP chief hinted at the BSP veering off its core ideology as the reason for Mayawati's alleged move to have an association with the BJP.
The SP chief also alleged that actions against his party leaders Azam Khan and Munnawar Rana were taken on directions of the government.
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