NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed higher education secretary K Sanjay Murthy as the next Comptroller and Auditor General. He will succeed incumbent G C Murmu, who retires on Thursday. The appointment of the 1989-batch IAS officer, who is due to retire in little over a month, came as a surprise to many….
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday constituted a three-member SIT, comprising DIG-rank IPS officer Saroj Kumar Thakur and women IPS officers Ayman Jamal and S Brinda, to “objectively and fairly” investigate on a day-to-day basis the September 29 sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl at Anna Nagar in Chennai.From among nine IPS officers, including three women…
CHENNAI: The Supreme Court collegium on Monday recommended the elevation of Justice D Krishnakumar, a senior judge in Madras high court, as the Chief Justice of Manipur high court.Justice Krishnakumar was appointed as the judge of Madras high court on April 7, 2016, and is now set to retire on May 21, 2025. He is…
NEW DELHI: CPM on Monday expressed concern over the “deteriorating” situation in Manipur and demanded that the Union government intervene to end the violence in the northeastern state. Holding CM Biren Singh responsible for the situation in the state, the Left party said that a “grave situation has developed in Manipur with the intensification of…
GUWAHATI: NDA ally NPP is open to reassessing its decision to quit the alliance in Manipur if there is change in the state leadership, party chief and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma clarified Monday, a day after withdrawing support to the N Biren Singh govt over the latter’s failure to resolve the ethnic strife there.“This (withdrawal…
TIRUPATI: The newly-formed Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) passed Monday a resolution requiring non-Hindus employed by the board to either take voluntary retirement or opt for a transfer to other government departments in Andhra Pradesh.TTD is an independent government trust that manages Tirumala Venkateswara temple in Tirupati – the world’s richest Hindu shrine. TTD chairman BR…
BENGALURU: SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket early Tuesday lifted off smoothly from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying India’s Gsat-20 or Gsat-N2, a high-throughput satellite that is designed to elevate communication infrastructure.While the launch happened at 12.01 as planned, details of whether SpaceX managed to place Gsat-20 into a desired orbit was not available at…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, calling for global alliance during the session themed on “Global Alliance against hunger and poverty“.“We support Brazil’s initiative for a ‘Global Alliance against hunger and poverty’. This is an important step towards the implementation of the Deccan High…
NEW DELHI: Anil Deshmukh, the former Maharashtra home minister and NCP (SP) leader, was left with injuries when his car was pelted with stones in Nagpur district on Monday night. According to police reports, the attack occurred around 8 pm near Belphata, on the Jalalkheda Road near Katol, when some unidentified individuals threw stones at…
IAS K Sanjay Murthy (Centre) (Image Credit: Education ministry) The Centre has appointed IAS K Sanjay Murthy as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), succeeding Girish Chandra Murmu. Murmu was previously the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir following the formation of the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.In order, the centre…
