CBI arrests Lt Col, middleman in Army transfer racket

CBI arrests Lt Col, middleman in Army transfer racket

New Delhi, June 3 : The CBI has arrested a Lt Colonel and a middleman in connection with an alleged transfer racket at the Army headquarters here in which lakhs of rupees were paid by Army officers to manipulate their postings. Lt Col Ranganathan Suvramani Moni, posted in the personnel division of the Army, and […]

Thousands of tourists stranded all night on Manali highway

Thousands of tourists stranded all night on Manali highway

Sundernagar : Owing to a traffic jam that lasted for around 12 hours at Jarol near Sundernagar, thousands of tourists were stranded on the Chandigarh-Manali highway the entire Friday night. The situation was so alarming that long queues of vehicles could be seen up to kilometers from Jarol, the place where heavy machinery developed a […]

Arvind Kejriwal may hire ‘outsiders’ to run CMO

Arvind Kejriwal may hire ‘outsiders’ to run CMO

New Delhi, June 3 : With at least a dozen senior officers declining to work in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Arvind Kejriwal may bring in officials from outside Delhi or appoint private persons on co-terminus basis.The CMO is currently running short of officers and, if sources in the government are to be believed, it […]

England tame brave Bangla tigers

England tame brave Bangla tigers

London : Bangladeshi shirts lent a deep shade of green to the stands at the Oval, the venue of the first game of the Champions Trophy. Colourfully dressed women in green saris, big red dots on their foreheads, danced in Bangladeshi style to — amazingly enough — jazz music in the lane outside the stadium. […]

RCA election: Cong leader CP Joshi beats Lalit Modi’s son

Jaipur : Veteran Congress leader CP Joshi won the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections in a closely contest battle, election officers announced on Friday. Joshi beat Ruchir Modi, son of former Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi — who found himself embroiled in corruption scandals in the popular tournament and left the country in 2010 […]