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IAS officer Vipin Kumar takes over as Chairman Airports Authority of India

New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Vipin Kumar, an IAS officer of 1996 batch, Bihar cadre took over as Chairman of Airports Authority of India, today. Prior to this appointment, Shri Kumar was serving as Additional Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India. During his tenure at Ministry of Education, Government of India, he was looking after SamagraShiksha Scheme, National Education Policy-2020, PM-SHRI Scheme and other important assignments. During his posting in Bihar, he worked as District Magistrate in many districts of the state. He was also the Chairman of Bihar Bridge Construction Corporation;

Sikh separatist claims Indian ‘spy network’ operates in US and Canada

NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Canada and the U.S. must get tougher action on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for trying to silence dissidents on foreign soil, a controversial Sikh separatist who was the target of an alleged India-led murder plot said in an interview. The United States Department of Justice has opened indictments against two Indian citizens in connection with an alleged plot to murder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual American-Canadian citizen, in New York. The two Indian defendants included a former government official who, according to the indictment, was working as an intelligence officer at the

India’s first ‘Writer’s village’ inaugurated in Dehradun

Dehradun, Oct 25 (PTI) The country’s first ‘Writer’s village’ was jointly inaugurated by former President Ram Nath Kovind, Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh (retd) and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami here on Friday. Located in Thano village, about 24 km from Dehradun, the ‘Writer’s village’ is the brainchild of former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, a distinguished writer himself. He claims that in this village, writers will get a calm and creative environment necessary for the creation of their works. On this occasion, during the three-day International Literature, Culture and Art Festival ‘Sparsh Himalaya Mahotsav-2024’, the first work of

UPSC recommends 120 more candidates to central civil services

New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) The UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) on Friday recommended 120 more candidates, who were in a reserve list, for selection into different central civil services, according to an official statement. These candidates had qualified the civil services examination 2023, result of which was declared in April this year. On the basis of the result, 1,016 candidates were recommended for appointment to Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and certain other central services, against 1,143 vacancies. As sought by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), the Commission has now

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