New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday sought the Centre’s plan of action for the third surge of the Covid-19 pandemic, which the Government on Wednesday said is inevitable. A Bench of Justices — D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah —was hearing the Centre’s appeal challenging the Delhi High Court order regarding supply of oxygen…
Kodagu-born IAS Officer appointed as Private Secretary to Union Finance Minister
December 18, 2020Madikeri: The Union Government yesterday approved the appointment of IAS Officer S.S. Nakul as Private Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MoCA) at the level of Deputy Secretary. Incidentally, Nirmala Sitharaman is a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka. According to an order from the…
Centrally sponsored schemes in district: MP chairs progress review meeting
October 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha chaired a progress review meeting of the District Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Committee, in respect of Centrally sponsored schemes, at the ZP Hall here this morning. Briefing newspersons after the meeting, Pratap Simha said that the Centre has sanctioned Rs.168 crore for beautification of the Ring Road and it is…
Centre rushes High Level Central team to State
October 19, 2020To assist in strengthening containment, infection prevention and clinical management New Delhi: In the wake of record increase in Corona positive cases and deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed a high-level Central team to Karnataka to assist in COVID-19 management. According to a press release, team comprises of Joint Secretary (Nodal…
Nayakas demand increase in reservation quota
June 10, 2019Mysuru: Nayaka community members staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here recently urging the State Government to increase ST reservation to 7.5 percent to maintain parity with the Central Government quota. Pointing out that the Central Government has accorded 7.5 percent reservation for Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in jobs and education,…
Centre to fill up 75,000 vacant posts
June 5, 2019New Delhi: Amidst reports that the country is facing the worst job crisis in 45 years, the NDA Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come forward to fill up 75,000 vacancies in various Central Government Departments. As a first step, the Centre has begun gathering information on the number of vacancies in each…
Compensation for Temple tragedy victims MP distributes Centre’s order copy
January 27, 2019Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan, along with Hanur MLA R. Narendra (extreme right), symbolically distributing the order copy of Centre’s compensation to the families of victims of Kichuguth Sulwadi Maramma Temple prasadam poisoning incident. 17 persons have died and over a 100 fell ill when poison-laced prasadam was distributed to devotees at the Temple in December…
Central Government announces Dasara bonus for about 12 lakh Rail employees
September 21, 2017New Delhi: The Central Government yesterday announced a bonus for about 12 lakh non-gazetted railway employees, which is to be paid ahead of the impending festive season. The Union Cabinet approved the payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days wages to eligible non-gazetted railway employees for the financial year 2016-17. However, this…
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