Anuraf Goel takes over as Company Affairs Secretary

Monday, May 1, 2006, 17:35 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: Mr Anurag Goel today took over as Secretary, Ministry of Company Affairs.

He succeeds Mrs Komal Anand, who relinquished charge of the post on superannuation yesterday.

A 1972 IAS officer of the UP Cadre, Mr Goel was earlier Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

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IFJ welcomes reinstatement of Nepali Parliament

Monday, May 1, 2006,17:35 [IST]

Kathmandu, May 1: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has said that it supports the reinstatement of Nepal's parliamentary democracy but called on the authorities to respect human rights of Nepalese journalists.''The IFJ welcomes the moves by Nepal's King Gyanendra to reinstate the kingdom's dissolved parliament, which reconvened on Friday April 28, and ended the 14-month rule by the autocratic monarchy,'' it said in a statement.IFJ president Christopher Warren said this latest development means the Nepalese people will now.....

BJP condemns Suryanarayan's murder by Taliban

Monday, May 1, 2006,17:46 [IST]

Kolkata, May 01: Expressing shock and dismay at the gruesome killing of an Indian engineer by Taliban extremists in Afghanistan, the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded strong action by the Centre to "bring a permanent end to such menace". "Such brutal action against innocent Indian civilians has once again proved the failure of the foreign policy, persued by the UPA government towards Afghanistan", party's state president Tathagata Roy commented here today. Condemning the murder of Indian.....

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Govt's move on passport privatisation irks Left

Monday, May 1, 2006,17:50 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: The Left parties today trained their guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is holding the External Affairs portfolio, for the reported move to outsource operations of Regional Passport Offices.Referring to the ''misuse'' of visa by Sher Singh Rana, the prime suspect in the killing of 'Bandit Queen' Phoolan Devi, the CPI(M) and the CPI said if passport department was privatised, such scandals would become routine.Taking to UNI, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan.....

Ban on King's tainted leader's exit from country

Monday, May 1, 2006,18:15 [IST]

Kathmandu, May 1: The officials at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have been put on high alert to prevent possible escape of some ''blacklisted King-led cabinet members'' involved in suppressing the people's movement, media reports said here today. Officials at the TIA, the only international air exit point, were given order to ban the departure of Vice chairman of King chaired cabinet Dr Tulsi Giri, home minister Kamal Thapa, a relative of the King Sarad Chandra Shah, information minister Srisha Shumsher.....

Left Parties for security to Indians in Afghanistan

Monday, May 1, 2006,18:18 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1: Condemning the ''barbaric killing'' of Indian engineer Suryanarayan by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Left parties today asked the government to take urgent steps to ensure security for all Indians working in the war-torn country.Left leaders, who demanded adequate compensation to the bereaved family, said the government must not send Indian workers to Afghanistan unless foolproof securty arragements could be made for them there.CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan, who termed the killing as.....