NEW DELHI: Following up on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion to organise structured interactions between senior and young IAS officers for mentorship and knowledge-sharing, the department of personnel and training (DoPT) has asked all states and Union territories to nominate officers for the first such interaction at Statue of Unity, Ekta Nagar, Gujarat on Ekta…

NEW DELHI: A total amount of around Rs 1,717 crore was lost to digital payment fraud and online cheating in Delhi between 2023 and 2025, of which only 10% could be recovered, the home ministry told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Citing details provided by the Delhi Police, junior home minister Nityanand Rai, in reply to…

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the ministry of defence on the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in New Delhi, where discussions focused on border infrastructure, defence preparedness and ongoing strategic connectivity projects, according to an official release. Focus on border connectivity and defence preparedness The meeting…

File pics of Sourav, Mamata and Yusuf Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has dismissed reports claiming that he contacted Yusuf Pathan on behalf of Mamata Banerjee and asked him to resign from his elected post to facilitate her contesting a by-election.In a statement, Ganguly said allegations that he had acted as an intermediary for…