RK Mathur appointed as Defence Secretary

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, New Delhi

Senior IAS officer Radha Krishna Mathur was today appointed Defence Secretary to succeed Shashi Kant Sharma who has taken over as Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

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Montek Singh Ahluwalia mentions lost Aadhaar card during function, gets one in an hour

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, New Delhi

A casual mention of a lost Aadhaar card in public saw government machinery go in an overdrive and its holder got a duplicate card in less than an hour.

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No Janata Darshan held by Akhilesh Yadav in last six months: Right to Information (RTI) reply

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, Lucknow

The much-hyped 'Janata Darshan' of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, revived after Samajwadi Party stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh, has turned out to be a damp squib.

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Another rhino killed in Kaziranga, horn removed

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, Kaziranga (Assam)

A female rhinoceros was found dead with gunshot wounds and its horn removed in the Kaziranga National Park on Friday morning, forest officials said.

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Spot-fixing: NCP asks cricket board chief N Srinivasan to step down

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Friday May 24, 2013, New Delhi

With the spot-fixing probe widening and Mumbai Police likely to question Gurunat Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI chief N Srinivasan, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has said that Mr Srinivasan should step down.

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Indian-origin lawyer Srikanth Srinivasan confirmed as US court judge

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, Washington

Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan today scripted history after he was confirmed as the first South Asian judge to America's second highest court.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry to visit India in June

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, New Delhi

America's top diplomat John Kerry will embark on his maiden India visit as the Secretary of State to hold 4th Indo-US Strategic Dialogue on June 24.

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Delhi Assembly polls : Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party announces list of shortlisted candidates

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, New Delhi

Gearing up for its electoral debut in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today announced the names of 44 shortlisted candidates for 12 constituencies.

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Indian Navy Captain held guilty for officer's death

Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Friday May 24, 2013, New Delhi

In perhaps the first case in the Indian Navy, an officer, Rahul Parmar captain of the INS Talwar has been found guilty for the death of a junior, Sub- Lieutenant Vipin Kumar.

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Bihar government to impart disaster management training in schools

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013, Patna

Bihar government has decided to include lessons in disaster management in school syllabus and give training through mock drill. At a meeting on disaster management presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, it was decided to take 70,000 schools in the state under "Mukhya Mantri school siksha yojna" to provide these facilities, probably first of its kind in the country.

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