Move comes after threat perception report by central security agencies recommended a strong cover for Kumar amid preparations for seven-phase general elections that begin on 19 April.
Poll body issued orders for the removal of home secretaries in Gujarat, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal and Uttarakhand. It has also removed the West Bengal DGP.
LS polls round the corner, CEC Rajiv Kumar now sole member of EC after Arun Goel resigned. SC had upheld constitutionality of single-member commission in TN Seshan & SS Dhanoa cases.
Rajiv Kumar, who retired as finance secretary in Feb 2020, has worked on key aspects of several flagship projects under PM Modi, and monitored work on banking & pension reforms.
There is a high probability of a third wave in India, NITI Aayog's Kumar said, by way of supporting his prescription to overlook fiscal considerations until the pandemic is curbed.
The split in the EC came over the Madras HC’s censure and ‘murder-charges’ remark. The body was reportedly not unanimous in its approval for the plea on a gag order on media.
Rajiv Kumar says Modi govt’s labour reforms and PLI scheme will boost industry and exports, and not joining RCEP won’t freeze India out of global markets.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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