Punjab Government has refused to allow former Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) chief A P Pandey available for a Central posting. Union Government has sent a letter to Punjab in this regard. But the state govt. is not replying to that one.
"We wrote to the state Govt.on September 11, asking if 1974-batch IPS officer AP Pandey, who stands empanelled as Director-General, could be made available for Central deputation. The letter categorically said the Government's response should reach us by September 16. However, we have still not received any reply," said a senior officer in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Washington, Nov 6: While couples usually part ways on a bad note, Simon Cowell’s break up has been a bit different—he has reportedly given 9 million dollars cash as a parting gift to ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour.
In an interview with Life & Style magazine, a friend close to both Cowell and Seymour has said that the British music mogul has ended his six-year romance with the seal of a ‘parting cash handover’.
New York, Nov 6: As Barack Obama embarks on his own presidency, he faces the challenge of building a administration that does not look like a third term for former President Bill Clinton as his advisers are divided to have more experienced people or have a fresh team.
During the campaign trail, Obama had argued for months that victory for his opponent John McCain would be akin to a third term for President George W Bush, the New York Times reported.
A serving army officer Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Purohit was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in connection with the September 29 Malegaon blast.
London, Nov 6 : McLaren boss Ron Dennis has said that British driving sensation Lewis Hamilton is not arrogant.
The team boss admitted that some people believe the new Formula One champion is cocky, but Dennis said: “People say Lewis is aggressive, that he’s arrogant, but he is not. Definitely not.”
“He wants to win and, sometimes, people see that positivity as arrogance — but they’re wrong. He is a remarkably level-headed young man and you have to remember he is still maturing,” The Sun quoted Dennis, as saying.
The youngest ever F1 champion, Hamilton, admitted that he could stay at McLaren for the rest of his career.
Paris - An overwhelming majority of the French people think that the election of Barack Obama is good for the image of the United States, according to a poll made public on Thursday.
In the survey, conducted by the OpinionWay institute for the daily Le Figaro, 85 per cent of respondents said that Obama's election as US president was either very good or good for the country's image.
That sentiment was the same across the entire French political spectrum, with even a majority of supporters of the anti-immigrant right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen agreeing with it.