President urges civil servants to have a development-centric approach

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Sunday said there is a need to "revisit" the Constitution-related article granting protection to government employees and that he was pursuing the matter with the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

July 4th, 2009 MUSSOORIE - President Pratibha Patil on Saturday said the UPA Government is keen to create more growth opportunities to ensure inclusive growth and bring positive changes in the lives of people. Launching the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration here, President Pail said the Centre has chalked out a programme that will pave the y way for an equitable society.

June 13th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Civil servants in Pakistan's restive northwest, where the military is engaged in a major anti-Taliban offensive, have been asked to report for work by June 20 or face suspension. North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Haider Khan Hoti told reporters here Saturday he had directed the civil administration in the Swat, Buner and Lower Dir areas to return to work by June 20 so that repair work on electricity, water, and gas utilities could be carried out.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Politicians and civil servants are rated to be the most corrupt persons according to the 2009 Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) released by Transparency International, (TI) the global body monitoring corruption in governance. The Indian chapter of the Transparency International, disclosed this here on Wednesday.

May 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - Terming the US President Barack Obama's tax reform proposal as a 'worrying' development, Wipro chairman Azim Premji Thursday said it was against what Obama said at the recent G-20 summit. 'It's worrying! This is against what Obama said at G-20 summit in London recently,' Premji told reporters here on the sidelines of the launch of Wipro's product qualification and compliance certificate facility 'Tarang'.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - International interest in India's Rs.100 billion ($2 billion) film industry is surging. After Hollywood giants, Australian filmmakers in search of innovative stories and financial partners are looking to India.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Hamid Ansari here today said that the concept of civil service and notions of its role and responsibilities has evolved over time.Independent India inherited from the British period a comprehensive civil service structure and established practices. Its utility for ensuring national unity and good administration in the country was recognized by Sardar Patel, and accepted by the Constituent Assembly and incorporated in the Constitution," he said.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will press for a multilateral approach to peace and stability in Afghanistan and voice its opposition to involving a section of the Taliban in any power-sharing arrangement at a regional security conference in Moscow Friday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Special Envoy Satinder Lambah will represent India at the conference organised by the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Moscow that will focus on exploring different ways to promote stability in that country.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police may take action against people who are reluctant to get their servants verified and are also planning to put the onus of getting the verification done on the servants, Delhi Police chief Y.S. Dadwal said Wednesday.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 has made public servants more accountable than before, acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday. 'The enactment of the Right to Information Act 2005 at the centre and in many states has bridged a critical gap in the public decision making process and ushered in greater accountability of public servants,' Mukherjee said while presenting the Interim Budget 2009-2010 in the Lok Sabha.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Saluting India's armed forces for 'their sense of commitment, sacrifice and professionalism', President Pratibha Patil Thursday said the government 'stands committed' to provide financial support for their modernisation. 'Our armed forces have made the country proud with their sense of commitment, sacrifice and professionalism.

February 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Nearly 170 passengers and 10 crew members of an Air India flight had a close shave Monday when a military chopper came in its path just as the passenger jet was about to take-off. The helicopter was part of President Pratibha Patil's entourage, an Air India spokesperson said.

February 8th, 2009 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - In a major safety breach, a Delhi-bound Air India flight with 170 passengers and 10-member crew narrowly escaped colliding with a helicopter which was part of President Pratibha Patil's fleet, minutes before taking off from Mumbai Monday morning. Patil herself was inside one of the three choppers, and it was in a fraction of seconds that the mishap was averted at 9:30 a.m., spokespersons for both the President's Office and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and a select group of security experts feel that India adopted the 'mildest' response to Pakistan after the Mumbai terrorist attacks and it was not befitting an 'emerging global player', the party said Saturday.

January 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Despite frequent incidents of crime committed by domestic helps in the capital, Delhiites have not learnt a lesson; 64 percent of the domestic helps continue to be unregistered, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S Dadwal said Friday. In a door-to-door survey conducted by Delhi Police last year covering 912,547 households having 111,484 servants, it was found that only 41,046 servants were verified.