NEW DELHI: In an apparent message to Pakistan, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said “our neighbours” must ensure that their territory is not used by forces inimical to India which rejects any attempt to use terrorism as an instrument of state policy. “While we offer our hand willingly in friendship, we cannot stay blind
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  Outgoing Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth has been appointed Chairman of the PESB. He is former 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms Gauri Kumar, Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, has been appointed as Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) in place of K M Acharya. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Anshuman Das, retired CMD, NALCO, has been appointed as member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) in place of Ashwani Kumar Datt.

P S Jayakumar appointed as MD&CEO, Bank of Baroda M O Rego appointed as MD & CEO, Bank of India Rakesh Sharma appointed as MD & CEO, Canara Bank K P Kharat appointed as MD & CEO, IDBI Bank Ltd Mrs Usha Ananthasubramanian appointed as MD & CEO, PNB Ravi Venkatesan appointed as Non-Executive Chairman,
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The Supreme Court has ordered that the Aadhar card will be optional for availing various welfare schemes of the government. It said this and ordered that no personal information of the holders of such cards shall be shared by any authority.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday came down heavily on the Gandhi family, saying it has not been able to accept the fact that someone else can also rule the country as the government efforts to push for the GST bill did not take off ove