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  EC appoints former IRS officer as special expenditure observer for Vellore LS poll

  India | July 16, 2019 20:29 IST

  Former IRS officer D Murlikumar was on Tuesday appointed as special expenditure observer for the August 5 poll to Vellore Lok Sabha seat, where the election was earlier countermanded due to excess use of money power.

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  UN chief appoints new head of UN Ebola mission

  World | December 12, 2014 6:26 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday appointed Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania as new special representative and head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response(UNMEER).Ahmed will succeed Anthony Banbury, an American,

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  Burkina Faso appoints new transitional leader

  World | November 02, 2014 7:32 IST

  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso's army appointed a military colonel as transitional leader on Saturday, it said, after the West African country's president resigned from 27 years in office amid violent protests against his continued

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  UN chief appoints three Ebola crisis managers

  World | October 09, 2014 12:09 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed three crisis managers for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone where the Ebola epidemic is spreading.His spokesperson said Wednesday Ban appointed Marcel Rudasingwa of Rwanda as Ebola

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  Georgetown University appoints its first Hindu priest

  World | October 08, 2014 11:33 IST

  Washington: America's prestigious Georgetown University has appointed its first Hindu priest - that too a woman - to serve the religious needs of its Hindu students, whose number has increased in recent years.Pratima Dharm, who

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  ISL:NorthEast United appoints Ricki Herbert as manager

  Football | August 20, 2014 11:11 IST

  Guwahati: Former New Zealand football coach Ricki Herbert was appointed the manager of Indian Super League (ISL) franchise NorthEast United Football Club.Herbert managed the 'All Whites' for eight years from 2005-2013. He also represented New

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  UN chief appoints envoy on climate change

  World | July 15, 2014 9:28 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday appointed former Irish president Mary Robinson as his special envoy on climate change."Building on her work on climate justice, she will emphasise the urgency from a people

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  Motorola Mobility appoints Amit Boni as general manager of India

  April 23, 2014 0:04 IST

  New Delhi: Motorola Mobility Tuesday named Amit Boni as general manager of India as the handset maker tries to regain a foothold in a market where it was a large player till some years back,

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  EC removes Punjab DGP, appoints Vigilance DG in his place

  India | April 03, 2014 23:37 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission today removed Sumedh Singh Saini as Punjab Director General of Police following complaints against him and appointed DG, Vigilance Department Suresh Arora in his place.  Highly-placed sources said the decision

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  SC appoints international arbitrator on KG basin dispute

  India | March 31, 2014 22:26 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today decided to appoint an international arbitrator as the Chairman for adjudication of dispute between Reliance Industries Ltd and the government over recovery of cost for developing the country's key

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  Saudi king appoints son as new Mecca governor

  World | December 22, 2013 23:54 IST

  Riaydh: King Abdullah appointed one of his sons on Sunday as the new governor of Mecca, a prestigious and influential position that includes oversight of Islam's holiest shrine, the state media reported.The 43-year-old Prince Mishaal,

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  Sharif appoints Gen Raheel Sharif as new Pak Army Chief

  World | November 27, 2013 15:06 IST

  Islamabad: Lieutenant-General Rashad Mahmood has been appointed as Pakistan's new Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee, while Lieutenant-General Raheel Sharif has become the new Army Chief.Both senior military officials met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif earlier

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  India TV appoints Sudipto Chowdhuri as National Head - Ad Sales

  India | January 03, 2013 12:50 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 3: India TV announces the appointment of Sudipto Chowdhuri as Sr. Vice President, Sales. With over 21 years of experience, Chowdhuri will be responsible for leading the advertising revenue function of the

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  Court appoints arbitrator for BCCI-Deccan dispute

  Cricket | September 27, 2012 12:54 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 27: An Indian court has appointed an arbitrator to mediate a dispute between Deccan Chargers and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after the Indian Premier League team challenged

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  Modi Appoints Inquiry Commission To Probe Corruption Charges

  India | August 17, 2011 22:06 IST

  Ahmedabad, Aug 17: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today appointed an inquiry commission, to be headed by retired Supreme Court Justice M B Shah, to probe allegations of corruption levelled by Congress against his own

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  PM Appoints Committee To Go Into ISRO Deal On S-Band Spectrum

  India | February 10, 2011 19:42 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 10: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today appointed a high power committee to review various aspects and fix responsibility for lapses in the controversial deal between Antrix Corporation, ISRO's commercial arm, and a

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  Centre Appoints Three Interlocutors For Kashmir

  India | October 13, 2010 16:43 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 13: The Centre today named three interlocutors, including eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, to hold talks with all shades of opinion including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir as part of efforts to