Head's Of Important Offices in India

1.  Present Attorney General  =>> Mukul Rohatgi
2.  Present Solicitor General  =>> Ranjith Kumar
3.  Present Comptroller and Auditor General =>> Shashi Kant Sharma
4.  Present Army Chief  =>> Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
5.  Present Chief of Air staff  =>> Arup Raha

6.  Present Chief of Naval Staff  =>> vice admiral R K Dhowan
7.  Present Chief Election Commissioner  =>> V. S. Sampath
8.  Present National Human Rights Commission, Chairman  =>> K.G Balakrishnan
9.   Present National Commission for Woman, Chairperson  =>> Mamta Sharma
10. Present Chief Information Commissioner  =>> Rajiv Mathur
11. Present Finance Commission, Chairman  =>> Y.V. Reddy
12. Present ISRO, chairman  =>> Dr. k. Radhakrishnan
13. Present SEBI chairman  =>> UK Sinha
14. Present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India  =>> P. Sathasivam (New R M Lodha)
15. New chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)   ==>  Alok Joshi
16. New chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)   ==>  Syed Asif Ibrahim
17. New chief of CBI   ==>   Ranjit Sinha
18. Present TRAI    ( Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) Chairman ) ==>  Answer: Rahul Khullar
19. Recently appointed CAG of India  ==>  Sashikanth Sharma

20. Present Central Vigilance Commissioner of India   ==>  Pradeep Kumar

Courtesy : http://www.tnguru.com/

Renamed Indian cities

1. Chennai, formerly Madras, renamed in 1996

2. Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, renamed in 1947

3. Kanpur, formerly Cawnpore, renamed in 1948

4. Kochi, formerly Cochin, renamed in 1996

5. Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, renamed in 2001

6. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, renamed in 1995

7. Puducherry, formerly Pondicherry, renamed in 2006

8. Thiruvananthapuram, formerly Trivandrum, renamed in 1991

9. Vadodara, formerly Baroda, renamed in 1974

10. Varanasi, formerly Benares

11. Guwahati, formerly Gauhati

12. Indore, formerly Indhur

13. Kozhikode, formerly Calicut

14. Panaji, formerly Panjim

15. Pune, formerly Poona

16. Sagar, formerly Saugor

17. Shimla, formerly Simla

18. Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore

19. Thoothukudi, formerly Tuticorin

20. Thrissur, formerly Trichur

21. Tiruchirapalli,formerly Trichinopoly or its shortened version, Trichy

22. Udhagamandalam,formerly Ootacamund or its shortened version, Ooty

23. Vijayawada, formerly Bejawada

24. Visakhapatnam, formerly Waltair and before that, Vizagapatnam or its shortened version, Vizag

25. Avantika to Ujjain

26. Vorugallu to Warangal

27. Cambay to Khambhat

28. Bulsar to Valsad

29. Bangalore to Bengaluru (change effective from 1 November 2006)

30. Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal

31. Jullunder to Jalandhar

32. Ropar to Rupnagar

33. Mohali to SAS Nagar

34. Nawan Shahar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar

35. Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari

Courtesy : http://www.tnguru.com/

Ravi Shankar Prasad assumes charge of the Ministry of Communications and IT

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad assumed the charge of the Ministry of Communications and IT here today. On his arrival at Sanchar Bhawanhe was received by Telecom Secretary Shri MF Farooqui.After assuming charge, he interacted with the officials of the Ministry. 

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 30 August 1954) is a lawyerby profession and represents Bihar in the Rajya Sabha. He is a distinguished senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India. Shri Prasad holds BA Hons, MA (Political Science) and LLB degrees from Patna University. He held the position of Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and Mines, Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting during the National Democratic Alliance government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Shri Prasad has held several national-level assignments in the youth wing and the main party organisation of the BJP. A member of the BJP national executive since 1995, he became a national spokesperson of the BJP in 2006.In 2012, he was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar for a consecutive third term. 

Source : PIB (Release ID :105202)

Important Days of Year

• 1. NRI Day

  9 January

• 2. World Laughter Day

  10th January

• 3. National youth day

  12th January.
  It is celebrated on the birthday of swami Vivekanand ji

• 4. Army day

  15 January

• 5. National Voters day

  25 January

• 6. Tourism Day (India)

  25 January

• 7. Indian republic day

  26 January

• 8. International custom day

  26 January

• 9. Sarvodaya day

  30 January

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• 10. World Leprosy Eradication Day

  30 January

• 11. Rose day

  12 February

  
  

• 12. Valentine Day

  14 February

  
  

• 13. International Mother Language Day

  21 February

  
  

• 14. Central Excise Day

  24 February

  •  

• 15. World Marriage Day

  Second Sunday of february

  
  

• 16. National Science Day

  28 February

  •  

• 17. Commonwealth Day

  Second Monday of March

  •  

• 18. International Women's Day

  8th March

  
  

• 19. World kidney day

  9th March

  •  

• 20. World consumer day

  15th March

• 21. World Disabled Day

  15th March

  
  

• 22. Ordnance Factories Day

  18th March

  
  

• 23. World Forestry Day

  21 March

  
  

• 24. World Water Day

  22 March

• 25. World Meteorological Day

  23 March

• 26. World TB Day

  24 March

• 27. Worldtheatre Day

  27 March

• 28. World TB Day

  24 March

• 29. World TB Day

  24 March

• 30. National Maritime Day

  5 April

• 31. World Health Day

  7 April

  
  

• 32. World Homeopathy Day

  10 April

• 33. World Haemophilia Day

  17 April

• 34. World Heritage Day

  18 April

• 35. Indian Civil Service Day

  21 April

• 36. Earth Day

  22 April

• 37. World Book and Copyright Day

  23 April

• 38. Panchayat Divas

  24 April

• 39. International Labour Day

  1st May

• 40. World Asthma Day

  3rd May

• 41. World press freedom day

  3rd May

• 42. World red cross day

  8th May

• 43. Mother's Day

  Second sunday of May

• 44. World Thalassaemia Day

  8th May

• 45. National Technology Day

  11 May

• 46. World Hypertension Day

  12 May

• 47. International Family Day

  15 May

• 48. World Telecommunication Day

  17th May

• 49. Anti Terrorism Day

  21st May

• 50. World Anti-tobacco Day

  31 May

• 51. World Environment Day

  5th June

• 52. Father's Day

  3rd Sunday of June

• 53. World Diabetes Day

  27th June

• 54. Doctor's Day

  1st July

• 55. World Population Day

  11th July

• 56. Kargil Memorial Day

  26th July

• 57. International Friendship Day

  3rd August

• 58. World Peace Day

  6th August

• 59. Hiroshima Day

  6th August

• 60. Quit India Day

  9th August

• 61. Nagasaki Day

  9th August

• 62. World Youth Day

  12 August

• 63. Indian Independence Day

  15 August

• 64. Photography Day

  19 August

• 65. National Sports Day

  29 August

• 66. Teacher's Day

  5th September

• 67. Sanskrit Day

  5th September

• 68. World Literacy Day

  8 September

• 69. Hindi Divas

  14th september

• 70. Engineer's Day

  15 September

• 71. World Ozone Day

  16 September

• 72. World Deaf Day

  26 September

• 73. World Tourism Day

  27th September

• 74. International Day for the Elderly

  1 October

• 75. Gandhi Jayanti

  2 October

• 76. Birthday of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri

  2 October, 1904

• 77. World Habitat Day

  3 October

• 78. World Animal Welfare Day

  4 October

• 79. World wild animal day

  6 October

• 80. Indian Air Force Day

  8 October

• 81. World Post Office Day

  9 October

• 82. World Sight Day

  Second Thursday of October

• 83. UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

  13 October

• 84. World Standards Day

  14 October

• 85. World Food Day

  16 October

• 86. World Thrift Day

  30 October

• 87. Death Anniversary of Indira Gandhi

  31 October

• 88. Legal Services Day

  9 November

• 89. Children's Day

  14 November

• 90. Diabetes Day

  14 November

• 91. World Student's Day

  17 November

• 92. National Journalism Day

  17 November

• 93. World Adult Day

  18 November

• 94. World Citizen Day

  19 November

• 95. World Non Veg Prevention Day

  25 November

• 96. World Non Veg Prevention Day

  25 November

• 97. World Environment Protection Day

  26 November

• 98. National Law Day

  26 November

• 99. International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

  29 November

• 100. World AIDS Day

  1 December

• 101. World AIDS Day

  1 December

• 102. Indian Navy Day

  4 December

• 103. International Volunteers Day

  5 December

• 104. Indian Armed Forces Flag Day

  7 December

• 105. Balika Divas

  9 December

• 106. International Human Rights Day

  10 December

• 107. National Energy Conservation Day

  14 December

• 108. Minorities Rights Day

  18 December

• 109. Kisan Divas

  23 December

• 110. Christmas Day

  25 December

• 111. CRPF foundation day

  26 December

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