Sibal holds up hiring at DeitY, sets up committee

Last Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 19:31

Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has directed the Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) to set up a committee for ensuring a transparent hiring process and stopped all recruitments in the department and its associated offices until the system is standardised.

Department of IT will now be DeitY

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 21:24

The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has been renamed Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) to give importance to the electronics sector.

Youth slits tongue, offers it to deity

Last Updated: Sunday, April 1, 2012, 15:08

Driven by superstitions, a 16-year-old youth cut his tounge and offered it to a deity in Masauli area here, police said.

Dept of IT renamed as Deity

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 19:30

The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has been renamed as the 'Department of Electronics and IT' (Deity).

Earrings of deity missing from Jagannath Temple

Last Updated: Saturday, July 30, 2011, 16:52

Two silver earrings of Lord Ganesh were found missing from Sri Jagannath temple premises on Saturday.

Petition for demat a/c for Hindu deities rejected

Last Updated: Friday, July 16, 2010, 23:59

Observing that deities should remain in temples and not in stock markets, the Bombay High Court today rejected a petition seeking permission to open demat accounts in the names of Hindu Gods.