Lieutenant General (retd) Nirbhay Sharma, one of the most decorated field commanders of Indian Army, has been appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, an official statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Thursday.

A senior woman office-bearer of human rights body, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) was arrested on Sunday for allegedly posting ‘objectionable’ comments on her Facebook account against Tamil Nadu Governor and a local Congress MLA, police said.

Delhi's Lt. Governor Tejendra Khanna has asked the Delhi Metro to extend its services to enhance safety and security of commuters in general and women in particular, an official said on Thursday.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said it has completed investigations against banks following the Cobrapost expose and will take action if they are found guilty of violating prudential banking norms.

Delhi's Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna cut short his US vacation and returned to the national capital following uproar over a gangrape and met womens' groups agitated over the incident on Monday.

The Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao said on Monday he expects liquidity conditions to be less uncomfortable over the next few months due to the winding down of the government's cash balances as well as the narrowing gap between deposit and credit rates.

Contradicting Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's views, Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna on Thursday said increasing number of vehicles in the capital may have caused drop in air quality and could have resulted in a haze cover engulfing the city in the past few days.

Banks which exceed the target of opening branches in rural areas in a year, will be allowed to carry forward the additional number to the next fiscal, RBI has said.

Narendra Nath Vohra's appointment as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir for a second successive term is a distinction none of his predecessors was conferred with ever since the title of "Sadr-e-Riysat", styled for the head of the state, was abolished in 1965.

Eight days after gang rape and brutal assault on a 23-year-old para-medical student in national capital, Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna on Monday ordered suspension of two ACPs with immediate effect saying they failed to stop the bus in which the incident took place on December 16 night.