New Delhi, May 12 -- The Union government has given Santosh Kumar Sarangi, the secretary to the union ministry of new and renewable energy, additional charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Solar Energy Corporation of India.

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The appointment comes after the Rameshwar Prasad Gupta was removed from the post on Saturday, a month ahead of the end of his tenure-a move that the opposition Congress party on Monday sought to link to the Adani Group's indictment in the US over alleged bribery charges.

Sarangi will remain in his new post "till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier," said a notification by the Departm...