Military men to have say on 7th Pay Commission

'The high court notice could go some way in easing the vitiated civil-military relationship, and the trust deficit between civil servants and the military,' reports Ajai Shukla. All central......

Vijay praises BJP-partnered Puducherry government

Actor-politician Vijay held his first public meeting in the Union territory of Puducherry on Tuesday and termed the regime led by Chief Minister N Rangasamy as "impartial" and said the Dravida......

Why 767 Maharashtra Farmers Died By Suicide

'You've got to understand it is not easy to die by suicide.''People commit suicide only when they lose everything and find no other way to live.' IMAGE: Farmers protest against the Maharashtra......

Seventh Pay Commission's biggest losers: The armed forces

The 7th CPC places the Indian Police Service (and, almost in passing, the Indian Forest Service) on a level with the Indian Administrative Service, leaving the military out in the cold, observes......

Diwali bonanza! DA for 1.18 cr govt staff hiked by 3%

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday increased Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) by 3 per cent for about 49.19 lakh central government employees and 68.72 lakh pensioners. Illustration:......

7th Pay Commission for central govt staff announced

Ahead of elections, the government on Wednesday announced constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission, which will go into the salaries, allowances and pensions of about 80 lakh (8 million) of its......

Separate Pay Commission for armed forces

In a major New Year bonanza for the armed forces, the Prime Minister's Office has informed the defence ministry that the armed forces personnel would henceforth have a separate Pay Commission,......

6th Pay Commission awards may be deferred

The government may defer the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission award by a year or even two to reduce the fiscal burden of the recommendations that proposed a 28 per cent across-the-board......