'Are elections still fair in India, or are we all witness to a macabre style of 'selection' of lawmakers?''The jury will be out on this for a long time because there is no definitive evidence on......
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......
'The government must understand that the Indian Railways is like a Kamdhenu cow. It can look after your GDP, it can look after the health of the nation. But the Kamdhenu cow also needs......
Exactly 75 years ago, the Radcliffe Line -- a geographical marker that demarcated the boundary between India and newly-created dominion of Pakistan -- was published, cartographically cleaving the......
India reported its fourth coronavirus death on Thursday as the total number of cases of COVID-19 rose to 173 while most of the states and Union Territories imposed restrictions, inching towards......
The rail ministry is working on a rigorous cost optimisation drive in order to dampen the pay panel's impact. The Cabinet's nod to the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission would create an......
The notes argue that it will widen the talent base available to govt to deliver increasingly complex services to a demanding population. The seventh Pay Commission's draft report to determine the......
The nationwide strike ballot by the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen over a 65-point charter of demands has resulted in 97 per cent Railway employees affiliated with unions voting in favour......
The railway unions feel they are not prepared to go on an indefinite strike Signalling the weakening of the organised labour’s hold over Indian Railways, the country’s largest employer,......
The Cabinet on Friday gave mandate to the 7th Pay Commission for revising salaries of over 50 lakh central government employees and remuneration of 30 lakh pensioners. The move comes ahead of......