Appointment on compassionate ground is a concession and not a right and the object of granting such employment is to enable the affected family to tide over a sudden crisis, the Supreme Court has said.
The leak was not from any tanker lorry, sources said adding, FACT officials had informed them the trucks were not filled with the gas since Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ram Vilas Paswan visited the unit on Thursday.
India invited fresh bids on Tuesday for a stake of 51 per cent in state-run Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.
There was a great harvest for Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore on Tuesday as the government put out advertisements inviting initial bids for a 51% strategic stake in the company.
Several families were evacuated from Champakkara area near Kochi after leakage of ammonia gas from a barge on Friday night, district authorities said
Agriculture activity, according to recent channel checks by Prabhudas Lilladher, is expected to continue at a strong pace in FY22.
As India's first solar exploration satellite reached space, four Kerala public sector undertakings, including Keltron, have reason to be delighted as they too have contributed to this achievement by the country. Various products indigenously developed and manufactured by the four PSUs - Keltron, Steel and Industrial Forgings Limited (SIFL), Travancore Cochin Chemicals (TCC) and Kerala Automobiles Ltd (KAL) - have been used in the Aditya L1 mission. This milestone achieved by the PSUs was highlighted by state Industries Minister P Rajeev in a Facebook post.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices hit their fresh lifetime highs for the second day in a row
Strong gains in metal, energy, auto and power shares lifted the key indices to new highs.
They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not even seem to recognise that they too have crossed a red line themselves, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
Govt bosses in no hurry to exit from PSUs; many agencies, long process likely hurdles.
'When I realised that I was to take the pictures of Pandit Nehru, I was very nervous and scared.'
At 15.05 PM, the 30-share Sensex was up 281 points at 28,238 and the 50-share Nifty gained 86 points at 8,577
Excerpts from a speech on the Supplementary Demands for Grants, December 15.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy tells rediff.com's Shobha Warrier why the UPA lost in the general elections, the decline of the Left and what he expects from the Centre.
