A delegation of Meghalaya ministers led by CM Conrad K Sangma will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on November 24 to demand a CBI or NIA probe into the violence that left six people dead on the state's border with Assam.
'Before going to battle, Captain Anuj Nayyar gave me the engagement ring and photograph of his fiance.' 'I told him, "Why don't you keep it? It will motivate you to fight'.' 'He said he did not want the photograph to fall in the dirty hands of the enemy.' 'I wondered why he was giving it to me. Did he feel he would not return?'
Despite the government's efforts to control prices, inflation continues to rise and is now at its highest in over thirteen years, as prices of pulses, spices, eggs, fish and meat among other things continued to rise.
The NHRC has directed the Home Ministry to pay Rs 10,000 each to six persons who were allegedly thrashed by some unidentified CRPF personnel nine years ago. The National Human Rights Commission had issued a similar order last year. While giving a clean chit to its the CRPF men, the Centre sought reconsideration of the decision providing monetary relief to the complainants.
Trade unions on Wednesday opposed divestment in public sector undertakings and hike in foreign direct investment in telecom, insurance and aviation sectors
The Sixth Pay Commission is likely to significantly raise basic salaries for an estimated 4.5 million central government employees. The recommendations are expected to be submitted in January, a few months ahead of schedule, and the award is likely to come into effect from January 2006.
Bollywood stars took a moment off to revisit their past, and share their thoughts.
Eshwarappa would turn 75 in June, the unofficial age bar in the BJP for leaders to contest polls and hold official positions.
The salary hike for government employees is likely to put an additional burden of Rs 24,000 crore on the state excheque.
"It is a logical step. The information gathered through annual information returns will now be compared with the tax returns of individuals to see if taxes are paid correctly or not," said a consultant with a leading tax advisory firm.
Rajiv Chhatwal, Rupinder Kaur and Harinder Singh and companies Global Access Technical Support, Source Pundit and Helios Digital Media LLC were the defendants that had been charged in October 2016 by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of its ongoing crackdown against tech support scams.
Goldman Sachs could end up paying $1 billion (670 million pounds) fine if it wants to settle the criminal lawsuit with the US regulator Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a media report.
Higher oil prices, while not having an impact on Centre's revenues due to fixed tax rate, are pushing up states' sales tax revenue.
The electoral bonds scheme for funding political parties should not become a tool for "legitimisation of quid pro quo" between power centres and people who are benefactors of that power, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it underscored the need for reducing the cash component in the electoral process.
The revenue budget of the defence services is likely to go up 3.2 times in the next Budget if the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission are accepted. On an average, the services had recommended a salary hike of up to 4.5 times. They had also sought a five-and-a-half times increase in counter-insurgency allowances. They had expected an increase of 3.8 times. The increase in salaries that has been granted is 3.2 times. Allowances, by and large, have been doubled.
Air Deccan has been asked by the state consumer commission to pay Rs 75,000 as compensation to members of two families who were left stranded at the aiport here owing to flight delays due to technical problem.
On November 3, Negi had cast his vote for the state's assembly polls through postal ballot, the Election Commission said.
Government employees enjoy a pay revision every five years, unlike once in every 10 years for central government employees, and draw relatively higher salary.
According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bartz received a base salary of $969,872 last year and also got a performance-related bonus valued at $1.5 million. In addition, she received $42.1 million in the form of stock and stock options and other compensation of $2.61 million, thus, taking the total pay package to $47.22 million, the filing added.
'The government should act proactively to instil confidence in the private investors, and also boost the purchasing power of people directly or indirectly by ensuring minimum wages.'
The palace said the Queen Mary Crown was removed from display at the Tower of London to be repurposed for the ceremony on May 6 with jewels paying tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Over 14 lakh (1.4 million) Indian Railways employees may proceed on indefinite strike in the last week of February next to press for their 10 demands, including the formation of Sixth Pay Commission.
The Congress vice president wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he was saddened at the decisions of the government taken in the last few weeks
Officials said the agency placed the seven, including the relative of a government official, under arrest on Monday under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Leaders of major central trade unions on Wednesday made a strong demand before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for restoring the interest rate on Employees Provident Fund to 12 per cent
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is discussing with mutual funds (MFs) a proposal on introducing new total expense ratio (TER) slabs linked to the total equity and debt assets by replacing the current ones that are linked to assets of an individual scheme. Senior MF executives confirmed that Sebi had held discussions on this matter with AMCs. Such a change is expected to lead to a lower TER cap for bigger asset management companies (AMCs).
He called it the party's attempt at trying to lock up those who worship Hanuman. He claimed that the Congress had earlier locked up Lord Rama and now it wanted to lock up those who chant 'Jai Bajrang Bali' (Hail Hanuman).
Godfrey Phillips, controlled by his father K K Modi, paid Rs 1.7 crore despite him not attending a single board meet
After defaulting for a consecutive time in paying its investors, National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) got a Rs 177-crore (Rs 1.77 billion) lifeline from its main promoter, Jignesh Shah-run Financial Technologies.
"It went up to 20-odd per cent in 2019 and to 25 per cent a year later. "That's when we decided to pull the plug; it was not sustainable for our business," says Chadha. Madison & Pike, instead, turned to Mumbai-based start-up Thrive, which provides third-party delivery services to restaurants at a much lower commission - three to five per cent.
In April 2016, the then CIC M Sridhar Acharyulu had directed the Delhi University and the Gujarat University to provide information to Kejriwal on the degrees that Modi received.
GST rate cut for real-estate, income transfer scheme, farm loan waivers execution and recapitalisation of PSU banks have the potential to boost India's growth in a few months, says Neelkanth Mishra.
The army has issued notifications on the modification in recruitment procedure for Agniveers and others.
Maharashtra fell behind Gujarat in attracting foreign investment during the MVA's tenure but in the next two years the present government would take Maharashtra ahead, said Fadnavis.
