A senior official in the central labour commissioner's office said the efforts of the government were to resolve the cases amicably and not to press for legal action against employers. "Everyone is going through tough times. We could initiate legal action if we want but that's not the idea. We want to address the issues amicably," the official said.
Storm clouds of a different kind are gathering on the macro-economic horizon and they have nothing to do with surging global crude oil prices. The monsoon has played truant across large parts of India, with western and southern India reeling under the impact of deficient and scanty rainfall
"The polling was peaceful and orderly and no major incident was reported," Deputy Election Commissioner Jaiprakash told reporters in Delhi.
An array of modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, fast-attack craft and all-terrain vehicles will soon bolster the dominion power of the Border Security Force deployed to guard the marshy and arid Rann of Kutch region along the Indo-Pak border.
ADAG slots Rs 1,200 cr for wind power plants
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'We should move forward with a conviction that in 40-50 years we have to bring major changes in the country,' he said.
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A newly-wed Pakistani couple, facing stiff opposition from locals in their village after their love marriage, crossed over to India near Kutch in Gujarat but was on Thursday deported by security forces after interrogation.
Over 40 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar left the streets of state capital Patna and other areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to win more than 33 per cent of the 58 seats in Saurashtra and Kutch.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the country's leading oil and gas exploration and production company, is entering the alternative energy segment with a Rs 1,200 crore-plus (Rs 12 billion) investment to generate 200 mw of wind power for captive use, within two years.
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As corporate line up CSR activities backed by a huge cash flow, a small group of people lying below the poverty line are treading the road untravelled. As many as 27 marginalised salt pan workers, who earn their living in Kutch by producing salt from the area, are now proud owners of a private limited company called Sabras, formed a year ago.
Gujarat forest department has sent a notice to Khan for allegedly violating the Wildlife Act.
Sowing had started on a sluggish note in several parts of the country because of delay in the onset of the monsoon but has picked up pace subsequently as the rains progressed and performed appreciably well in August.
The Rann of Kutch comprises 10,000 square miles between the Gulf of Kutch and the mouth of the Indus river in southern Pakistan.
After the Bt Cotton boom in Gujarat, it is the turn of organic cotton now. Keeping pace with the global trends, certain areas in Gujarat are going for organic cotton.
Paramilitary forces have been deployed at strategic points and the Election Commission has ordered video recording at all polling booths. Out of the 87 constituencies going to the polls, 58 are located in the Saurashtra region.
The 18 crewmembers, consisting of 13 Iraqi nationals and five Indians, took the help of an onboard rescue boat and reached the nearby Creek.
Gujarat's mango growers are a happy lot today. Their produce, Kesar mangoes, are leaving Indian shores to conquer American palate on Thursday.
After the euphoria over the recent oil and gas discoveries made by upstream behemoth Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
In the fifth such incident since August, Pakistan coastal authorities have apprehended 28 Indian fishermen and seized five boats, a Gujarat-based fishermen's association said on Thursday.
Paras Jain, who exports textiles to US retail chains like Linens-N-Things and Laura Ashley, is one of the many exporters planning to grow organic cotton as the growing 'green conscience' in the west leads to a rise in the demand for the product.
Tata Power bagged the Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) project in Mundra last year by offering to supply electricity at the lowest rate of Rs 2.26 per unit by burning imported coal.
Authorities on Saturday continued to dig up currency to the tune of lakhs of rupees, including in new notes, across the country.
In 2014 too, the Congress had lost all the 26 seats in Gujarat.
The three-day conference of the directors general of police of all states was inaugurated in Hyderabad on Friday by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Intelligence reports reveal that some terror groups, alleged to be based in Pakistan, are planning to set up base at Karnataka's coastal town of Karwar where INS Kadamba is located (INS Kadamba is a strategic navy base).
Officials said the fishermen's reasons for being in Indian territorial waters are still to be discovered.
The BJP and its allies now rule over 70 per cent of the country's population, marking an unprecedented saffron footprint.
Though the alert mode has been lowered meteorological and coastal agencies have warned fishermen not to venture into the sea till the weather clears up completely.
Aamir Khan had asked for a chinkara for a scene in Lagaan.
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