Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday announced formation of two labour unions in the railways and aviation sector.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday started its investigation into alleged criminal negligence leading to the Balasore train accident which claimed 278 lives after registering a first information report (FIR), officials said.
A proposed 24 percent hike in the salaries of 2.6 million employees and pensioners, will land the railways with a wage bill of about $4.7 billion.
In 2021, the Railways boasted of a historic feat -- no passenger deaths in train accidents in two years. However, the derailment of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express in 2022 brought the Railways back to its forgetful past.
The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd has secured the government's approval to go ahead with its dream Skybus project, which had hit a roadblock following a fatal accident during a 2004 test run.
Bodhabhai and Balwantsinh were arrested from their native places in Panchamahals district, police said.
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The Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday ruled out retrenchment of employees in railways and nationalised banks.
Over the past week, several unusual partnerships among start-ups, traditional businesses and hospitals have been announced, and several more are likely to materialise soon. The trend could see increased importance of gig workers, who are taking considerable risk to deliver goods to people in the time of a pandemic.
About the deaths of so many civilians in a goods train mishap, a railway spokesman said that due to poor roads, tribal people of the North Cachar Hill usually jump on to goods trains to reach the south.
In an interview with Business Standard, days before the announcement of the Railway Budget for 2011-12, Financial Commissioner Samar Jha hopes that the railways would tide over the crisis soon, as the impact of the Sixth Pay Commission recomendations dissipates and earnings improve. Edited excerpts:
The move comes after the government received a number of queries in this regard.
The All India Railwaymen's Federation will march to Parliament during the monsoon session to expedite filling up of 200,000 vacancies, AIRF general secretary Shiv Gopal Misra said on Monday.
The announcement of a deferral is expected to be part of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget speech on February 29.
Back in time, one of Gandhi's co-travellers, too, sat through the day at the Central station at Madras watching passengers pay bribes to procure their tickets.
'it's not just youth in India who are left behind because of their inability to find jobs; nearly two-thirds of Indian women of working ages do not participate at all in the paid labour force.'
'You can never bring about a change if you only bring in outsiders. Consultants will never feel what changes are necessary and where,' says Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Workers of SNCF will be on strike for two days out of five every week for three months.
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The Centre will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years.
A new leadership is needed to replace the present culture of indifference.
Bihar government has decided to impose professional tax on central and state government officers and employees, Railways, boards and corporation on the pattern of Maharashtra, West Bengal and other states, official sources said.
Funeral and cycles allowances have been retained and revised.
On winning his third CWG medal on Tuesday, Vikas Thakur paid tribute to his idol by doing the 'thigh-five' celebration. 'The Punjabi thapi (thigh-five) was tribute to Sidhu Moose Wala.'
They want fare subsidies for only those below the poverty line, daily wage earners, senior citizens and students.
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Ahead of Diwali festival, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday increased the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief by 4 per cent effective July 1, 2022, benefiting 41.85 lakh central government employees and 69.76 lakh pensioners. The additional instalment of DA and dearness relief (DR) is an increase of 4 per cent over the existing rate of 34 per cent of basic pay/pension. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs 12,852.5 crore per annum, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur while briefing reporters about the decisions of the Union Cabinet.
Budget is likely to focus on infrastructure creation in the N-E
North East Frontier Railway officials said two unidentified male bodies were found from the coaches while six persons were injured in the derailment that occurred at around 9pm near Shamuktala Road station, about 32 km from Alipurduar Railway Division headquarters.
Wielding a broom, the prime minister took part in the drive along with fitness influencer Ankit Baiyanpuriya.
While the responses of the candidates were predictable, depending on which side they belonged to, an interesting point slipped through when Rahul Shewale cited the Dharavi Redevelopment Project as a scheme that would add to Mumbai's importance. No big infrastructural project in Mumbai, he said, could be successful without the Centre's nod.
India Inc on said the Seventh Pay Commission set up today for central government employees is likely to lead to additional burden on the exchequer and increase inflation by pushing demand.
'To avoid accountability and cover the mismanagement of the head of the department, they create this kind of sabotage theory.' 'If it's a sabotage theory, then the higher-level officials can go scot-free.'
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Snapdeal employee, Deepti Sarna, who was missing since Wednesday evening, returned home on Friday.
Shivshanker Kumar, a class eight student, was abducted on Sunday while on his way to Kerodarpur from Kevlatand village. His body was recovered from the riverine area of Ganga in Khusrupur in late on Sunday night, the police said.
The national carrier has drawn a blueprint to cut the number of recognised unions in the airline from 15 to two -- one for pilots and another for the rest of the employees.
'We cried our hearts out as we saw our huts going underwater. It was hard to believe that I was fast asleep at the same spot just 15-20 minutes ago'
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