West Bengal to form expert committee to take decision on Class 10, 12 board examsIn a series of tweets, Banerjee said, "Our children's future is my greatest priority. To this regard, we have formed an expert committee to...
Institutional or home quarantine violators will be slapped with criminal case: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday declared that 14 day quarantine will be sine qua non for those coming to the state. H...
Numaligarh Refinery showcases business opportunities to medium and small enterprises vendorNRL has effectively leveraged digital platforms to reach out to its MSE vendors and contractors. A Webinar on ‘Business opportunities for M...
Delhi polls: Shashi Tharoor alleges financial irregularities, asks AAP govt for answers"The Aam Aadmi Party started off claiming to combat corruption. Would they care to explain where this money went?" Tharoor asked on Twitter...
National commission for women mulling a policy to prevent gender discrimination at the workplaceThe National Commission for Women (NCW) is planning to bring in a comprehensive policy against gender discrimination at the workplace.
Issues raised by jawans on social media 'individual' view: GovernmetThe army has also set up a WhatsApp number -- +91 9643300008 -- for soldiers to post their problems directly to Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat ...
Govt forms new committee to bring more transparency in employment related data releasesThe Union governmet has formed a new committee under the chairmanship of former Chief Statistician Prof. T.C.A Anant to to bring more trans...
Baijayant Panda suspended from party for "anti-party activities"This brings to a climax weeks, and the last few years, of disgruntled statements that only told of a fallout between Panda, one of BJD’s mo...
Demonetisation was a wider clean-up of system: Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic AdvisorIn an exclusive interview with ET Now, Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, said that the note ban has brought a change in the econo...
Wages under MNREGA likely to increase: Rural Development MinThe baseline for annual revision of wages paid under MNREGA "can be changed" from Consumer Price Index-Agriculture Labour (CPI-AL) to Consu...
Country facing shortage of doctors: JP NaddaThe Health Minister urged the students not to forget the larger purpose of working to improve the health of the poor, the needy and the und...
NDA's 1st year will be known for weakening historial steps: CongresTalking to reporters, Congress national general secretary Mohan Prakash alleged that in its first year, Modi government had weakened poor.
Opposition parties flay UP government after SC order on Muzaffarnagar riotWith the SC holding UP govt prima facie responsible for negligence in preventing Muzaffarnagar riot, opposition parties flayed the Akhilesh...
Infosys to challenge latest tax demand of $105.3 million by income tax departmentThe demand relates to certain tax benefits on income from software development done overseas at the clients' location.
No objection to government's proposal to raise LPG cap: Election CommissionThe decision was taken at a full commission meeting held today under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath.
Aadhaar: The challenges being faced by Nandan NilekaniThe final assessment on him will be hugely influenced by the success, or failure, of this crucial scheme.
- Punjab governmet announces 7% dearness allowance hike
The Finance Minister said 7 per cent DA increase would put an additional liability of Rs 351.63 crore on the state exchequer.