New cases of political violence roil US ahead of contentious electionAt least 300 cases of political violence have been identified by Reuters since Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, in...
21 Oct, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Transfer via NEFT, RTGS: What happens if money is not credited to beneficiary account on time, penalty banks have to payIf it is not possible to pay credit to the beneficiary's account for any reason, originating banks must return the transaction (to the orig...
26 May, 2023, 01.12 PM IST
Christmas travel advisory due to strike by UK road workers, rail employeesRoad workers urged motorists to expect more holiday gridlock after announcing a 12-day strike to coincide with rail walkouts. There will be...
03 Dec, 2022, 12.08 AM IST
View: The opportunities from India improving its geospatial data policies are endlessAccurate and widely accessible geospatial data can set off a wave of service delivery rationalisation and resource optimisation through the...
23 Apr, 2021, 11.37 PM IST
Amazon.com warehouse workers vote to reject forming union in AlabamaIn a vote count seen online, National Labor Relations Board officials counted more than 1,608 "no" votes shortly before 1500 GMT, represent...
09 Apr, 2021, 10.18 PM IST
Trump seizes on small election issues to spread concernIn the run up to Election Day, President Donald Trump is seizing on small, potentially routine voting issues to suggest the election is rig...
05 Oct, 2020, 12.30 PM IST
Postal Department cannot take you for ride for lost, missing parcelsThe CDRF, Ahmedabad Additional, ordered the post office to pay Rs 28,700 with 9% interest from July 17, 2015 till date it is paid, Rs 3,000...
08 Jan, 2018, 11.50 AM IST
Lok Sabha passes bill to deal with cheque bounce casesA bill providing for filing of cheque bounce cases at the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and not the place of issue, was a...
07 Aug, 2015, 04.57 AM IST
Railway workers call for nationwide strike in November against government's labour laws and FDI in railwaysIt will be the first general strike by railway workers in 41 years. Employees of other Central Government establishments are likely to join.
28 May, 2015, 01.59 PM IST
PSUs, insurance firms face tough time in consumer fora in 2012Insurance firms and PSUs had to face some tough time in 2012 from the consumer fora which pulled up these entities for causing a rise in fr...
25 Dec, 2012, 11.09 AM IST
- Telecom Secy Mathur was part of all decisions: Raja
Union Telecom Minister A Raja said former Telecom Secretary D S Mathur was part of all decisions on 2G allocation over which he is facing t...
13 Nov, 2010, 10.45 PM IST
- Channels to resolve your grievances against insurance companies
Incidents of insurance companies trying to wriggle out of their commitment to the policyholders are not all that rare.
03 Nov, 2010, 02.50 AM IST
- GeoPost buys Continental Air Express on envoy push
GeoPost buys Continental on the condition that it will not get into delivery of letters and parcels reserved for local postal operators. Kn...
03 Feb, 2009, 12.37 AM IST
- DoP stamps out French connect in parcel entity
Can a foreign public utility company compete directly with another such entity in the latter’s home turf?
29 Mar, 2008, 01.10 AM IST
- Pension bill may outstrip wages this fiscal
A recent CAG report has indicated that the pension bill for the central govt in fiscal 07-08 could outstrip the wage bill for the serving s...
12 Dec, 2007, 02.34 AM IST
- Panel directs postal dept to pay compensation to family
The panel recently directed the department to pay Rs 9,384 in respect of one joint account and Rs 2,76,590 in respect of the second joint a...
08 Oct, 2007, 03.55 AM IST
- The bill with wrong address
One wonders why the India Post Amendment Bill has been mooted. It is just not worth the effort.
24 Apr, 2007, 04.34 AM IST