Can long-term contract work lead to permanent employment? Know the rulesContract workers often seek permanent jobs after long service. Indian courts examine if contractor arrangements are genuine or a ploy to av...
27 Apr, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
GST fault line: Supreme Court to rule if taxman can bundle years into one sweeping show-cause noticeThe Supreme Court is set to decide if tax authorities can issue a single show-cause notice for multiple financial years. This procedural is...
24 Apr, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Higher EPS Pension: EPFO can’t use the excuse of employer’s deficient system of recordkeeping as a ground to deny higher pension to employees, rules Bombay HCBombay High Court ruled in favour of six employees seeking higher pensions. The court stated the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO...
23 Apr, 2026, 04.39 PM IST
Deposited Rs 80 lakh cash during demonetisation: ITAT rejects property purchase claim, calls it unexplained incomeA Surat businessman's Rs 80 lakh cash deposit during demonetisation was deemed unexplained by ITAT Surat. The tribunal rejected his claim o...
09 Apr, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
Becoming an American citizen just got tougher: US introduces first changes to citizenship test in yearsUSCIS is implementing changes to the naturalization civics test, effective in 2025, to better evaluate applicants' understanding of US hist...
18 Sep, 2025, 11.34 AM IST
What are Sats and how do the grades work? Here’s all you need to know about Statutory Assessment TestsOn Tuesday, 11 July primary school students in Year 6 across the nation have been provided with their Sats (Statutory Assessment Tests) out...
11 Jul, 2023, 10.04 PM IST
'Test checks' on AGR-hit telcos' dues assessment may start this week: DoT sourcesDoT is also asking three telecom companies Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices to provide substantiating documents to suppor...
01 Mar, 2020, 01.58 PM IST
AGR woes: No decision on relief to telcos at DCC meet; DoT officials say more AGR-data neededThe crucial meeting of Digital Communications Commission (DCC) on Friday could not arrive at a decision on relief to the distressed telecom...
28 Feb, 2020, 08.05 PM IST
Government to verify telcos' AGR math via test checks before March 17: SourcesThe 'test check' will happen for all telcom firms but will start with those claiming they have already made full and final settlement towar...
20 Feb, 2020, 06.00 PM IST
Law panel for setting up of DNA Profiling BoardDNA Profiling is used for disaster victim identification, investigation of crimes, identification of missing persons and human remains, and...
27 Jul, 2017, 01.03 AM IST
No interview for jobs in central government canteensThere will only be skill test and no interview for junior-level posts in central government canteens, the Centre said today.
05 Feb, 2016, 05.50 PM IST
NCTE looking at making CTET easier for schoolteaching aspirantsNational Council for Teacher Education is now looking at making the examination easier so that more candidates are successful.
27 Nov, 2015, 05.42 AM IST
Volkswagen's gains from cheating to be considered in US penaltiesJust how much money Volkswagen made by cheating US emissions tests will be a factor in the penalties that will be assessed, according to EP...
07 Oct, 2015, 11.03 PM IST
Government to set up 10 vehicle inspection centres across IndiaThese checks also ensure that the worst polluting, un- worthy vehicles, are off the road. It checks on vehicles which are operating without...
26 Nov, 2014, 03.04 PM IST
Task force constituted to set up national testing agencyThe HRD Ministry has constituted a seven-member task force under former IIT Kanpur director Sanjay Dhande to set up a national testing agen...
31 May, 2013, 03.50 PM IST
- Efforts on to bring in consensus over common engineering test to replace IIT-JEE, AIEEE
HRD Ministry intends to conduct the test under the new format on April 7, 2013, which will be conducted by the CBSE.
09 Apr, 2012, 09.06 PM IST
- 4 proposed nuke plants hit green roadblock
Four new nuclear power plants proposed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India have run into trouble with the environment and forests ministr...
20 Jul, 2010, 11.21 AM IST