New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that the Majithia Wage Board Award on wages for newspaper employees have to be “implemented in full” and wages notified under it were “non-negotiable”….
Sehore (Madhya Pradesh), June 19 (IANS) Suicide by farmers under debt burden and mounting pressure from moneylenders continues in Madhya Pradesh, though some of these deaths have also been linked to reasons other than farm…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Monday said a law to protect Ganga river will be brought in only after thorough consideration and refused to comment on the penal…
Vidhisha (Madhya Pradesh), June 19 (IANS) Forwarding a WhatsApp message on his mobile phone landed a Madhya Pradesh youngster in trouble as he was detained by police and released only after prolonged questioning. Ganjbasoda MLA…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday was informed that Sahara Chief Subrata Roy has sold his stakes in Grosvenor House Hotel in London as the court extended by 15 days the…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked civic bodies, the city government and Delhi Jal Board to inform it the steps taken to de-silt the drains to ensure to ensure…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) The Punjab government on Monday gave its nod to a proposal to amend Section 26-A of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, for fixing the location of liquor vends on national and…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The government on Monday termed as “fake” a letter attributed to the Cabinet Secretariat wherein linking of land records with Aadhaar had been made compulsory. “The letter attributed to the…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with a Delhi High Court order directing Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to pay Rs 60 crore towards interest liability to the lenders…
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Monday told the state assembly that a case has been registered against the persons who allegedly indulged in bribing voters in the R.K. Nagar…
United Nations, June 19 (IANS) A record 65.6 million people are either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced across the globe, the UN refugee agency said on Monday. The estimated figure for the end of…
Hanoi, June 19 (IANS) An international human rights group on Monday condemned attacks on bloggers and activists in Vietnam and it urged the government to carry out impartial investigations. In a new report, the Human…
Washington, June 19 (IANS) One of Donald Trump’s personal attorneys categorically denied that the President is under investigation for obstruction of justice, despite Twitter posts in which Trump apparently acknowledges it. “The President is not…
Bhubaneswar, June 18 (IANS) Three more Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) will come up in Odisha, it was announced on Sunday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who hails…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The GST Council on Sunday unanimously agreed on a July 1 rollout of the Goods and Services Tax regime despite some pending issues, while relaxing the return filing deadline for…
Bhopal, June 18 (IANS) A woman Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Madhya Pradesh has been given a death threat by the mining mafia in the state, following which her security has been beefed up,…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The GST Council on Sunday unanimously agreed on July 1 rollout of the Goods and Services Tax despite some pending issues, with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that India…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh has demanded exemption for both textiles and fertilisers from the Goods and Services Tax, while the GST Council meeting here on Sunday has already decided that e-way bill…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) As the GST Council meets here to finalise issues before the Goods and Services Tax is implemented from July 1, industry lobby CII said on Sunday that Indian industry is…
By Swagata Yadavar After a decade-long legal battle, the Supreme Court ruled in April 2017 that permanent jobs be given to 2,700 contract workers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India’s richest municipal corporation. These…