New Delhi: It's the 16th day of the Air India crisis and cracks between the airline management and the Pilots Guild getting deeper. A contempt notice was issued to Air India pilots on Wednesday. The notice said that the pilots have to reply by July 13 and if they don't join work, they'll continue in contempt till then. If their contempt is upheld after they file their reply on July...
04:22 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Finding fault with the railway budgetary mechanism, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has observed the national transporter is continuously incurring expenditure over and above the budgetary provisions sanctioned by Parliament. The CAG report of the fiscal 2010-11 also found railways at fault for not presenting any of the statements of fiscal policy in Parliament as defined in the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003. The Audit also...
04:56 PM, May 15, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Trivandrum Golf Club, which was taken over by the LDF Government, after a controversy is on its way back into the hands of private management. Justifying a UDF move in this direction, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told a post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday that the 25-acre course was a drain on the state exchequer and the government was all for practical action on the matter. A final decision is...
12:37 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: India's tech-savvy election management system has caught the fancy of SAARC nations, which have expressed the desire to emulate it in their respective areas. As heads of poll management bodies of SAARC countries got together to evolve solutions to common problems at the ongoing 3rd conference of heads of election management bodies of SAARC nations in New Delhi, India showcased its use of modern technology for strengthening democracy...
06:26 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Controversies over land acquisition and labour unrest involving big businesses have prompted the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to come up with a "code of ethics" for corporates. A draft report in this respect has been submitted to the NHRC by New Delhi-based Institute of Corporate Sustainability Management (ICSM) Trust and has been perused by the Commission. NHRC had commissioned a study - 'Developing Code of Ethics for...
11:50 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Monday said many of the big dams in the country were under threat from terrorists and action had been taken to protect them. "The government has received reports of threat inputs indicating plans of terrorists to target important dams," Minister of State for Home, Mullappally Ramachandran, said in Lok Sabha. He was replying to a question whether many of the big dams in the country...
03:42 PM, Apr 24, 2012
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05:40 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: To groom aspiring women politicians by helping them develop necessary skills, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore on Tuesday launched a certificate course in political leadership for them. The three-month long programme called as India-Women in Leadership programme by the Centre for Public Policy (CPP) aims to equip aspiring women leaders with the requisite skills, knowledge and expertise in various aspects of governance. According to a statement,...
06:30 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Kathmandu: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and wished peace and prosperity for his country. Singh, who is in Nepal to attend the three-day Regional Seminar on Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, called on President Yadav at the Rastrapati Bhawan in the capital. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayant Prasad was also present at the meeting. Singh during the brief meeting wished "for...
09:51 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Lahore: Pakistani authorities did not grant visas to members of the Indian band Euphoria, which was to perform at a university in Lahore last week, as the venue was within a cantonment, a representative of the organisers said today. Euphoria's performance at the prestigious Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on March 23 was cancelled after Pakistan's Interior Ministry did not clear the issuance of visas to its members. "The...
03:48 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Mumbai: The debt-laden national carrier Air India is set for more troubles beginning April with its employees, who have not been paid their dues for the past five months, on Thursday threatening to go on strike from April 2, as three rounds of talks with management failed in Mumbai. According to sources, the strike warning followed the demand of the unions for a written commitment from the management that it...
11:25 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Bangalore: About 30 per cent of the large organisations will continue to block employees' access to social media sites by 2014, compared to 50 per cent in 2010, according to technology research firm Gartner. The number of organisations blocking access to all social media is dropping by around 10 per cent a year, it said in a statement. "Even in those organisations that block all access to social media, blocks...
12:29 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Los Angeles: Charlie Sheen is all set for his official return to the tube. The actor will make a comeback to American TV screens with his new comedy series 'Anger Management' in March -- a year after he was fired from hit sitcom 'Two And A Half Men'. Sheen will lead the cast in 'Anger Management' as a former baseball player with rage issues who becomes an unconventional management counsellor,...
12:23 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Mumbai: The RBI has allowed banks to permit exporters to receive advance payment for shipment of goods which would take more than one year to manufacture, a step which will reduce transaction time. "With a view to liberalising the procedure, it has been decided to permit AD Category-I banks to allow exporters to receive advance payment for export of goods which would take more than one year to manufacture and...
02:19 AM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: The much-anticipated Premier League Soccer (PLS) is likely to move out of West Bengal thanks to the state sports department's non-cooperative attitude, and offers have come from Kerala and Maharashtra to host the football tournament. It was learnt that the Bengal sports department has indicated that the venues may not be free to host matches if the tournament is held next month, with some sources even claiming that...
06:51 PM, Feb 17, 2012
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