Shimla: Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday announced to construct four hostels for labourers and increased their medical reimbursement allowance from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per year. "The hostels would be constructed at a cost of Rs 10 crore," Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh announced at May Day rally at Tahliwal in Una on Wednesday.
"Labour laws are being strictly implemented, government has taken effective steps to provide better residential accommodation and health facilities to labour.
"We have enhanced the medical reimbursement allowance of labourers from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per year besides increasing the financial assistance for education upto two children, from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000," the Chief Minister said.
The state government also increased financial assistance to next of kin of the labourers, in case of his death, from Rs 50,000 to Rs one lakh, Singh said....
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10:59 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Celebrating the Labour Day this year, Google has posted a doodle on its homepage. The doodle features the Google logo in the shape of a building with several workers on their job. The doodle features an IT professional on her computer, a gardener watering a tree, a painter giving the letter 'O' a paint job and a plumber fixing a leak around the letter 'E'. There is also...
11:32 AM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Google is saluting the workers of the world with a building doodle on the occasion of Labour Day 2013. The doodle features the Google logo in the shape of a building with several workers on their job. The doodle features an IT professional on her computer, a gardener watering a tree, a painter giving the letter 'O' a paint job and a plumber fixing a leak around the...
05:56 AM, May 01, 2013
Panaji: It is okay to slap government officials who do not work efficiently, according to Goa Civil Supplies Minister Dayanand Mandrekar. Mandrekar made the remark on Monday during a debate on civil supplies in the ongoing budget session of the state legislative assembly. "Sometimes officials do not do any work properly and do not listen too. Then like he (Mickky Pacheco) said, they should be slapped," Mandrekar said. Goa Vikas...
11:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
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08:13 PM, Feb 07, 2013
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01:42 PM, Feb 06, 2013
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10:58 PM, Feb 05, 2013
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09:00 AM, Feb 04, 2013
London: Researchers have developed a new 'see through' car akin to the remarkable vehicle used by Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond thriller 'Die Another Day'. The "transparent" vehicle that projects the outside world on its interior has been created by the Japanese researchers. The car is being designed to help drivers with parking, projecting a panoramic view of the area behind onto the rear seats, the 'Daily Mail' reported....
12:01 PM, Nov 06, 2012
London: Actress Rosamund Pike finds being known as a Bond Girl annoying but doesn't mind being a part of the film series. The 33-year-old appeared as Miranda Frost in 'Die Another Day' opposite Pierce Brosnan in 2005 and though she is proud of her work on the film, she finds it frustrating that the tag seems to supersede all her other work, reported Daily Mail. "Not that it's an insult...
06:06 PM, Oct 20, 2012
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11:44 AM, Sep 15, 2012
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10:49 AM, Aug 28, 2012
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12:35 PM, Jun 12, 2012
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