
Srinagar: With over 360 infants dying in the GB Pant hospital in Srinagar since January, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday directed immediate recruitment of doctors and nurses there on an ad hoc basis till full-time arrangements were made. "There is no need to wait for Public Service Commission to fill up the posts. I have directed the authorities concerned (state health and medical education department) to conduct...

04:49 AM, May 21, 2012

Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced that 19,620 new police personnel would be recruited in the next four years, to be posted in the 1,498 police stations functioning in Tamil Nadu. Replying to the discussion on the demands for grants for the police department, the CM said that by filling the vacancies created due to retirement of personnel, a total of 30,000 personnel (including the 19,620 new personnel)...

08:31 AM, Apr 25, 2012

New Delhi: The government on Monday made it clear that it has no proposal to induct women in combat roles in the defence forces, including as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force. Parliament was also informed that there has been a 67 per cent increase in the recruitment of women officers into the army, navy and air force in the last three years. "There is no proposal to induct...

02:33 AM, Mar 20, 2012

New Delhi: Indian companies are lining up robust hiring plans for the next quarter, beginning April 1, making India the most optimistic country in terms of job creation, a survey said. A dynamic pace of hiring is expected across all the regions in the country during April to June period of 2012, while services and financial sectors could see the maximum job creation activities, HR consultancy major Manpower said in...

02:38 PM, Mar 13, 2012

New Delhi: In stark contrast to the fears of economic slowdown hurting the country's labour market, two separate job market surveys today suggested an improving employment scenario and predicted robust hiring activities for the new year -- which could be the best in the world. Painting an optimistic picture, global HR firm Manpower said in its quarterly job market report that Indian employers are the most bullish globally when it...

02:55 PM, Dec 13, 2011

Cambridge: Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg left Harvard University as a dropout with a novel idea. He returned Monday with a triumphant message: He's hiring. The 27-year-old CEO received a rock-star welcome during his first official visit since he left for California's Silicon Valley in 2004. He made his recruitment pitch to 250 students at Harvard after a similar meeting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "We're just getting started," he...

10:09 AM, Nov 08, 2011

Rourkela: Lalgarh Maoist leader Bikram Mahato and a host of trained cadres, including women, from Chhattisgarh are attending camps set up by banned CPI(Maoist) deep inside Saranda forest where training is being imparted in guerrilla warfare, arms and handling of explosives, police said on Saturday. Leader of the Maoist outfit's women's wing, Chameli alias Rekha is providing arms training to the women cadre to build its "Nari Sena" deep inside...

02:55 PM, Apr 30, 2011

New Delhi: A job interview in progress but not at a job fair but at Tihar Jail in Delhi. A 29-year-old graduate and pharmaceutical company manager was sent to jail three years ago on charges of kidnapping and murder. Siddharth Jailtey, father of a four-year-old then took up a masters course in Public Administration from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) while in jail. He is now due for release...

09:05 AM, Feb 26, 2011

Srinagar: Over 8,000 enthusiastic local youth on Saturday thronged an army recruitment rally at Manasbal Sainik School in north Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Braving rain and sleet, the youth reached the recruitment venue early on Saturday morning not to miss their chance to join the Indian army. "Recruitments are being held today for Srinagar and Anantnag districts and in the coming days we would also be holding recruitment rallies for the...

11:35 AM, Feb 19, 2011

New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission has begun probing an alleged Commonwealth Games recruitment scam after complaints of ghost employees on Organising Committee's muster rolls violating norms while inducting people. CAG which has been looking at the expenditure details of the OC is also probing this recruitment scam. The complaints of fraudulent recruitment process by OC was made to CVC to figure out how many people were on permanent pay...

02:16 PM, Jan 16, 2011

Srinagar: There has been an impressive response to the recruitment drive of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. Police had a tough time controlling the large number of aspirants who turned up to get a police job in sensitive areas of downtown Srinagar. Just a few months ago areas like Khanyar, Nowhatta and Rainawari had seen Kashmiri men pelt stones at the same police force. The drive is seen as part ...

02:39 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda, who is at the center of a controversy over his alleged involvement in irregularities in recruitment of staff in two state-run medical colleges, resigned from the ministry on Sunday. Gowda sent in his resignation letter at about 12.40 AM after he was asked by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to do so. The Minister was on his way to Tirupati to offer prayers...

10:26 AM, Sep 12, 2010
Bangalore: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda has offered to quit over alleged irregularities in recruitment of over 350 non-medical staff to two government run-colleges, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party sources said late on Saturday. "He has informed the Chief Minister (BS Yeddyurappa) that he will quit but have no information whether he has already sent in his resignation letter," the sources said. Gowda was under pressure to quit after Yeddyurappa...

07:38 AM, Sep 12, 2010
New Delhi: After unearthing a multi-crore railway recruitment scam in February this year, CBI has now unearthed another scam, this time related to the appointment of Class 4 employees. CNN-IBN has accessed a secret letter written by CBI Director Ashwini Kumar to Vivek Sahay Chairman of the Railway Board. The letter seeks approval to investigate appointments made by the present General Manager of the West Central Railways VK Manglik and...

07:30 AM, Sep 04, 2010

The multi-crore railway recruitment scam seems to have roots deeper than what meets the eye. ...

12:20 PM, Jun 25, 2010