Government
Seventh Pay Commission recommends 16% pay hike
19 Nov 2015
The overall increase in pay and allowances and pensions will be 23.55 per cent, considering a 16 per cent increase in basic pay, 63 per cent increase in allowances and 24 per cent increase in pension
Swachh cess draws consumer ire
16 Nov 2015
Centre’s AMRIT to sell cancer drugs 50 to 60% cheaper
16 Nov 2015
The health ministry's AMRIT project will provide 200 cancer drugs, 186 heart drugs, and 148 stents and cardiac implants through central government hospitals 50-60 per cent below market prices
PM Modi leaves for UK, Turkey visit
12 Nov 2015
Prime Minister's visit to United Kingdom is aimed at enhancing cooperation to boost economic between the two countries
OROP implemented but objections remain
09 Nov 2015
Rejecting objections against the One Rank One Pension scheme for armed forces veterans, defence minister Manohar Parrikar today said that it was impossible to satisfy the expectations of everyone
Grand Alliance sweeps Bihar with 178 of 243 seats
09 Nov 2015
The aura of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is clearly fading – after losing Delhi to Arvind Kejriwal’s upstart Aam Admi Party last year, the BJP and its allies could win only 58 seats in Bihar
CIC vacancies must be filled in 6 weeks: HC
07 Nov 2015
India gives Greenpeace 30 days to shut down
07 Nov 2015
Exit poll results put BJP on the defensive
06 Nov 2015
Clearly jolted by the exit polls in the crucial state where Prime Minister Naremdra Modi had campaigned extensively, the BJP has already started saying the election is not a referendum on the centre
‘Centralised voter management a must for India’
05 Nov 2015
Gag intolerant party members, Moody’s tells PM
31 Oct 2015
Delhi power discoms not subject to CAG audit: HC
31 Oct 2015
Draft bankruptcy law on anvil
30 Oct 2015
UP CM sacks 8 ministers, emasculates another 9
30 Oct 2015
Top scientist P M Bhargava returns Padma Bhushan
30 Oct 2015
Delhi rejects former Haryana CM’s parole plea
30 Oct 2015
Debt-ridden Maharashtra eyes foreign loans at 4%
28 Oct 2015
Shourie disgruntled at being sidelined: BJP
27 Oct 2015
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