Govt to soon start selection process for new PFRDA chairman
New Delhi: The government will soon start selection process for a new chairman of pension fund regulator PFRDA to succeed the present chief, Hemant G Contractor, whose term is slated to end in April. PFRDA present More...
Extramarital affair no ground for action against govt employees: Raj High Court
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the state government cannot begin departmental proceedings against any government employee for being involved in an extramarital relationship. The judgment comes amid More...
Punjab CM appeals to protesting employees for DA to resume duties
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Friday evening appealed to protesting employees to resume their duties immediately in the interest of people. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh clarified that despite the More...
Calcutta High Court rejects review petition by Bengal govt challenging Dearness Allowance order
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Thursday rejected a review petition by the West Bengal government on its order which held that dearness allowance (DA) was a legal right of the state’s employees. The Calcutta More...
German govt employees to get 8-percent pay increases
Berlin: Union and government negotiators say they’ve reached a new wage agreement that will give more than a million government employees in Germany a nearly 8 percent pay increase over 33 months. “Have: More...
20 employees of Beed hospital sacked for fake certificates
New Delhi: Twenty employees of Beed District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra have been dismissed from service for submitting fake certificates of being the offspring of freedom fighters in order to get jobs under More...
J&K approves 3 pc hike in DA for government employees, pensioners
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Thursday sanctioned an increase of three per cent in dearness allowance (DA) payable on basic pay to state government employees and pensioners with effect from January More...
HC stays govt order to grant leave with pay to employees
Kochi: The Kerala High Court Tuesday stayed a government decision to grant leave with pay to government employees who failed to turn up for work on January 8 and 9, the days when joint trade unions had observed More...
UP govt employees call off strike
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government employees called off their strike Friday hours after the Allahabad High Court declared the protest “illegal” and ordered it to initiate disciplinary action against More...
CBI vs Kolkata police turns into ‘didi vs Modi govt’; opp cries ‘murder of democracy’, BJP hits back
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is in confrontation with the Modi-led Centre over ‘CBI vs Kolkata Police’ on the chit fund scam, got an overwhelming support from various political More...
