CVC revises SOPs for intensive examination of government depts, banks, PSUs
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) The Central Vigilance Commission has revised Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for carrying out an intensive examination of different government departments, public sector banks and PSUs. The scope of its examination includes execution of works, purchase of goods, hiring of services, etc, which are mainly funded by the central More...
Affidavit filed in SC to increase reservation cap: Karnataka Minister
Harihar, Apr 4 (PTI) With many communities demanding reservation under various categories, the Karnataka government has filed an affidavit to increase the reservation cap in the state, State Home Minister Basavaraj More...
One year since COVID-19 lockdown: India still recovering from unemployment blow
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) India is still not out of the woods as far as unemployment is concerned after a year when the lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of deadly COVID-19 on March 25 last year as pandemic-induced More...
CAT judge recuses himself from hearing whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi’s case
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) A judge of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which adjudicates service-related matters of government employees, has recused himself from hearing a plea filed by IFS officer Sanjiv More...
5.31 lakh police posts vacant in India, max in UP: Govt
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI): There were over five lakh vacancies in police departments across states and Union territories in the country, with the maximum posts lying vacant in Uttar Pradesh, Parliament was informed More...
Over 1 lakh paramilitary posts vacant, recruitment hit by pandemic: Govt
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI): There were 1,11,093 posts lying vacant across the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and the Assam Rifles, with the majority of such vacancies at the constable-rank, the government informed More...
J’khand for 75 per cent reservation for local youths in pvt sector jobs
Ranchi, Mar 14 :PTI: The Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand has decided to reserve 75 per cent of the jobs in the private sector in the state with salary of up to Rs 30000 for the local people, a senior official More...
Supreme Court seeks states’ response on quota to specific class
New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court sought responses from states on Monday on a question of “seminal importance” whether legislatures were competent to declare a particular caste to be socially More...
Supreme Court reads down provision of Maha Act on 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in local bodies
New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday said reservation in favour of Other Backward Classes in concerned local bodies in Maharashtra cannot exceed aggregate 50 per cent of the total seats reserved for More...
Haryana’s 75 per cent job quota for local youth rule spells disaster, industry group warns
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s northern state of Haryana, where several automakers, component suppliers and big tech firms are based, faces an investment and development disaster from new 75 per cent reservation More...