NPS to be reviewed for old pension scheme
New Delhi: A top official of the finance ministry told The Sen Times on condition of anonymity that the Centre has a plan to revive old pension scheme and the National Pension Scheme (NPS), 2004 would be reviewed, More...
Odisha CM Patnaik urges PM to ensure passage of Women’s Reservation Bill
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, which proposes reservation of one-third of seats in Parliament More...
7th Pay Commission: Pay hike reality not as rosy as expectations
New Delhi: Central government employees pride themselves on being optimistic. But the Finance Ministry official, says that may not be such a good thing when it comes to thinking for pay hike beyond the recommendations More...
Pak PM bowled googly at India with Kartarpur corridor: Pak FM
Islamabad: Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan has “bowled a googly at India by opening the Kartarpur corridor”. Pak PM Imran Khan “bowled More...
7th Pay Commission: Govt cancels pay raises for central employees
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry officials told The Sen Times the government doesn’t want to scrap a pay raise for central government employees, saying the the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) couldn’t More...
CBI DIG’s corruption charges latest episode of ‘crime thriller’, says Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said CBI DIG’s Manish Kumar Sinha’s allegations of corruption against senior government officials in his affidavit to the Supreme Court are the latest episode More...
Top bureaucrat Adhia to demit office after 4 eventful years in finance ministry
New Delhi: Having played a key role in the rollout of the historic Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Secretary — top bureaucrat in the finance ministry — Hasmukh Adhia would be retiring on November More...
RBI Guv met PM on Nov 9 possibly to thrash out issues
New Delhi: RBI Governor Urjit Patel is believed to have met Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week in a bid to work out a solution on contentious issues that have been flash point between the central bank and the More...
Ayodhya breaks Guinness record with Diwali lamps
Ayodhya: The northern Indian city of Ayodhya broke a Guinness World Record on Tuesday by lighting 300,150 earthen lamps and keeping them burning for at least 45 minutes on the banks of the river Saryu as part of More...
PM Modi swallowing up CBI, RBI like Anaconda: Andhra FM
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Launching a scathing attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the Prime Minister is an ‘Anaconda’ who is swallowing More...
