CHENNAI: The principle of equal pay for equal work applies only when employees work in the same institution under identical service conditions, Madras high court has said.“There cannot be any comparison in respect of employees working in public sector undertakings as well as govt departments. Since service rules are different and distinct, the question of…
NEW DELHI: With West Asia-bound cargo ships stranded in India due to conflict in the region, shipping ministry on Friday directed all 12 major ports to consider requests for reduction, waiver or remission of charges, including for storage rent, reefer plugging and change of vessel.The ministry said ports may permit storage of cargo destined for…
Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi NEW DELHI: Stressing the need for stronger industrial preparedness for modern warfare, Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi on Friday said recent global conflicts have challenged the long-held assumption that wars would be short and decisive, highlighting the urgent need for nations to build resilient defence industrial capacities.Speaking during…
Mamata with nephew Abhishek at the protest site in Kolkata on Friday KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee began her sit-in Friday, alleging a “BJP-EC conspiracy to disenfranchise Bengali voters” through SIR of the electoral roll, and said the upcoming assembly polls would be a farce if genuine voters are not allowed to vote.To back her…
GUWAHATI/NAGPUR/GURGAON: Squadron Leader Anuj Vashishth and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, who was part of Operation Sindoor last year, were killed on Thursday evening when their Su-30MKI crashed in Assam’s hilly Karbi Anglong district shortly after going off the radar during a training sortie, IAF confirmed on Friday after locating the wreckage. The Sukhoi jet had…
NEW DELHI: Setting the stage for a fresh showdown between BJP-led NDA and opposition, Lok Sabha will take up on March 9 a resolution backed by MPs from Congress and its allies for removal of Speaker Om Birla for his alleged partisan conduct, as Parliament reconvenes for Budget session’s second part from Monday.Governing NDA’s numerical…
NEW DELHI: Aiming to reach women in distress, the National Commission for Women in coordination with state women’s commissions will hold marathon ‘Mahila Jan Sunwais’ (public hearings) across the country starting from Monday to cover 500 districts spread out in 25 states and Union Territories till March 14.Through this nationwide effort, the commission aims to…
NEW DELHI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Friday assured highways builders that adequate supplies of fuel, bitumen and other essential inputs would be maintained amid concerns over a likely fall in availability of bitumen and increase in fuel prices.Highway builders, in a meeting with NHAI chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav, flagged that the prolonged…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday reiterated that there would be no shortage of funds for development works in Delhi, also asserting that laxity will not be tolerated.Gupta chaired a review meeting on road and drainage works approved earlier and directed the departments concerned to complete tendering processes by March end to ensure…
NEW DELHI: Politics in Bihar has revolved around Jayaprakash Narayan’s disciples —Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav — for more than three decades. With Lalu stepping back from active politics and Nitish now opting for a Rajya Sabha seat over the state’s top job, Bihar appears to be entering an unknown phase, with a new face…
