The Union Cabinet on June 28 approved the revised Seventh Pay Commission recommendations on allowances for central government employees. This was announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley.
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Above: A pregnant woman undergoing check-up under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan(Representational picture)
Sarmishtha Chakraborty of West Bengal had appealed to the Supreme Court see...
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The Delhi High Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar spelt out its roadmap for dealing with the piling garbage issue in the MCD ar...
Four of the five hotels in Kasauli that had been slapped with demolition and fine orders by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), received interim stays of those orders from the Supreme Court on June 28....
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RTI activists Nikhil Dey, Naurti Bai and three others were convicted in a 19-year-old case by a Rajasthan court. They were allegedly framed for seeking information i...
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Another government organization, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) shows a lot of vacancies. On June 28 the Supreme Court vacation bench pulled up the Ce...
Above: Opposition Presidential candidate Meira Kumar filing her nomination to Lok Sabha Secretary General at Parliament house, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: UNI
Meira Kumar, the Opposition can...
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on June 27 issued its standard Gazetted notification (Extraordinary), saying that those applying for PAN from July 1 will have to mention his/her Aadhaar numbe...
Above: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley chairing a GST Council meeting. Photo: UNI
With the imposition of GST just hours away, the GST Council, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has...
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Another name sent up to the government by the Supreme Court Collegium for consideration for judgeship has been held back. This lawyer is from the ...