Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Union Cabinet is likely to approve a hike in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for Central government employees and pensioners, respectively, this week, according to members of government staff union forums. The revision in DA and DR is likely to be on … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The number of women employees in Indian Railways has been steadily rising over the last 10 years, with the total crossing 1.13 lakh, which constitutes 8.2 per cent of the total workforce, up from 6.6 per cent in 2014, according to official figures. Women are … Read more
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) The contractual staff employees associated with the different municipalities in West Bengal whose appointments were made without the prior concurrence of the state government will not be entitled to retirement benefits, Calcutta High Court ordered on Monday. The single-judge bench of Justice Kausik Chanda observed that appointment of employees in the … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 28 (IANS) Condemning the attacks on RTC bus staff in Maharashtra and Belagavi for not speaking Marathi, Kannada organisations have announced a Karnataka bandh on March 22. The chairman of kanada okkuta (federation of kannada organizations), an umbrella body of pro-cannada and other groups, voatal nagaraj, made the announcement in bengaruru after holding … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Municipal Corporation, Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh said on Sunday that despite being in power – in both the Delhi government and the civic body – AAP has failed to regularise contract employees in the urban local body. Reacting to the AAP’s announcement of plans … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The ruling AAP is preparing to regularise 12,000 contract employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi by approving a proposal in the upcoming sitting of the civic House on February 25, party leader and former Chief Minister Atishi said on Sunday. The BJP hit back saying that Atishi is spreading … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) After Telangana and Andhra Pradesh permitted Muslim government employees to leave offices early during the fasting month of Ramzan, similar demands are now being raised in Maharashtra and other states. Maharashtra Minority Commission Chairman Pyare Khan confirmed that the commission has received multiple applications requesting the state government to allow Muslim … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The BJP’s new government in Delhi led by Rekha Gupta has relieved from duties all officials or employees who were deployed by the previous AAP government in diverted capacity in the offices of Chief Minister and Ministers and sent them back to their respective departments, said an official on Friday. … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) Hindu groups in Karnataka have objected to the request for granting a one-hour exemption from duty to government employees belonging to the Muslim community during the month of Ramzan. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Vice Presidents M.R.M. Hussain and Syed Ahmad recently wrote a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, requesting him … Read more