Aadhaar card must be voluntary, says Supreme Court
Posted Date : 23-Sep-2013 , 09:34:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In the middle of a working day, SM Rehman, a daily wage earner, is at the ration card office in Delhi's Ambedkar Nagar, trying to get a new ration card made for his family of six. His biggest stumbling block isn't the form but an Aadhaar card. Under the Delhi government's food security scheme, an Aa...
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Governor approves ordinances to levy Property Tax in Punjab
Posted Date : 22-Sep-2013 , 08:49:03 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Property tax is all set to be introduced in Punjab after Governor Shivraj V Patil gave his nod to two ordinances clearing the path for its collection in cities with Municipal Councils and Corporations.
The ordinances concern amendments to Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, for areas with C...
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Bhartiya Mahila Bank to recruit 115 probationary officers
Posted Date : 18-Sep-2013 , 07:34:23 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Bhartiya Mahila Bank, the first nationalised bank for women expected to be operational from November, intends to recruit 115 officers initially.The bank has invited applications through online mode from female candidates for 115 posts. Candidates may apply online till September 30.Female a...
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Narendra Modi pips Obama to become most searched person on Google
Posted Date : 15-Sep-2013 , 08:09:06 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Who is elevated to BJP PM Candidate for Lok Sabha elections, has broken record of most searched person on Google.
Modi, who has emerged as most popular political icon in India, entered the record book after his name received maximum number of search on Google...
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Petrol price hiked by Rs 1.63 a litre; 7th increase since June
Posted Date : 14-Sep-2013 , 09:14:57 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol prices were on Friday hiked by Rs 1.63 per litre — the seventh increase since June — on the back of rising oil rates and the falling rupee.
The increase excludes local sales tax or VAT and will come into effect from midnight on Saturday, oil firms said. The petrol price i...
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Delhi gang-rape case: All four convicts sentenced to death, rarest of rare cases says judge
Posted Date : 13-Sep-2013 , 03:01:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Four men have been given the death sentence for the fatal gang-rape of a young medical student on a moving Delhi bus, an attack that shocked India and ignited weeks of protests demanding better safety for women and swift justice for the 23-year-old who was killed.
One of the men, Vinay ...
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Jalandhar-based Property dealer held for circulating jokes on Sikhs
Posted Date : 11-Sep-2013 , 02:54:56 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A Jalandhar-based property dealer has been arrested for circulating jokes on Sikhs.
ACP R P S Sandhu said Atul Mehta was arrested after he was booked for hurting religious sentiments and under the IT Act.
Complainant Narinder Singh said Mehta had first sent him a derogatory message ...
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Parliament passes key Pension Bill after about 9-year delay
Posted Date : 07-Sep-2013 , 08:47:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Parliament on Friday passed the pension bill that seeks to give statutory powers to sector regulator and also allows at least 26% foreign direct investment in the sector. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011, was passed in the Rajya Sabha that had been a...
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EPFO to start online facility on Friday to view updated accounts
Posted Date : 06-Sep-2013 , 08:02:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Retirement fund managervEPFO will launch an online facility on Friday where over 5 crore subscribers can view their updated accounts. "We will launch the facility tomorrow where subscribers can track their accounts online on a real-time basis and check their updated accounts," EPFO's ...
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Govt may ban use of Gmail, Yahoo in official communications
Posted Date : 03-Sep-2013 , 08:38:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Wary of cyber snooping, the government may ban use of e-mail services like Gmail and Yahoo for official communications so as to safeguard its critical data.
Department of Electronics and Information Technology is drafting a policy on e-mail usage in gov...
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Petrol price hiked by Rs. 2.35 a litre, diesel by 50 paise
Posted Date : 31-Aug-2013 , 07:45:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol price was on Saturday hiked by a steep Rs. 2.35 per litre, the sixth increase in rates in three months, and diesel by 50 paise per litre on falling rupee and firming international oil prices.
The increase in rates, which will be effective Saturday midnight, are excluding local sales ...
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EPFO to launch online facility to view updated accounts
Posted Date : 28-Aug-2013 , 05:51:55 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Retirement fund manager EPFO is all set to launch a facility to provide online updated account statements on real time basis for its over 5 crore subscribers soon after the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
At present, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has to provide annual PF account ...
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Radia tapes: SC pulls up Income Tax department, CBI for not acting on information
Posted Date : 02-Aug-2013 , 07:15:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today sharply criticised the IT Department and the CBI for not taking any action on the controversial Niira Radia tapes, saying it was "not a happy situation" that every government action should only follow court orders. In the tapes, corporate lobbyist Nii...
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Petrol price hiked by 70 paise a litre, diesel by 50 paise
Posted Date : 31-Jul-2013 , 08:43:18 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The oil marketing companies have raised petrol and diesel prices by 70 paise a litre and 50 paise a litre (excluding taxes), respectively effective Wednesday midnight.
“Since the last price change, the international price of petrol has gone up from $117.19/barrel to $120.05/barrel. Th...
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Online transfer of PF accounts likely to start from August 15
Posted Date : 29-Jul-2013 , 08:18:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to start online transfer of PF accounts on changing jobs by this Independence Day on August 15, a move that would benefit over 13 lakh such applicants every year.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has started registering ...
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EPFO starts registration of digital signatures of employers
Posted Date : 26-Jul-2013 , 06:19:31 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Online transfer of PF accounts on changing jobs will soon be a reality asretirement fund manager EPFO has started registering digital signatures of employers, a prerequisite for providing the facility. According to an official circular, theEmployees' Provident Fund Organisat...
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Congress ka haath, thaali ke saath: Full meal for Rs5 ? is it a Joke?
Posted Date : 26-Jul-2013 , 06:10:58 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Either our politicians are not in touch with reality or food prices have come down drastically for a privileged few in the country. A day after Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar said it was possible to have a full meal for Rs12 in Mumbai, his colleague, Rajya Sabha MP Rashid Masood, on Thursday creat...
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Now, women will get share of husband's inherited property on divorce
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2013 , 07:10:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A wife will have a share in her husband's inherited or inheritable marital property on divorce, though the exact quantum of the compensation has been left to the discretion of the judge, according to a legislation that was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday.
The Cabinet also cleared the prop...
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Over 1.80 lakh job applications for 680 posts in SAIL
Posted Date : 16-Jul-2013 , 10:08:37 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
State-run steel maker SAIL has received job applications from over 1.80 lakh engineering graduates for 640 managerial posts.
"The process (of recruitment of engineering graduates) has been attracting high number of applicants from leading institutes across the country,...
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Petrol Prices Hiked by Rs 1.55 Per Litre
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2013 , 05:29:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol prices have been hiked by Rs 1.55 per litre with effect from Sunday midnight.
This is the fourth increase in the rates since last month.
Petrol price hike is due to the increasing oil pricing in international market and the Indian government has no control over the international marke...
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MPs, MLAs will be disqualified from date of conviction: SC
Posted Date : 10-Jul-2013 , 08:53:38 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a landmark judgement that could cleanse Parliament and Assemblies of criminals, the Supreme Court today struck down a provision in the electoral law that protects a convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal in higher courts.
"The o...
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New online form to make PF transfer claims easier
Posted Date : 04-Jul-2013 , 10:33:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government on Thursday released a revised online form to make provident fund transfers easier.
The revised form, released by Labour & Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola, can be presented after verification, either through the present employer or previous employer. Earlier, the form cou...
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India launches first navigation satellite IRNSS-1A
Posted Date : 02-Jul-2013 , 11:42:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a landmark late night journey into a new era of space application, India today successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here.Precisely at 11.41 pm, India's workhorse PSLV...
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P Sathasivam to be new Chief Justice of India
Posted Date : 29-Jun-2013 , 10:08:39 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Justice P Sathasivam will replace Altamas Kabir as the new chief justice of India when the latter steps down on July 19, 2013. A formal notification to this effect is expected anytime soon from Rashtrapati Bhavan.Sathasivam, who was elevated to the top court on August 21, 2007, w...
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Five easy steps to book rail ticket through SMS
Posted Date : 29-Jun-2013 , 04:40:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Indian Railways on Friday launched SMS-based ticketing system to tackle the rush at the booking counters.
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched the ticket booking which can be done through non-internet based mobile.
Government is hoping that this new system will h...
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Mahindra Satyam merges with Tech Mahindra
Posted Date : 25-Jun-2013 , 01:28:39 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Software company Mahindra Satyam became a part of history after it was formally merged with its parent Tech Mahindra on Tuesday to create the country's fifth largest software services firm.
The board of Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam had approved the merger on March 21, 2012....
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Google best workplace in India, followed by Intel and American Express
Posted Date : 24-Jun-2013 , 06:08:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Flying in from all corners of the country, braving monsoon rains and traffic jams in Mumbai, the HR chiefs and CEOs of leading companies queued up at a suburban hotel last Friday, with one question in mind: How had they fared in the coveted list- India's Best Companies To Work For.
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BSNL starts helpline to track pilgrims missing in Uttrakhand flash floods
Posted Date : 23-Jun-2013 , 09:22:47 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
BSNL on Sunday started helpline to track pilgrims that went missing in flash floods and landslides in Uttrakhand.
BSNL will help the relatives of the victims of Uttrakhand’s natural calamity to track the last mobile phone location of the missing pilgrims.
The relatives of the missing pilgrim...
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Indians to pay
Posted Date : 23-Jun-2013 , 07:31:15 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
India has been put on a list of HIGH-RISK Asian and African countries whose citizens would be required to deposit a £3,000 cash bond when they apply for a British visa.
The money would be forfeited if they overstay.
Controversially, the move is targeted only at people from no...
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Uttarakhand floods: Rahul Gandhi missing in action, again
Posted Date : 22-Jun-2013 , 06:39:07 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
At a time when almost every prominent politician has expressed concern over the devastating floods in Uttarakhand and other parts of north India, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s absence and complete silence over the tragedy has led to sharp criticism.
The social networking websit...
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