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  • Expert group calls for separating PF and pension accounts

    An expert group has called for carving out two separate accounts — PF and annuity — in the employee provident fund scheme to meet the challenge of fund depletion in the pension scheme and introducing greater transparency for subscribers. Under the existing scheme, the pension is paid out of the pension fund, which is managed […]

    Six phase polling in Bihar from Oct 21

    Bihar will go to polls in six phases spread over a month from October 21, the Election Commission announced on Monday. The first phase on October 21 will have polling for 47 seats while the second phase will be held on October 24 in 45 seats. The third phase will be on October 28 for […]

    Nominations Invited for the ‘Sat Paul Mittal National Award 2010’ from Individuals’ & Institutions / voluntary organizations from Delhi & NCR

    New Delhi, September 6, 2010: Nehru Sidhant Kender Trust, founded by the Late Shri Sat Paul Mittal, MP in 1983 to propagate the ideologies of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, has invited nominations for the ‘Sat Paul Mittal National Award for Outstanding Services to Humanity’ for the year 2010. The award will be given in two […]

    3 militants killed in encounter in Kupwara

    Three militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, a defence spokesman said. The army on Sunday evening launched a combing operation in Afroda forest in Handwara, 80 kms from Srinagar, Lt Col J S Brar said on Monday. During the operation, militants fired at […]

    Anti-Naxal ops to continue in Bihar: Govt

    The Centre has said crackdown on Maoists in Bihar would continue, even as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appealed to the rebels to shun violence and join the mainstream. “The ongoing operations against Naxals in Bihar will continue,” Union Home Secretary G K Pillai told reporters in Kollam on Monday. Earlier in the day, after the […]

    Rahul attacks CPI(M)in Kolkata rally

    Launching an attack on the ruling CPI(M) in West Bengal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused the party of “grabbing” crores of rupees from central funds meant for the uplift of the poor and downtrodden. “UPA government is sending crores of rupees to the state under different schemes, including NREGA, but the fund is being […]

    Free foodgrains for all the poor impossible: PM

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has gently told the Supreme Court, which recently directed the govt to distribute foodgrains free to the poor, not to get into the “realm of policy formulation”. How can foodgrains be distributed free to an estimated 37 percent of the population which lives below the poverty line, Singh asserted during an […]

    Majority Prefers Kan as Japan PM: Polls

    More than six in 10 Japanese want Prime Minister Naoto Kan to win his party leadership battle with powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, polls showed Monday. In a survey conducted at the weekend by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, 66 per cent of voters said Kan would be a better choice than Ozawa, with just 18 per cent […]

    New Zealand Cabinet Approves Quake Funding Package

    New Zealand cabinet on Monday made an initial 5 million NZ dollars (3.5 million U.S. dollars) contribution to the mayoral fund set up to help those affected by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Saturday near Christchurch. The welfare fund is to assist people not covered by other agencies such as Work and Income. Prime Minister […]