SC to hear plea on role for specially-abled in IAS in January

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to examine how people with disabilities can be put under different categories in civil services. A bench of justices S A Nazeer and V......

Govt ushers in de-layering in bureaucracy, jt secretary reports to secretary

The Centre has taken a major step towards increasing efficiency in decision-making by empowering joint secretaries to report to secretaries directly, officials said on Wednesday. Joint secretaries......

45 specialists to join Modi govt in major lateral entry push

Forty-five specialists will soon be joining key posts of joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries in different central ministries as part of the Modi government's ambitious plan to......

Mohammad Yunus: The Nobel laureate Prof who will head new Bangladesh govt

Life has come full circle for Nobel laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus, who faced persecution during Sheikh Hasina's regime for embezzlement, is now all set to head of the interim government in......

Don't hoard cash; come to banks when you need money: RBI

The Reserve Bank on Sunday said enough cash is available at banks and people need not be anxious and make repeated trips to branches and ATMs to hoard money. ‘The Reserve Bank assures members......

Sebi plans forensic audit for some listed companies

Sebi's surveillance department has red-flagged unusual trading patterns in some stocks.Shares of some companies were seen going up ahead of a sharp sell-off.Shrimi Choudhary reports.Illustration:......

Telcos must look at data services for revenues:Sibal

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said the mobile phone operators must move from voice-based revenue model and customers should gradually be charged only for data services and not for making......

Government yet to make portals disabled-friendly

Although the centre and state government are putting lot of thrust in order to reach out to masses through its websites, but a sizeable population of differently abled remains untouched by this......

'Praying for all affected in the Chennai floods'

A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Chennai has been crippled by the heavy rains and several celebrities took to Twitter to pray for everyone's......

Why Anju Bobby George is envious of today's athletes?

I envy today''s athletes because I was in wrong era: Anju Bobby George Photograph: Kind Courtesy Anju Bobby George/Instagram India's first-ever World Athletics Championship medalist, Anju Bobby......

Government announces Rs.90 lakh cash awards for Rio Paralympians

The government has announced cash awards of Rs. 90 lakhs for Rio Paralympics 2016 medal winners. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawaarchand Gehlot said that the cash awards are being......