The 7th CPC places the Indian Police Service (and, almost in passing, the Indian Forest Service) on a level with the Indian Administrative Service, leaving the military out in the cold, observes......
Exactly 75 years ago, the Radcliffe Line -- a geographical marker that demarcated the boundary between India and newly-created dominion of Pakistan -- was published, cartographically cleaving the......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Rozgar Mela' on Saturday to recruit 10 lakh people and underscored his government's efforts to create jobs in the last eight years amid the opposition's......
India cannot forget the wounds of the Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday on the 13th anniversary of the dastardly strike even as a senior diplomat of the Pakistani......
‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......
The rail ministry is working on a rigorous cost optimisation drive in order to dampen the pay panel's impact. The Cabinet's nod to the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission would create an......
While suburban fares remain unchanged, ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares were increased by 1 paise per km of journey. The Railways also announced a two-paise/km hike in fares of mail/express......
The notes argue that it will widen the talent base available to govt to deliver increasingly complex services to a demanding population. The seventh Pay Commission's draft report to determine the......
In his last Budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu set an ambitious target for capital expenditure. As chart 1 above shows, capex was budgeted at Rs 1,21,000 crore in 2016-17, up......
The railway unions feel they are not prepared to go on an indefinite strike Signalling the weakening of the organised labour’s hold over Indian Railways, the country’s largest employer,......