AAP-LG turf war continues over control of Services department

The Lieutenant Governor and the Aam Aadmi Party government continued to spar over control of the services department, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal blaming the Centre for......

Sacked AAP adviser Raghav Chadha refunds Rs 2.5 salary to home ministry

Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha, whose appointment as an advisor to Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was cancelled after directions from the home ministry, on Wednesday......

Nirmala Sitharaman gets defence, Piyush Goyal gets railways

In the third reshuffle since coming to power, Prime Minister Modi raised the strength of his Council of Ministers from 73 to 76.  With a focus on delivery as he prepares for the 2019 Lok......

India's boycott of OBOR an unusual display of spine

The decision to not attend the forum attended by 28 heads of state and 130 national delegations is a clear break from India's usual policy of going along with the crowd, observes Ajai Shukla.......

Retrenched Raymond staff stare at long battle

The company stated that it was taking steps for cost rationalisation across all businesses to maintain liquidity and due to a prolonged slowdown it had to take a few tough measures. Illustration:......

Don't pay workers wages during calamities, says House panel

Parliamentary standing committee on labour, led by Biju Janata Dal MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, has said in its report that it is unjustifiable for owners to pay workers’ wages during natural......

India Inc red-flags exodus of workers to government

16 national and regional industry bodies and sectoral business lobbies video-conferenced with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday and raised key concerns facing Indian industry......

Why your take-home salary may rise soon

The government wants to reduce the rate of contribution - part of the employee’s share - for a class of workers depending upon age, income or gender, without changing the contribution from......