Central forces deployed in Bengaluru after violence over PF

IMAGE: Police charges the garment workers who were protesting against the new EPF withdrawal norms in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photo Caught off guard by sudden eruption of violence......

Railways and a recipe for disaster

The twin-train derailments within minutes of each other that killed 25 people in Madhya Pradesh on August 5, 2015, is being blamed on flash floods. S Pushpavanam wonders if that is the only reason.......

Prasada Rao named interim DGP of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh government oN Monday appointed B Prasada Rao, an IPS officer of 1979 batch, as the Director General of Police on an ad hoc basis following retirement of incumbent V Dinesh Reddy.......

Sohrabuddin: Shah wants SC to recall CBI order

Gujarat former minister Amit Shah, arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, has asked the Supreme Court to recall its order for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe on......

No penalty for delay in payment of PF dues

Since the imposition of lockdown on March 25 by the government to contain the COVID-19 spread, businesses have been facing liquidity or cash crunch, leading to difficulties in paying their......

Why EPFO blocked accounts of 1 mn employees

The government has found about 900,000 beneficiaries of its flagship job formalisation scheme, the PMRPY, were ineligible in the first place as they were part of the formal economy even before the......

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......

The rot in the EPFO data

Out of around 80 million accounts that were analysed, there were 10 million records with only names and no other details about the subscribers, including their date of joining, date of birth and......