Central Govt Jobs To Shrink By 50k

The 1.4% decline projected for 2025 is driven by a 5.6% (72,000) dip in the strength of railway employees to 1.2 million by next year. IMAGE: Railways employees at Surat station. Photograph: Kind......

'When we talk about safety, it falls on deaf ears'

'Because of the callous attitude of the railway administration, they don't take care of safety.' IMAGE: A passenger, who was injured in Odisha's Balasore train accident, arrives at Howrah railway......

Rail tragedy: Cong alleges govt ignored CAG warning

The Congress on Sunday demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over the Odisha rail tragedy and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he should accept part of the......

PM post for 2024 is not vacant: Giriraj Singh

Taking a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the veteran socialist met up with opposition leaders in the national capital on Wednesday, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said the......

Key posts vacant at Centre, few takers

The shortage of officers at the Centre has become so visible that the Department of Personeel and Training in a candid acknowledgment of the shrinking pool asked the states to ‘share the......

Can Ashwani Lohani turn Air India around?

Falling jet fuel prices and a revival in domestic traffic growth offer the new CMD a once in a lifetime opportunity to turn around the state-owned carrier. Image: Better days ahead for Air India?......

Modi committed to usher achche din for job seekers, assures labour minister

'The Modi government wants to protect workers’ rights and create employability.' 'Firms with 10 employees will get employee provident fund coverage, instead of the current 20.' 'Pension funds......

Railways to hire 100,000 to meet manpower demand

Indian Railways will recruit 100,000 employees in 2012-13 to overcome a disturbing staff crunch in technical and safety-related areas. With 1.36 million employees, the railways are one of the......

BCCI against Railways fielding employees' kids in U-19 team

'We have received complaints that Railways employees' kids are playing Under-19 Nationals. This was not the idea.' 'An institutional unit taking part in any BCCI tournament (age-group to senior......

East Bengal form dream team

East Bengal delivered a masterstroke by wresting Baichung Bhutia to complete a dream squad while arch rivals Mohun Bagan failed to cement weaker links in defence during the inter-club transfers......