laneThe government Wednesday approved creation of 75 posts for technical staff at the aviation regulator to look after safety, training and certification responsibilities. The civil aviation ministry said the 75 posts were created in the flight standards directorate (FSD), an arm of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) which will comprise of chief flight […]
The recent turmoil in emerging markets has produced a new expression – the Fragile Five – and India is one of them. The new term coined by a little-known research analyst at Morgan Stanley last summer identifies Turkey, Brazil, India, South Africa and Indonesia as economies which have become too dependent on skittish foreign investment […]
The National Human Rights Commission has sought a report from Odisha over the arrest of farmers here last month, a petitioner said Wednesday. Acting on a complaint filed by human rights activist Akhand, the commission directed Odisha’s Director General of Police Prakash Mishra to submit a report within four weeks. Akhand in his petition alleged […]
pakPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday announced the formation of a four-member team to hold negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban. Addressing a session of the national assembly, Sharif accepted the invitation of the Taliban to hold a dialogue and said the government wanted to give peace another chance, Dawn online reported. Sharif said Interior Minister […]
An Indian family in Saudi Arabia, which could not return to India during the amnesty period granted by the country’s authorities to illegal expatriates last year, has finally been repatriated. Members of Zahid Hussain’s family, hailing from India’s Maharashtra state, have been deported and have reached home, the Arab News reported Wednesday. Zahid, however, was […]
A judge of the Kerala High Court Wednesday withdrew himself from hearing an appeal petition in the SNC Lavalin corruption case in which CPI-M secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and six others were discharged by a CBI court last year. Journalist T.P. Nandakumar filed the appeal petition in the high court against the exoneration of Vijayan by […]
aapBarkha Singh, chief of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Wednesday accused the AAP government of “harassing” her after Hindi novelist Maitreyi Pushpa was named the panel’s new chief. Barkha Singh said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government took the step after she summoned Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti to explain his controversial campaign against […]
Mere compliance with rules or carrying out welfare initiatives for the staff does not fall in the ambit of corporate social responsibility (CSR), a senior functionary said here Wednesday. Under the new Companies Act, CSR will become mandatory for companies with profit of Rs.5 crore and more, said Bhaskar Chatterjee, director general and chief executive […]
A court here Wednesday recorded the statement of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the Arms Act case against him in connection with poaching of blackbucks. “Salman, in his statement, has denied all the allegations and said he neither was carrying illegal arms nor did he poach blackbucks,” Salman Khan’s counsel Hastimal Saraswat told IANS. The […]
The civil services officers’ body in Goa Wednesday requested Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to order the release of a bureaucrat arrested over a building collapse in which 31 people were killed earlier this month. The Association of Goa Civil Service Officers’ has accused the government of harassing and needlessly arresting Prashant Shirodkar, the chief officer […]