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6% DA To Govt Employees and Pensioners

This DA will be over the existing rate of 107 per cent of the basic pay

Govt for 3-day gap between Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha sitting

Lower House to meet from April 20, Upper House from April 23 to May 13

Irdai allows applicants to set up insurance office in SEZ

The regulator said these insurers or reinsurers can accept reinsurance business of all classes of business within the SEZ and from outside the country

Irdai hikes loss amount for surveyor & assessor services

The cooling off period after suspension/ cancellation has been reduced from three years to one year

400,000 vehicles in NCR run on diesel

Last year, NGT had barred cars more than 15 years old from plying on Delhi roads

NGO calls states to reject proposed reforms in environmental laws

Bengaluru-based ESG terms T S R Subramanian Committee report as regressive and would cause irreversible damage to environment and human rights if accepted

Coffee institute finds solution to white stem borer

Century-old pest problem has devastated Arabica plantations across Karnataka

Mills want CCI to start sale of cotton through e-auction

CCI had temporarily suspended sale of cotton due to which several textile mills ran short of quality cotton as it was not available in the open market

Trial landing at Kannur airport in Dec, to being operations by May 2016

A total 1,278 acre land has been handed over to Kannur International Airports in two phases so far, and 645 acre more would be acquired in the next phase

TN Govt asks for enquiry on Police shooting in Andhra Pradesh

It was alleged 20 people, mainly from Tamil Nadu, were killed during the shooting

Keonjhar blockade to be called off

The minister held a marathon meeting last evening on the blockade that had crippled supplies of iron ore and coal as over 5,000 trucks went off the roads and rendered nearly 15,000 mine workers out of

AP raises incentives for electronics industry

4 electronic manufacturing clusters to come up in different locations

SC upholds Odisha order on on iron ore quota

Fimi had argued that pre-emption of iron ore by the state to an extent of 50% was unnecessary as it exceeded the combined requirement of all local steel industries

Odisha's task force sub-panel to recommend cap on iron ore output

Move comes in the backdrop of sharp drop in production and offtake of iron ore last fiscal due to closure of scores of mines

Chhattisgarh launches Vidhayak (MLA) Adarsh Gram Yojana

The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the scheme and gave nod to the proposal to set up a high powered committee to execute the scheme

Essar Power Gujarat achieves 23% rise in production in FY '15

EPGL meets about 10 per cent of its home state's power peak demand

CCEA approves strengthening and widening of three sections connecting Varanasi and Madurai

CCEA approved three highway projects worth Rs 9,500 cr in Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh, including those connecting Varanasi

IRDAI draft norms says foreign reinsurer's branch in India to retain 50% business

The regulator said that the branch office shall be capable of underwriting risks and settle claims

Regulators should be accountable to Parliament not government: Prabhu

The remark comes in the backdrop of DERC chief being summoned by the Speaker of Delhi's Legislative Assembly