Press Trust of India State miner Coal India Limited’s (CIL) officers will go on a three-day strike from Thursday over their demands, that include performance-related pay and a new pension scheme.
“Coal Mines officers’ Association of India has served a strike notice against non-finalisation of performance-related pay, new pension scheme and other demands,” the company said in a filing Wednesday to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Karnataka’s senior IAS officer P. Manivannan was Wednesday commissioned into the territorial army with a rank of Lieutenant in the 106 Infantry Battalion, which is a vital adjunct of the regular army.
“General officer commanding Major General A.K. Singh inducted Manivannan at a pipping ceremony held here,” a defence spokesman of the Karnataka and Kerala Sub-area office said in a statement here.
The 1998 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer served in civil service for 15 years with top postings across the state.
An international trade fair highlighting the growth potential of India’s $100 billion healthcare sector will begin in Mumbai Friday.
More than 450 exhibitors from 20 countries and over 8,000 visitors from 22 countries are expected to take part in the trade fair, organisers said.
The 20th Medical Fair India 2014 (MFI 2014), the country’s oldest and largest international trade exhibition and conference on diagnostics, medical equipment and technology, will be held March 14-16, at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon.
IT bellwether Wipro has entered into a strategic partnership with the US-based SGI to service its customers and partners in big data and computing, and expand its market presence in India.
“As exclusive authorised service provider for SGI, we will also provide new solutions, maintenance services and enhanced support to its customers and partners across the country,” Wipro vice-president Anuj Bhalla said in a statement here.
With the focus being on northeastern India for more than a year now, it is but natural that the youth of the region, particularly those who have come of age and will be voting for the first time in the April-May general elections, are determined to make a difference.
Their biggest lament is of being “ignored”, but they are firm to get their cause a louder voice. And this is no idle boast. A cross-section of those IANS spoke to were determined to go back home and cast their votes.
Awaited Hollywood film “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” will release Indian screens May 2, a day before it hits theatres in the US.
The movie will release here in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu; it will be available to view in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D.
“The release date will take advantage of the fact that most states have a public holiday May 1,” Kercy Daruwala, managing director, Sony Pictures India, said in a statement.
“As it is, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ releases during the opportune school and college vacation period which is ideal for our audience,” he added.
Weeks after it happened, people are here still talking of the phone call between two women chief ministers that changed the contours of Tamil Nadu’s politics. It was a phone call from Tamil Nadu’s J. Jayalalitha to West Bengal’s Mamta Banerjee, discussing the possibility of a “Federal Front” after the Lok Sabha elections. And it created a storm in the southern state’s political circles whose reverberations are still being felt.
Forget eyewear or wristband, wearable technology can not get closer than this!
Welcome to the first ever electrically-engineered underwear with tiny electromagnetic vibrators which produce a momentary sensation when a smart phone key is touched.
So when the wearer’s partner touches his or her smart phone, the sensitive regions are indicated on a template on the phone’s screen.
The wearer feels a gentle frisson – or even a light vibration – depending on whether the partner has touched or swiped the screen.
Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor attended the inaugural session of the 15th FICCI Frames 2014. She lit the inaugural lamp along with other dignitaries, including filmmaker Ramesh Sippy and Star India CEO Uday Shankar.
Here comes a fitness wristband that can tell wearers exactly how many calories they have consumed and used during the day.
Called GoBe, it can monitor everything you eat and drink – automatically.
The band can show calories consumed and burned, activity, hydration, sleep, and stress levels.
GoBe is a large wristband with sensors on the back.
It works by combining data from a pulse sensor to measure fluid level in tissues, and accelerometers to measure movement.
Data is then sent via bluetooth to a smart phone app that analyses it and creates a series of charts for users.
The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stood at $104.38 a barrel Tuesday, compared to $104.48 Monday, according to the OPEC Secretariat.
The new OPEC reference basket comprises Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (the United Arab Emirates) and Merey (Venezuela). A barrel is equal to 159 litres.
(IANS/WAM)
Weeks after it happened, people are here still talking of the phone call between two women chief ministers that changed the contours of Tamil Nadu’s politics. It was a phone call from Tamil Nadu’s J. Jayalalitha to West Bengal’s Mamta Banerjee, discussing the possibility of a “Federal Front” after the Lok Sabha elections. And it created a storm in the southern state’s political circles whose reverberations are still being felt.
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has received recognition by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) – the international authority on postgraduate business education, the institute said Wednesday.
The institute has been given accredited status for the Post Graduate Programme for Executives and Post Graduate Programme-Master in Business Management (PGP-MBM) courses by the AMBA for five years, according to IIM-C director Saibal Chattopadhyay.
Late actor Paul Walker, whose last film “Brick Mansions” will hit the screens in India April 25, believed in working to “create a memorable name”.
On the sets of the film, the versatile actor had candidly said: “The real things in life are those that we work for. We work for the family and we work to create a memorable name for ourselves,” read a statement.
The “Fast & Furious” actor was killed in a car crash Nov 30, 2013. He was travelling as a passenger in a Porsche, when it hit a tree and and burst into flames.
Mohit Raina, the star of Life OK’s flagship show “Devon Ke Dev Mahadev”, skipped a special Holi celebration party organised by the channel recently. His absence from the event raised many questions.
If a source is to be believed, the reason could lie in the fact that his off-screen lady love Mouni Roy’s performance was scrapped from “Holi Hain…Life OK Hain”, due to monetary issues.
Held in Saina Resort here, the event saw several TV actors in attendance. However, Mohit’s absence was not expected.
Hockey Australia (HA) Wednesday announced the national women’s squad which will take on Japan in a five-match Test series in Kalgoorlie and Perth March 21-28.
HA named an 18-women team for the opening two Tests in Kalgoorlie (March 21-22) before they proceed to play three Tests (March 25, 27, 28) in Perth with a team of 22. Head coach Adam Commens will use the matches to assess the performance of the players ahead of selection for the World Cup which takes place at the end of April.
Iran and Russia have reached a primary agreement for building two more nuclear power plants in Iran, officials said Wednesday.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), said Wednesday that the both countries have reached an agreement on this, IRNA news agency reported.
Commenting on AEOI’s talks Tuesday with Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) in Tehran, Kamalvandi said that the talks resulted in a draft protocol on promotion of Iran-Russia nuclear cooperation based on the previous agreement in 1992.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) welcomed the Indian cricket board’s decision to stage the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in the United Arab Emirates.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Wednesday that the IPL, scheduled April 16-June 1, will be co-hosted by the UAE and India. Bangladesh has been kept as a stand-by venue.
China sent a third military aircraft Wednesday to help search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane as the search range expanded to land areas.
The Chinese air force plane will join the two aircraft sent Tuesday to check for black box signals above waters suspected to be the crash site of the missing jet, Xinhua reported citing a military spokesman.
The T.A. Pai Management Institute in Manipal will offer Master of Business Administration (MBA) course to Indian students in Dubai from this academic year.
“We have tied up with the University of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce to offer the 18-month course to Indian students residing in the Gulf region,” TAPMI Dean Chowdari Prasad said in a statement Tuesday from Manipal, about 400 km from Bangalore.
Wondering how a Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holder was given a fair price shop licence, the Delhi High Court ordered a departmental inquiry against the officers who issued him the BPL card. The court also cancelled the allotment of the shop.
Justice Manmohan, in the March 7 order, said the essential eligibility criteria stipulated that an applicant has to be financially sound for allotment of a Public Distribution System (PDS) outlet which “a BPL card holder cannot be”.
Alleging collusion between the government and Reliance Industries Ltd., veteran communist lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily overruled every recommendation adversely affecting the company’s operations in KG basin without justifying his decision.
Even as violent scuffles between taxi drivers and foreign tourists and tour operators threaten to dampen Goa’s tourism party, the state government has formed a core committee to resolve the stand-off, an official said Tuesday.
The committee headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and having ministers for tourism and transport also includes taxi union members and legislators from Goa’s coastline, which is popular with tourists thanks to the beaches, restaurants and night clubs.
Describing the Eden Gardens, which has seen him come up with some spendid performances, as “another mom” for him, India discard offie Harbhajan Singh Tuesday said he was looking forward to a successful Vijay Hazare stint at the hallowed turf.
Harbhajan, who struck a hat-trick and picked up 13 wickets in India’s historic come-from-behind win over Australia at the Eden Gardens in 2001, also was part of the Mumbai Indians squad that won the IPL title with a victory over Chennai Superkings in the finals played at the same venue.
Rajasthan IAS officer B.B. Mohanty, who was accused of raping a 22-year-old girl, filed an application in a court seeking an anticipatory bail Tuesday, a lawyer said.
The state government recently suspended Mohanty following the allegations leveled against him about one and a half months ago.
Public prosecutor Sant Kumar Jain said that Mohanty filed the anticipatory bail in the court of district judge, Jaipur, through his lawyer.
“The matter will come up for hearing tomorrow (Wednesday),” said Jain.