Month: December 2018

Steps taken for Safety of Railway Passenger

open view web desk Policing of Railways being a State subject, prevention of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law & order in Railway premises as well as on running trains are the statutory responsibility of the State Governments, which they discharge through Government Railway […]

Payment Gateways of IRCTC Mobile App

open view web desk Booking of Railway reserved tickets through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) mobile app can be made using various payment modes enabled by Government or private banks through Multiple Payment Providers. Presently, there are five Multiple Payment Providers integrated on IRCTC mobile app. […]

Sting operation against BJD MLAs: SC grants protection from arrest to scribe

New Delhi, Dec 17: The Supreme Court has granted protection from arrest to a news channel journalist who had allegedly conducted a sting operation on four ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) MLAs in Orissa. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah also sought response from […]

Pakistan releases Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari after 6 years

Islamabad, Dec 17: Pakistan on Monday released Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, who was detained by the country’s intelligence agencies in 2012 and subsequently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a military court in 2015 for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card. Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, was lodged […]

Govt says oppn disrupting House, want atmosphere to pass important bills

New Delhi, Dec 17: The government Monday criticised the opposition for disrupting Lok Sabha proceedings and appealed to it to create an atmosphere for smooth passage of important bills. Talking to reporters outside Parliament House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said it was unfortunate that the opposition members […]

Anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar’s conviction is third successful prosecution within a month

New Delhi, Dec 17: Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s conviction and sentence to life for “remainder of his natural life” by the Delhi High Court on Monday is the third successful prosecution within a month relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases.  The judgement holding Kumar guilty in a […]

Kamal Nath signs farmers’ loan waiver file

Bhopal, Dec 17: Loans of up to Rs two lakh of Madhya Pradesh farmers will be waived, with Chief Minister Kamal Nath Monday signing a file to the effect. The move follows a promise by Congress president Rahul Gandhi during the poll campaign that if people of Madhya Pradesh […]

BHP announces stock buyback, special dividend

BHP will issue a special dividend for shareholders after selling its US shale assets, the miner said Monday as it completed a US$7.3 billion stock buyback. The world’s biggest miner recently sold its US shale oil and gas operations to British giant BP for US$10.5 billion, and said […]

Thousands protest ‘slave law’ in Budapest

Protesters threw smoke grenades at police who responded with tear gas in Budapest on Sunday as thousands of people rallied against a new “slave law” passed by the government of conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban. More than 15,000 people, according to local press reports, joined the demonstration — […]

An education: MBAs with Chinese characteristics

At business school with Chinese characteristics, undergraduate students debating how a company should deal with striking workers get a harsh reality check from their professor. While students suggest negotiating better benefits for the strikers — a textbook answer — their lecturer presents them with a classic Chinese company […]

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