News: About 8 lakh sea-farers will benefit from the ratification of International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention on seafarers identity document (SID), Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari told. “Government has approved ratification of ILO convention no 185 on the SID. The Ministry of External Affairs has been requested to arrange for the ...

News: Pension of freedom fighters has been increased by the government after introducing a hike of 218% in DA in 2014-15, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The number central freedom fighters pensioners as on January 1, 2015 were 11,434 and the widows and eligible dependents were 24,466, total of which ...

News: The state water resources department, notorious for awarding irrigation contracts at hugely inflated rates to select contractors, wants to shed its scam-tainted image. The irrigation contractors have started quoting rates below the official estimate. Another 17 contracts were given at par, while 21 works were quoted above the estimate. ...