Interim budget benefits Central Government staff
NEW DELHI, FEB. 3. Except for Central Government employees, who will have a major portion of their dearness allowance merged with the basic pay, the interim budget for 2004-05 presented in Parliament today by the Union Finance Minister, Jaswant ...
Allahabad High Court stays order on districts
ALLAHABAD, FEB. 3.In a setback to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Allahabad High Court today stayed for six weeks the implementation of the Government notification disbanding nine districts. A Division Bench ...
BSNL may offer more free calls
NEW DELHI, FEB. 3.Even as cellular companies have disappointed subscribers by increasing call charges, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is examining the possibility of lowering call rates and increasing the number of free calls for fixed phone ...
Opposition parties' plea to Election Commission
NEW DELHI, FEB. 3. Several Opposition parties today urged the Election Commission to consider the various Board examinations and final publication of the revised electoral rolls in several States before drawing up the schedule for the Lok Sabha ...
Kalyan Singh rejoins BJP
NEW DELHI, FEB. 3. The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Kalyan Singh, "came home'' today merging his Rashtriya Kranti Party (RKP) with the Bharatiya Janata Party even as the BJP president, Venkaiah Naidu, announced that the battle for the 80 ...
Vaiko to decide today on bail conditions
CHENNAI, FEB. 3.A special court at Poonamallee today offered bail to Vaiko, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary and Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) detenu, subject to his filing an undertaking to abide by six ...
Mumbai police chief shifted
MUMBAI, FEB. 3. P.S. Pasricha, who took over as Police Commissioner of Mumbai from R.S. Sharma just over two months ago, was today moved to a low profile post in a major reshuffle of top police brass in Maharashtra. The Pune Police ...
