New Delhi: Bringing into focus the importance of work-life balance in the digital era, NCP (SP)’s Supriya Sule has introduced a private member’s bill in Lok Sabha proposing establishing an ‘employees welfare authority’ to confer the right on employees to disconnect from work-related phone calls & e-mails beyond work hours and on holidays.“Right to Disconnect…
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday firmly rejected Pakistan’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir during an open debate at the United Nations Security Council, saying the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral part of India and will always remain so. Speaking at the UNSC Open Debate on “Leadership for Peace”, India’s…
Expressing hope for peace and stability in the West Asia region, PM Narendra Modi underlined the significance of efforts to counter terrorism, extremism and radicalisation in a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II.Abdullah conveyed strong support for India’s fight against terrorism and condemned terror in all its forms and manifestations, said an Indian readout. Modi…
New Delhi: Citing rise in cases of involvement of younger juveniles in heinous crimes, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari introduced a private member’s bill in LS seeking amendments to Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 to bring down the age for juveniles who have committed heinous crimes from 16 years to 14. This will allow such cases to…
New Delhi: For the first time, govt proposed a graded penalty regime for higher education institutions, with fines ranging Rs 10-75 lakh for repeated violations, suspension of degree-awarding powers and closure, while illegal institutions could face Rs 2 crore penalty and immediate shutdown, with safeguards to protect enrolled students.The proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill,…
LUDHIANA: A trader in Ludhiana’s Khanna city was at home and his car parked outside, when a FASTag message pinged from his bank – Rs 150 toll deducted at Kiranj toll plaza, reports Shariq Majeed. Gurpreet Singh, 41, was stunned. Kiranj was some 350km away in Haryana, on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. “I actually ran out…
NEW DELHI: Nearly half of the sanctioned positions on pollution control boards and committees across the country remain vacant even as most major cities are reeling under the impact of air pollution, reveals the answer to a recent question in Parliament.The answers to other questions this year show that this has been the case over…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Ganesh Chavan (35), the district head of a private finance firm, allegedly burnt a drunk man alive in a car in Latur to claim a Rs 1 crore term insurance payout and wipe out mounting debts, police said on Monday.The meticulously planned crime was aimed at ensuring the insurance benefit reached his family…
NEW DELHI: Dense fog through the morning and toxic smog thereafter. Delhi continued to gasp in severe air quality for the third day. The city’s average AQI stood at 427, improving slightly from Sunday’s severe-plus level of 461 without giving no major relief. The season’s first big fog episode, cold conditions and calm winds prevented…
Bhopal: A tiny strand of ‘Cheetah hair’, lodged in the crease of the car’s front bumper, has apparently emerged as the most critical clue in unravelling the mystery behind the hit-and-run death of a Cheetah cub on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway in Gwalior on Dec 7.For nearly a week after the incident, the vehicle involved…