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OROP: Demand or redress of injustice?
The long festering OROP (one rank-one pension) issue that goes back to 1973 has acquired disturbing visibility in recent months due to the protest mounted by the retired veterans at Jantar Mantar and the ignominy of the Delhi Police…
Land Bill: States can seek changes to Land Act
New Delhi, Sep 8: Rural Development Minister Birender Singh has said that the ruling NDA alliance has given a political answer to the Congress on the land bill by leaving it to states to make changes to the 2013 Act for acquiring land for…
Naga Peace Accord: Naga Problem can be solved in Two Years
New Delhi, Sep 7: The Naga imbroglio that has been festering for over five decades and has claimed countless lives of civilians and security personnel can be solved within two years if the Indian government has the will to do so, a leader…
India’s quest for UNSC Permanent Seat: Negotiations may begin
United Nations, Sep 6: General Assembly President Sam Kutesa is expected to formally present this week a negotiating document for Security Council reform for adoption before its 69th session ends next week, moving the process forward…
One Rank, One Pension (OROP): Timeline of Events (1973-2015)
* #OROP or 'One Rank, One Pension' was the basis for giving pension to Employees of Defence Forces.
* Late PM Indira Gandhi abolished it in 1973 under the recommendations of 3rd Pay Commission.
* In 1973, the pension of civilian…
Jumped at chance to visit India: Elijah Wood
New Delhi, Sep 4: The tunes of Bollywood songs of 1970s and 1980s, the culinary delights and Lata Mangeshkar's voice - there were many reasons why Elijah Wood, the blue-eyed Frodo Baggins of “The Lord of the Rings”, wanted to visit India.…
Iconic Gita Press in crisis amid Labour Dispute
Gorakhpur, Sep 4: The printing machines at the famed Gita Press here have fallen silent for the first time in 92 years of its existence.
The leading publishing house, which has so far churned out more than 120 million copies of the…
Indian-American academics spar over Modi visit to Silicon Valley
Washington, Sep 4: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Silicon Valley, a war of words has broken out between pro and anti Modi academics of Indian descent spread over major American universities.
The first salvo was fired by…
Changing lives in Water-Scarce Bundelkhand through Simple Dams
Patna village (Madhya Pradesh), Sep 4: A simple innovation like a check-dam has dramatically turned around the lives of the 500-odd people in 90 poor Adivasi houselholds in this village located on a water-scarce plateau in Madhya Pradesh,…
Ailing Hindustan Machine Tools to lay off 2,900 of its Staff
Bengaluru, Sep 2: Time is ticking away for thousands employees of the ailing state-run HMT, formerly Hindustan Machine Tools, as they face uncertain future due to an imminent closure of some of its loss-making watch subsidiaries despite…