NEW DELHI: India has more affordable labour than China, where the pay is more than double of what is being offered locally, a Towers Watson report says. According to the global professional services company, the sharp fall in the value of the rupee against the US dollar in 2013 contributed to reducing labour costs in […]
Jammu: Three people were killed and one girl injured in incidents of lightning strike in the Jammu region, officials said Wednesday. While one Farooq Ahmed died after being struck by lightning in the Jij area of Mahore tehsil in Reasi district, another victim, Ayoub, was killed in the Kotranka belt in Budhal tehsil of Rajouri […]
Srinagar: Admitting that many departments furnish incomplete details of their officials for Vigilance clearance, the J&K government on Wednesday ordered administrative heads to give complete bio data of the employees to General Administrative Department (Vigilance) to avoid delay in their regularization. According to a government circular [No. 16: GAD (Vig) of 2014, dated 12.03.2014], it […]
BY AJAY GUDAVARTHY Smaller States have been the new political mode of addressing basic issues that were otherwise left unresolved. However, fighting for a new state and reconstructing on a more sustainable democratic content are undoubtedly two different issues all together. One does not automatically promise the other, if there is anything to learn from […]
NEW DELHI: MF Husain’s two rare paintings are upcoming for sale in an auction in United Kingdom next month with an estimated cost of Rs 17 million to Rs 25 million. “The 1978 oil on canvas painting “Untitled (Horses)” is estimated to fetch Rs 17 million to Rs 25 million, a top lot in the […]
BY TALAT MASOOD Pakistan’s current leadership is, perhaps, unaware that when it shows camaraderie and weakness towards dealing with militants, it is sleepwalking the country into a dangerous ideological and political metamorphosis that could tear it apart. This is not a false alarm. It is getting clearer by the day that the Taliban, with […]
Jammu: An Army soldier was crushed to death after he came under a train in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir while he was going to his hometown on leave, police said Wednesday. The crushed body of Sunil Chowdhary of Rajasthan was found at the railway lines in Barian in Samba district last evening, police […]
BY PAULO COELHO I am convinced that most of you also feel hurt when someone criticizes your work. Don’t take critics too seriously. They don’t have the power to make (or to avoid) someone buying a book, a CD, or to go to an exhibition. Don’t give them the importance they don’t have. They are […]
SRINAGAR: Spontaneous protests rocked inside Srinagar’s airport premises on late Wednesday when several flights were canceled by airport authorities. Sources said that authorities announced the cancellation of several flights to different locations which prompted the passengers to protest who also smashed window panes and doors of the airport. The passengers alleged that the flights were […]
NEW DELHI: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Wednesday sparked off a price war in the compact sedan segment with the launch of its new model, Xcent, at an introductory price ranging between Rs 4.66 lakh and Rs 7.38 lakh. The Xcent, which will take on the likes of Maruti Suzuki Dzire, Honda Amaze alongwith […]