Only 19 per cent of employers in the country have bullish hiring plans for the next three months, while 52 per cent expect no change in their payrolls, says a global survey which predict softer employment outlook in many markets for the October-December quarter. According to the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook survey released on Tuesday, that covered 5,131 employers across India, ...

A 19-year-old student, preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) at a coaching institute here, allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan of her room, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Rangbadi area under Mahavir Nagar police station limits on Monday evening, Assistant Sub-Inspector Harveer Singh said. He said Sweta Kumari Rajput, who ...

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is back home after undergoing a medical treatment for cancer in the US. The actor, who was in New York since late last year, returned to India on Tuesday morning. The 67-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the news of his homecoming and thanked his fans and well-wishers for their continuous support. “Back Home! 11 ...

Public sector lender State Bank on Monday announced yet another reduction in lending rates by 10 basis points across tenors. The new rates are effective Tuesday, the lender said announcing the third rate reduction in the current fiscal year. One year MCLR, to which all the retail lending rates are linked to, has been reduced to 8.15 percent from 8.25 ...

Four tremors were felt in 10 hours in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Monday, officials said. No immediate loss of life or property was reported, Chamba Superintendent of Police Monica Bhutunguru said. The tremors, which occurred between 12.10 pm and 9.27 pm, were of a magnitude between 2.7 and 5, Shimla Meteorological Centre Director Manmohan Singh said. The first tremor ...

The 68th Plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) was held in Guwahati on the 8th & 9th September, 2019. The Plenary session was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday. The Union Home Minister announced that the North Eastern Council will earmark 30 per cent of its fund for focussed funding of priority areas and deprived ...

The decline in demand in the auto sector continues. The decrease in demand is at its lowest level in the last two decades. In such a situation, the people of the auto sector have demanded a reduction in the GST rate from the government. GST Council is scheduled to meet on 20 September. Recently, Minister of State for Finance Anurag ...

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked the government over its plans to mark 100 days in office, saying sectors such as automobile, transport and mining will see it as a celebration of their “ruin”. She made the remarks on Twitter, sharing a media report highlighting the problems being faced by the auto industry. “The BJP government is going ...

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the National Youth Summit in New Delhi today (September 7, 2019), organised by the Youth Awakening Mission, a youth wing of Paavan Chintan Dhara Charitable Trust, Ghaziabad. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that today’s India is full of youth power. Our youth have immense talent and energy. This talent and ...

The Pakistan army on Saturday targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district with firing from small arms and mortar shelling, ending nearly a week-long lull along the Line of Control (LoC) , a defence spokesman said. The small arms firing and mortar shelling from across the border started in Krishna Ghati sector around 7.45 am, the ...