SBI Cards expects Rs.2,700 crore total asset base
September 13th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 13 (IANS) SBI Cards, the second largest credit cards issuing firm in India, is expecting that its total asset base would be around Rs.2,700 crore at the ... Read more...
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Over 1,000 striking teachers arrested in Chhattisgarh
November 7th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Over 1,000 contract teachers in Chhattisgarh, who have been striking work since Nov 1 for a better salary package, were arrested Monday as the state government ... Read more...
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Campus recruitment up 32 percent in April-June quarter
July 25th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The recruitment of freshers from campuses rose 32 percent year-on-year in the April-June first quarter of current fiscal, led by increased hiring by IT and ... Read more...
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Baldauf’s quitting won’t affect plans: Air India
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) A day after national carrier Air India's chief operating officer Gustav Baldauf resigned, company officials said Tuesday his quitting will not affect the embattled airlines' ... Read more...
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Citi’s Pandit gets a big raise: from $1 to $1.75 million (Lead)
January 22nd, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Vikram Pandit, the Indian American CEO of Citigroup Inc, is getting a big boost in his base salary from just $1 to $1.75 million after the ... Read more...
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Pakistan Auditor General finds massive irregularities in ERRA accounts
November 29th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 29(ANI): The Auditor General of Pakistan has pointed out massive financial irregularities of Petrol Oil and Lubricant (POL) running into millions of rupees in the accounts of Earthquake Reconstruction and ... Read more...
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56 percent pay hike for IIM-C students
May 20th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Students of the post-graduate programme for executives at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) have got a 56 percent hike in their average salary package, a statement said ... Read more...
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PCB’s ‘redefined’ Miandad role as Director General includes ‘media gag’
February 3rd, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb.3 (ANI): A new controversy seems to be brewing up in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), as the board has sent a letter to its Director General Javed Miandad redefining his ... Read more...
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Most B-school students fear recession has hit placements
December 18th, 2009 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) A survey amongst 1,362 students in 40 business schools across the country reveals that 74 percent of them fear that recession has affected their placement opportunities.
The ... Read more...
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Blackwater hiring ex-Pak security officials on mind-boggling salary packages
November 6th, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.6 (ANI): Controversial private US security firm, Blackwater is reportedly hiring ex-Pakistan security officials at mind-boggling salaries.According to The Nation, the US firm has offered some of the retired Pakistani officials ... Read more...
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Leave corporate salaries to market forces: India Inc
October 5th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The need for austerity in these trying times is understandable, but India Inc cannot ignore the market forces to determine salaries to attract the best talent ... Read more...
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‘Chartered accountants safe from meltdown’
September 19th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 19 (IANS) At a time of pink slips, salary cuts and global economic gloom, what is the best job to have? Be a chartered accountant, that's what a top group ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan self-sufficient in arms, ammo production’
May 4th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) Pakistan's ordnance factories are executing orders worth Rs.6.4 billion ($80 million) and the country has achieved self-sufficiency in the production of arms and ammunition, a top official ... Read more...
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Miandad rejoins as PCB director general
March 30th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Omar Khalid
Karachi, March 30 (IANS) Javed Miandad Monday rejoined as director-general of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and vowed to put national cricket back on track.Miandad told IANS that he had ... Read more...
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NWFP Govt. planning to induct Taliban militants into police, levies
March 14th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Mingora (Pakistan), Mar. 14 (ANI): The North West Frontier Province Government is planning to induct Taliban militants into the police or Levies forces, as part of its rehabilitation policy. I have ... Read more...
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IIM-Ahmedabad students face heat of slowdown
March 3rd, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 3 (IANS) In yet another example of the shrinking job market, 50 final year post-graduate students at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) are yet to get any job offers ... Read more...
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Tata Consultancy reviewing variable pay structure (Lead)
February 26th, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) IT and business solutions major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Thursday announced a slew of measures, including reviewing the variable pay structure of employees, to weather the economic slowdown, ... Read more...
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Tata Consultancy reviewing variable pay structure
February 26th, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) Information technology services and business solutions major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is reviewing the variable pay structure of its employees and could cut jobs if the slowdown worsens, ... Read more...
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Miandads exorbitant Rs 1.6 million salary demand behind sacking, claims Butt
February 10th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Feb.10 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed that Javed Miandad demanded an exorbitant salary package which forced the Board to sack him from the post of Director-General.
PCB chief ... Read more...
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Kingfisher cuts pilots salary by Rs. 80,000
February 6th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Feb. 6, (ANI): Private air-carrier Kingfisher Airlines on Friday cut its pilots salaries by Rs. 80,000.
The salary package is mainly based on flying hours. The whole package has now been ... Read more...
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Brit job-seekers crash best job in the world Oz site
January 13th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 13 (ANI): Large number of job-hunting British workers crashed a website yesterday in the pursuit to apply for what is being touted as the best job in the world ... Read more...
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Miandad alleges lobby inside PCB threatening to destabilize the board
January 10th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan.10 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket boards Director-General Javed Miandad has alleged that there are some people who are trying to destabilize the board.
"There is a move on to destabilise the Board ... Read more...
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Pak Education Minister reveals Musharrafs cousin received millions in UK
September 5th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 5 (ANI): One of the first cousins of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf received a sum of 88,579 British Pounds (Rs 12.4 million approx) after he was appointed adviser ... Read more...
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Low-income expats in Abu Dhabi to get health cover
July 2nd, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 2 (IANS) Low-income expatriate workers will be among new categories of low-income people in the emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who will get basic ... Read more...
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Middle class youth foresee an opportunity for dream job in Airlines industry
December 23rd, 2007 - 8:15 pm ICT by admin
Chandigarh, Dec.23 (ANI): The booming Indian aviation industry is becoming a major draw for several middle-class youngsters in the country, many of whom are from small towns.
The Flight attendent training schools ... Read more...
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