Groom stranded as bride flees with money
September 3rd, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 3 (IANS) A bridegroom and about 50 of his marriage party were stranded in Rajasthan's Barmer town for a week as the would-be bride disappeared right before the ... Read more...
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Chandy announces welfare measures on I-Day
August 15th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 15 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on the Independence Day announced a series of welfare measures, among them free treatment for poor women and children in all ... Read more...
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Driving training for Jammu and Kashmir youths
August 1st, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 1 (IANS) The army is giving training in vehicle driving to the unemployed youth of remote mountainous areas in Rajouri and Reasi districts of Jammu and Kashmir under ... Read more...
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Water canons used on Kashmir employees, 24 held
June 13th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 13 (IANS) Police used water canons to disperse state government employees marching Wednesday towards the civil secretariat in Srinagar to press their demand for raising their retirement ... Read more...
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Punjab bans re-employment of retiring staff
May 17th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) The Punjab government Thursday directed all departments strictly not to grant extension in service or re-employ any staff after their date of retirement, a spokesman said ... Read more...
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Gogoi for skill development to end unemployment in Assam
May 4th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 4 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday stressed the need for skill development among youth to end the unemployment problem in the state."Both high and semi-skilled workforce ... Read more...
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Railway job racket busted, 5 arrested
April 27th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Five people, including a former air force corporal, were arrested for duping several youngsters on pretext of providing them job in Indian Railways, police said ... Read more...
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Employees’ strike paralyses government offices in Kashmir (Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar/Jammu, April 17 (IANS) Work in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir was paralysed Tuesday as employees struck work Tuesday demanding an increase in the retirement age and regularization of ... Read more...
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Police break up state employees’ protest in Srinagar
April 17th, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) Police used water canon and batons in the Exhibition Road area here Tuesday to disperse hundreds of state employees, who were demonstrating to press their demand ... Read more...
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Government employees protest in Srinagar
April 10th, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 10 (IANS) Scores of Jammu and Kashmir government employees Tuesday took to the streets in Srinagar, accusing the state government of insensitiveness towards their problems.Police intervened in Shahid ... Read more...
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Tripura raises employees’ retirement age
February 28th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 27 (IANS) A year ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the lone Left ruled state, the Tripura government Monday announced to increase the retirement age of the ... Read more...
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Industries sagging in Jammu and Kashmir
February 9th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 9 (IANS) Industries in Jammu and Kashmir are showing signs of decline despite the incentives and concessions provided by the central government since 2002.Entrepreneurs and economy watchers say ... Read more...
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Youths hit hardest by high unemployment, says UN
February 6th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Unemployment among the youths has risen sharply in the recent years resulting in social unrest and political turmoil in many countries, especially in the Middle ... Read more...
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Two arrested for running job racket
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Two men who cheated several educated unemployed youths by promising them jobs in multinationals have been arrested, police said Thursday.Lalit Kumar, 59, and Amarjeet Rana, ... Read more...
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Kerala to create 50,000 entrepreneurs
January 31st, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31 (IANS) The Kerala government will Thursday announce the names of 812 unemployed youths who will receive training under an ambitious Rs.2,500-crore scheme to create 50,000 entrepreneurs in ... Read more...
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BSP’s Rajya Sabha member joins Samajwadi Party
December 30th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IANS) In a swift political development, Rajya Sabha member Naresh Agarwal who was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party Friday morning was admitted to the Samajwadi ... Read more...
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25,300 jobs in a day! Mumbai creates Guinness record
October 13th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) City-based NGO Swabhiman Sanghatana Thursday said it has created a new Guinness World Record by giving jobs to 25,300 unemployed youths, including physically challenged.
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Poverty increased in Manmohan’s term: Buddhadeb
September 11th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Sreerampore (West Bengal), Sep 11 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's regime, saying that poverty and unemployment had increased ... Read more...
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Parliamentary panel favours dole to jobless youths
September 1st, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has suggested allowance for registered unemployed youths in the country.The parliamentary panel on labour and employment also said a strategy should be ... Read more...
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Mamata’s bluff as railway minister called: CPI-M
August 21st, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of misleading the masses by making false promises during her stint ... Read more...
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Kerala budget’s focus is on infrastructure, development
July 8th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 (IANS) Kerala's annual budget for 2011-12, the first since the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) came to power in April elections to the state assembly, Friday emphasises ... Read more...
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Hundreds attracted to the job that wasn’t!
June 15th, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 15 (IANS) In a state with 4.5 million unemployed youth, a story in a Kerala newspaper about the shortage of a hangman attracted hundreds for the job. But ... Read more...
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Quicker pensions for retiring Bengal teachers: Mamata
June 3rd, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) After getting their salary on the first day of the month, there is now more good news for the teaching community in West Bengal. Soon, ... Read more...
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Sonia, Rahul sympathy for farmers for political gains: BJP
May 24th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 24 (IANS) Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) of ignoring farmers' rights, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Tuesday alleged that the sympathy ... Read more...
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Exit Buddhadeb, man who saw beyond ideological convictions
May 14th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) With a reputation of being incorruptible and cultured, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will go down in history as a chief minister who tried to fast-track industrialisation in ... Read more...
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KKR flags and T-shirts being sold in large numbers
May 1st, 2011 - 3:49 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) With the Kolkata Knight Riders putting up a good show in the ongoing Indian Premier League edition, flags and T-shirts of the Shah Rukh Khan ... Read more...
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Manifestos focus on economic issues in West Bengal
April 12th, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) From rice at Rs.2 per kg for the poor to an 'employment bank' for job seekers, West Bengal's political parties have doled out economic sops to ... Read more...
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Rising unemployment due to UPA’s wrong policies: Buddhadeb
March 31st, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday blamed the wrong policies of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for the rising unemployment in the country."The problem ... Read more...
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Floriculture becomes popular in Tripura
February 9th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
Tripura, Feb 9 (ANI): Tripura, known for its pineapple and rubber cultivation, is making a mark in the field of floriculture.Chittaranjan, a floriculturist said: "We have found that growing flowers is more ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh mulls aluminium plant in Surguja
February 5th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 5 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Saturday said his government would examine options to set up an aluminium plant in the state's poverty-hit northern region that has large ... Read more...
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For small farmers, it’s tea time in Assam!
January 14th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Jan 14 (IANS) They were once the domain of hard-nosed British sahibs on horseback. But today, the lush green tea plantations in Assam have come full circle with ... Read more...
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Italy’s ex-minister gets threat mail with bullet
January 13th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ceppaloni (Italy), Jan 13 (IANS/AKI) A former Italian justice minister received a threat mail along with a bullet at his home in northeast of Naples, warning him against fighting in a local ... Read more...
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Couple arrested for cheating job aspirants
December 23rd, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) A couple was arrested for allegedly duping unemployed youths from north Indian states on the pretext of providing them lucrative jobs abroad, police said Thursday."We have arrested ... Read more...
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Congress suspends leader for ink assault on minister (Lead)
October 21st, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 21 (IANS) A Congress leader was suspended from the party for a period of six years Thursday for masterminding Tuesday's ink assault on union Minister of State for Planning ... Read more...
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Congress leader paid youths for ink assault on minister
October 21st, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 21 (IANS) Two days after some youths poured black ink on union Minister of State for Planning V. Narayanasamy outside the Congress headquarters here, Chhattisgarh Police Thursday confirmed that ... Read more...
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