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Indian American Vinod Gupta to pay $7.4 mn penalty for fraud 16 March 2010, 16-2 HrsWashington, March 16 InfoGroup Inc's Indian-American founder Vinod Gupta, without admitting or denying wrongdoing, has agreed to pay $7.4 million in penalties and a ban from positions of authority in publicly traded companies in a case of alleged fraud. |
Pension bonanza for ex-servicemen after Supreme Court ruling 16 March 2010, 16-1 HrsNew Delhi, March 16 Some 30,000-40,000 armed forces officers who were commissioned or retired between 1986 and 1996 are in for a pay arrears and pension bonanza with the Supreme Court upholding a high court ruling that the amounts had been erroneously calculated. |
Orissa legislators demand ten-fold hike in allowances 15 March 2010, 15-2 HrsBhubaneswar, March 15 Orissa legislators Monday demanded a ten-fold hike in allowances keeping in view of the 'soaring cost' of living and implementation of Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations for the state employees. Legislators currently get Rs.5,000 in allowances. |
DAV asked to pay Rs.10 crore to Dabwali fire victims 15 March 2010, 15-2 HrsNew Delhi, March 15 The Supreme Court Monday ordered the DAV Trust, running hundreds of educational institutions in the country, to pay an interim sum of Rs.10 crore for relief and rehabilitation of victims, killed and injured over 14 years ago in a raging fire at a school it ran in a Haryana town. |
Get paid 24,000 pounds just to eat 15 March 2010, 15-1 HrsTV character Homer Simpson would have loved this job. A company in Britain is looking for a worker who has to do nothing, except eat - and the pay will be nearly 24,000 pounds a year. |
NRI's lawsuit seeks contempt action against Kolkata hospital 15 March 2010, 15-1 HrsA US-based Indian origin medical practitioner has moved the Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against a Kolkata hospital for ignoring the court's order to pay a penalty of Rs.500,000 for causing his wife's death due to medical negligence. |
Kashmir employees suspend strike 13 March 2010, 13-2 HrsJammu, March 13 Striking government employees in Jammu and Kashmir have suspended their ongoing strike as their leaders have agreed to sit across the table to resolve the issue of payment of arrears due to them under the Sixth Pay Commission, an employees' leader said Saturday. |
Subhash Ghai to change actors' pay structure 13 March 2010, 13-1 HrsMumbai, March 13 Showman Subhash Ghai is planning a radical change in the economics of filmmaking by drafting a new pay structure for actors starring in his films. |
Striking government employees take out rally in Srinagar 13 March 2010, 13-1 HrsJammu and Kashmir government employees struck work for the fifth consecutive day Saturday and took out a rally in Srinagar demanding wage arrears according to the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations. |
Tax collection has to be more humane: Mukherjee 12 March 2010, 12-1 HrsNew Delhi, March 12 Tax collection has to be more humane, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said, asking revenue officials to consider tax payers as important stake-holders in nation-building. |
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