EPFO notifies minimum Rs 1000 pension for 32 lakh beneficiaries
NEW DELHI: In a move that would benefit about 32 lakh pensioners, the government has notified the amendment on Employees Pension Scheme run by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to provide a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 starting from October. Moreover, the decision to... read more »
China, India vow to further bilateral ties
United Nations: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj agreed on Thursday to further develop relations between the two neighbouring Asian giants. Talks between the two ministers were held on the sidelines of the annual high-level session of the UN... read more »
G-4 foreign ministers again underscore their continuous commitment for UNSC...
New York,, September 25: Group of Four (G-4) Ministers met here on Thursday and once again underscored their continuous commitment to a Security Council reform reflective of the geopolitical realities of the 21st century. In a joint statement issued after their meeting, foreign ministers of Brazil... read more »
Chandigarh : Hooda files nomination, says Congress ready for third term
Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday filed his nomination for next month’s assembly elections in the state and said they will form the next government. Hooda filed his nomination papers in his hometown Rohtak, 75 km from Delhi, for the Garhi-Sampla Kiloi assembly seat in... read more »
Kidnapped Mexican congressman’s burnt body found, organised crime suspected
Mexico City: Mexican authorities have confirmed that as per forensic tests results, the two completely burnt bodies found this week in an SUV are those of a kidnapped congressman and one of... read more »
20 YEARS JAIL FOR MURDERERS OF FORMER MISS VENEZUELA
The three guilty of killing Miss Venezuela 2004 and actress Monica Spear and her husband Thomas Henry are sentenced to more than 20 years in jail. The beauty queen and her husband were shot... read more »
Nigeria: Troops killed man acting as Boko Haram leader
Nigerian forces battling the Islamist terror group Boko Haram have killed a man suspected of acting as the group’s leader, Nigeria’s Defense Ministry said. The soldiers and Boko... read more »
Veteran batsman Younis not named in ‘new and younger’ ODI, T20 Pak squad
Veteran batsman Younis Khan failed to find a spot in the ODI team as Pakistan announced the squads for the upcoming one-day and Twenty20 series with Australia. The Pakistan-Australia... read more »
Atapattu takes over as Sri Lanka head coach
The executive committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has “unanimously approved and appointed” Atapattu with immediate effect, the SLC said in a statement without revealing terms and tenure... read more »
