Wipro Consumer Care, in association with “Wipro Cares”, has announced the Santoor Scholarship programme, to financially support underprivileged young girls. The program will be rolled out in 2016-17 and will offer 300 scholarships in Karnataka. It will be a recurring annual programme. Wipro Cares is a not-for-profit trust, engaging with proximate communities on the issues of education for underprivileged and […]
» Read moreControversial former BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who made derogatory remarks against the former Chief Minister Mayawati, was arrested by the UP police with the help of the Bihar police. Mr. Singh was arrested at Sugar Mill Colony in Buxar.
» Read moreAfter declaring a 23.55 per cent overall increase in salaries and pensions for more than 1 crore government employees and pensioners, in line with the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations, it was announced today that the arrears will be paid in cash as one instalment to employees. To expedite disbursement of arrears, it is decided that arrear claims may be paid […]
» Read moreLloyds Banking Group said on Thursday it would step up its cost cutting plans to help to offset a more testing economic environment caused by Britain’s vote to quit the European Union. Britain’s largest retail bank aims to save £ 400 million ($528.56 million) by end-2017 by axing a further 3,000 jobs and closing an additional 200 branches to protect […]
» Read moreThe Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party has asked the Centre to release a “balance sheet” on the assistance extended to Andhra Pradesh in the last two years, post-bifurcation. The party wanted the Centre to implement the promises made to the State by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the floor of Parliament at the time of bifurcation of the State. The […]
» Read morePassengers travelling by a Chennai-bound private bus had a miraculous escape when the bus caught fire after dashing against a truck between Mocherla and Veerepalli on the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway under Gudlur police station limits in Prakasam district on Wednesday. The 18 passengers of the sleeper bus from Hyderabad jumped to safety from the emergency exit window, said Kandukur Deputy […]
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