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New Delhi, August 22: Women officers in the Indian army, navy and air force constitute only 3.3, 3.9 and 10.4 percent of the officer cadre respectively and these figures were achieved within 20 years from when they were first recruited, parliament was informed Wednesday. Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha that the representation of women in the armed forces has

New Delhi, August 22: The row over CAG report on coal block allocation rocked Parliament for the second day today with non-Left opposition demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid division in the NDA over the protest tactics. Key NDA constituent JD-U caused embarrassment to BJP in the Lok Sabha by initiating a special discussion on flood and drought situation even as members of

New Delhi, August 22: Government will amend the Constitution to restore reservation in promotions for dalits, with the political class barring Samajwadi Party and National Conference joining hands to back it at the all-party meeting on Tuesday. Although the parties did not fix a timeline on when the Centre should bring the constitutional amendment bill in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, August 22: Unions at Indian banks representing about one million employees have called for a nationwide two-day strike beginning Wednesday to protest against reform proposals that would ease mergers and allow more foreign and private capital into the sector. Trading volumes may be lower than usual as not all dealers are expected to report to work, although banks will ensure that basic

New Delhi, August 21: BJP today defended its decision to demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation in the alleged irregularities in coal blocs allocation, saying it owes it to the people in the wake of "regular occurence" of scams and insisted it will continue to press for his removal. "In both Houses of Parliament today, we demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. We will

Mumbai, August 21: Holding infiltrating Bangladeshis responsible for the Aug 11 violence in Mumbai, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday warned that such incidents would not be tolerated. File PhotoHe also sought the resignation of Home Minister R.R. Patil and Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik for failure to foresee and control the violence, which left two people killed, and 45

Mumbai, August 21: All business and commercial activities across the country are likely to be crippled as the entire banking industry employees would go on a two-day strike starting Wednesday, a banking union official said here Monday. Over a million employees and officers of 27 public sector banks, 12 old generation private banks and eight foreign banks will take part in the strike, said All

New Delhi, August 21: Setting aside their confrontation over the CAG report on coal block allocation, opposition and the ruling dispensation today got together in a rare show to unanimously elect Congress leader PJ Kurien as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman. The House, which was adjourned earlier for an hour after uproar over CAG reports tabled on Friday, saw the opposition suspending its attack on the

The daring terror attack on Pakistan's Kamra air base on Aug 16 claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban and persistent intelligence reports that Pakistan-based militant groups keep planning terror attacks on India's civilian airports should be enough to raise all kinds of alarms in India. The attack should be a serious reminder about the fact that terrorist groups such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban and Lashkar-e

Manesar, August 21: Maruti Suzuki India today reopened its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to violence in which one senior company official was killed and 100 others injured. Workers are standing in queue outside the factory gate to enter the plant amid heavy rains. Haryana Police has provided 500 personnel, out of which 200 are inside the plant and 300