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New Delhi, Jan 14: Payment of Gratuity Amendment Bill 2017 is likely to be passed in the forthcoming Budget session, which will make formal sector workers eligible for tax free Rs 20 lakh gratuity. At present formal sector workers with five or more years of service are eligible for Rs 10 lakh tax free gratuity after leaving job or at time of superannuation. "The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment)

London, Jan 14: One of the UK's leading state-funded schools has called on the government to take a firm stand on children wearing hijab and fasting during Ramadan. St Stephen's School in Newham, east London, became one of the first schools in the country to ban the hijab for girls under eight in 2016 and intends to ban it for girls under 11 from September 2018. It also imposed strict rules on

New Delhi, Jan 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport here on Sunday. The Israeli premier, who is on a six-day visit to India, is accompanied by his wife Sara and a 130-member delegation from various sectors, including cyber, agriculture and defence. The two Prime Ministers are now heading to Teen Murti Memorial for a solemn ceremony

New Delhi, Jan 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport here on Sunday. The Israeli premier, who is on a six-day visit to India, is accompanied by his wife Sara and a 130-member delegation from various sectors, including cyber, agriculture and defence. The two Prime Ministers are now heading to Teen Murti Memorial for a solemn ceremony

New Delhi, Jan 14: A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying five senior officials of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and two pilots crashed off the Mumbai coast minutes after it took off. So far, six bodies have been recovered. The police informed that the bodies have been brought to Cooper Hospital for postmortem. "Out of six bodies, five has been identified. The search for one missing is

Udupi, Jan 13: Members of the Udupi District Muslim Paryaya Souharda Samiti took out a ‘Horekanike’ procession from Jodu Katte to the Rajangana parking space here on Friday. In Horekanike, people offer donations of foodgrains and vegetables for the Paryaya festival. Vidyadheesha Tirtha Swami of Palimar Mutt will be ascending the Paryaya Peetha at the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple on January

Gaza, Jan 13: The Egyptian navy opened fire on a Palestinian fisherman at sea and killed him, the Gaza Ministry said on Saturday. Egyptian officials had no immediate comment on the incident which happened late on Friday after dark near the southern border-town Rafah, according to Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra. It could not be confirmed whether the fisherman was attempting to cross

Within a day after four senior judges of Supreme Court broke their silence on alleged corruption in judiciary and warned that democracy in India is at stake, the mainstream media across India in general and poll-bound state of Karnataka in particular, have been successful in diverting the people’s attention by focusing on porn star-turned-Bollywood super star Sunny Leone. India Today on Saturday

Within a day after four senior judges of Supreme Court broke their silence on alleged corruption in judiciary and warned that democracy in India is at stake, the mainstream media across India in general and poll-bound state of Karnataka in particular, have been successful in diverting the people’s attention by focusing on porn star-turned-Bollywood super star Sunny Leone. India Today on Saturday

New Delhi, Jan 13: Congress leader P Chidambaram today termed the ED raids against his son "a comedy of errors" and claimed the officers were left "embarrassed" and "apologetic" as they could not find anything. He was reacting after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karti Chidambaram, the senior Congress leader's son, in connection with its money