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8th pay commission: DA merger, fitment factor, allowances - Components in focus for salary hike, explained

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Constituted every decade, pay commissions aim to discuss and decide on possible changes to emoluments for central government employees and pensioners. Assembled last year, the 8... Read More


Samik seeks RRTS networks in Bengal, writes to Centre

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- BJP's West Bengal unit president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya has written to Union Housing and Urban Affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar, seeking consideration for a R... Read More


Switzerland Federal Council adopts 2026 Security Policy Strategy amid rising threats

Bern, Sept. 19 -- The Swiss Federal Council has adopted the country's 2026 Security Policy Strategy, setting out a comprehensive approach to address growing security challenges including Russia's war ... Read More


Writers' Building set for partial revival after thirteen years; Minister takes stock of renovation works

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- After a gap of 13 years, Writers' Building is set for a partial revival, with the state government setting an October deadline to ready offices for Chief Minister Suvendu Adhika... Read More


From MMA to teqball: Six sports making their debut at 2026 Asian Games

India, Sept. 19 -- With the 20th Asian Games unfolding in Aichi-Nagoya, the continental stage will undergo one of its most dynamic transformations. Long celebrated as a bastion of Olympic tradition a... Read More


Bagbazar Gaudiya Math to get an auditorium: CM

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- West Bengal Chief Minister attended the evening prayer at Bagbazar Gaudiya Math on Radhashtami and announced that an auditorium, car park, hostels and facilities for the elderly... Read More


Bengal identifies land for Kalyani greenfield airport

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The West Bengal government is learnt to have identified nine Nadia mouzas for land acquisition for the proposed 2000-acre greenfield airport at Kalyani and restricted registrati... Read More


This circus in South Africa lifts poor young performers into the spotlight

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- For 29-year-old Brian Ngobese, who grew up in South Africa's impoverished Alexandra township, moments like this mean more than applause. The circus has given him a stage, a live... Read More


Bombing at mosque near police offices in Pakistan kills at least 21

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The coordinated assault was the latest in a surge of militant violence near the border with Afghanistan where Pakistani Taliban militants have increasingly targeted police and o... Read More


Indian Americans must keep marching despite racial insults

India, Sept. 19 -- It seems that scarcely a week goes by without Indian Americans becoming targets of abuse. Whether they are attending a football game or building a temple, their place in the US is u... Read More