Amarnath Yatra attack: Jammu and Kashmir govt announces Rs 6 lakh compensation to families of pilgrims killed
The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced Rs six lakh compensation to the next of kin of each of the seven Amarnath pilgrims killed in the attack
Kashmir human shield row: SHRC terms Major Leetul Gogoi's action illegal, demands Rs 10 lakh for Farooq Ahmad Dar
State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday termed the Kashmir human shield incident 'illegal' while directing the Jammu and Kashmir government to pay Rs 10 lakh to victim Farooq Ahmad Dar
Kashmir human shield row: State Human Rights Commission asks PDP-BJP govt to pay Rs 10 lakh to Farooq Ahmad Dar
State Human Rights Commission has directed Jammu and Kashmir government to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was tied to a jeep by an army major
General Motors' dealers to sit on 'dharna' at Jantar Mantar tomorrow
A majority of General Motors' 96 dealers, which operate around 140 showrooms across India, are unhappy with the company's offer of just around 12 percent of total investments they have made, as compensation.
Mandsaur unrest: Don’t blame Madhya Pradesh farmers, but Congress, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan
In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan outlines his perceptions on issues like farmers' protest and loan waiver, and how he intends to resolve them
Madhya Pradesh farmers' protest: Shivraj Singh Chouhan visits Mandsaur, hands over Rs one crore each to victims
Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited Mandsaur, where five cultivators were killed during the farmers' stir, and handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore to the family of one of them.
Cost of damaged crops in drought-hit Karnataka: One rupee
Farmers in Karnataka received a compensation of Rupee 1 for damaged crops in their bank accounts, while the govt calls it a test run
General Motors' dealers plan class action suit over 'measly' compensation
A majority of 96 dealers, which operate around 140 showrooms across India, are unhappy with the company's offer of just around 12 percent of total investments they have made as compensation.
Gas leaks in India: These disasters are preventable, but political will needed to deal with them
Is India a safe country to live in? A spate of successive leaks of poisonous chemicals has once again raised the specter of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which saw thousands of Indians lose their lives in what is considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.
SC reserves order on Aadhaar: Privacy act is urgent requirement to save India from dangers of data breach
A comprehensive privacy law in India is an urgent requirement simply because a misuse of personal data due to a possible breach may harm citizens much beyond their current predicament of being hinged to an electronic leash
Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes home nearly $200 mn in compensation last year, gets stock award of $199 mn
Pichai received a stock award of $198.7 million in 2016, roughly double his 2015 stock award of $99.8 million
Sukma attack: Palaniswami announces Rs 20 lakh compensation for 4 CRPF men from TN killed in Chhattisgarh
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday condoled the death of four CRPF personnel from the state who were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh and announced a solatium of Rs 20 lakh each to their families.
Will Ravi Venkatesan as Infosys co-chairman hinder Vishal Sikka's cutting-edge thinking?
Infosys lovers will only hope that Sikka's much-needed talent for innovation and cutting-edge thinking is guided and not soured by a co-chairman watching his work
Lok Sabha passes Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill: Hefty penalties, protection to good Samaritans among new provisions
A draft legislation to amend the Motor Vehicles Act to impose stiffer penalties for traffic rules violations and to protect the good Samaritans from legal harassment was passed by the Lok Sabha by voice vote on Monday
Infosys row: Why Narayana Murthy is right in saying capitalism without compassion may soon be dead
Had Vijay Mallya been compassionate in his capitalist dreams, he would have gone a long way in assuaging the woes of his employees at Kingfisher Airlines. This could perhaps have even prevented him from turning a fugitive
Nine dead as boat capsizes in Tamil Nadu; CM Palaniswami announces Rs 2 lakh compensation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday announced a compensation of Rs two lakh each to the families of nine persons who drowned when the private boat in which they were travelling capsized in the Bay of Bengal.
Snapdeal's Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal admit to wrong decisions; decide to take no salary
Bahl conceded that over the last 2-3 years, with all the capital coming into this market, the company and the entire industry "started making mistakes"
Acid-attack laws in India are threadbare in theory, woefully inadequate in practice
Activists and lawyers are all of the opinion that the root cause of the problem is the unregulated availability of acid that is still sold over-the-counter
GST: 1 April is a sure miss, note ban has made Jaitley's compensation math a lot tougher
How will the government find the money required for additional compensation is a question given that there is not much room to expand the scope of demerit goods
$194,000 compensation to Disney and Pixar as Chinese firms copy 'Cars'
A Shanghai court ordered two Chinese firms to pay Walt Disney Co and Pixar more than 1.35 million yuan ($194,440) compensation for copying parts of their hit movies "Cars" and "Cars 2".