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Chandigarh mayoral polls: AAP moves High Court, seeks fresh polls under supervision of retired judge

Chandigarh, Jan 30 (PTI) The AAP on Tuesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking setting aside the mayoral poll results and demanding fresh elections under the supervision of a retired HC judge. The development came hours after the BJP swept Chandigarh mayoral polls, retaining all the three posts, in a setback to the Congress-AAP alliance which has alleged tampering with ballot papers by the presiding officer. The petition was filed by AAP councillor Kuldeep Kumar, who was the candidate for the mayor post, according to party sources. The petitioner sought setting aside the process of the election of

Radha Raturi to be first woman Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 30 (ANI): IAS officer Radha Raturi will be the first woman Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand, officials said on Tuesday. According to information received by ANI from the state government, 1988 batch IAS officer Radha Raturi will be the new Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand. An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1988 batch, Raturi is currently the additional chief secretary of Uttarakhand. Raturi is the first woman to hold the top administrative post in Uttarakhand. Raturi has handled many important posts in the state bureaucracy in the past. Besides the District Magistrate of many districts in

What industry wants from India’s budget

NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Thursday present the last federal budget of the current Narendra Modi-led administration before the country heads for polls in the summer. Industry lobby bodies are suggesting the government continue spending on infrastructure, expand incentives for manufacturing and tweak import taxes on inputs for certain goods. The government is considering raising capital spending to as much as 12 trillion rupees from the current year’s plan of 10 trillion rupees. India’s electronics minister has made a case for lowering duty on mobile phone components. INVESTMENT SPENDING The government should

Pensioners under EPS-95 demand hike in minimum pension to Rs 7,500 per month; threaten to begin hunger strike

New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) Pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) of retirement fund manager EPFO on Tuesday threatened to go on a hunger strike demanding a hike in their minimum monthly pension to Rs 7,500. Presently, pensioners under EPS-95 of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) get a minimum monthly pension (entitlement) of Rs 1,000, as per rules implemented in September 2014. “Pensioners, led by the National Agitation Committee of EPS-95, will initiate a second indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in the national capital, demanding various benefits, including increasing the minimum pension to Rs 7,500 per month,”

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