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  OROP row: Veterans seek President intervention

  India | August 29, 2015 23:55 IST

  New Delhi: The government tonight said it has "significantly narrowed down" the gaps with the agitating ex- servicemen but held out no concrete assurances over 'One Rank One Pension' even as the veterans sought President

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  Ex-servicemen meet Rajnath Singh, seek early implementation of OROP

  Politics | August 28, 2015 22:42 IST

  New Delhi: A delegation of ex-servicemen today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to impress upon the government to implement the 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) scheme as early as possible.The delegation gave

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  Pak calls India external threat, Aurangzeb Road to be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Road: Top News Headlines

  India | August 28, 2015 22:11 IST

  Indrani Mukerjea had troubled childhood; stepfather sexually molested herNew Delhi: As the layers in Sheena Bora case is being uncovered with every passing moment, the murder mystery is getting murkier with every bit of it.

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  PMO directly involved in efforts to resolve OROP issue: Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | August 28, 2015 18:06 IST

  New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office is "directly involved" in the efforts to resolve the One-Rank-One-Pension (OROP) issue and the government is working to fill in the "small gaps" in it, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

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  Arms procurement: Manohar Parrikar to chair DAC meet; 7 other events of the day!

  India | August 28, 2015 10:05 IST

  1. Arms procurement: Manohar Parrikar to chair DAC meetNew Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will today chair a crucial Defence Acquisition Council meeting during which some significant decisions on procurements would be taken. Since the

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  OROP stir: No breakthrough yet, two more veterans hospitalised

  India | August 28, 2015 4:53 IST

  New Delhi:  The 74th day of agitation over delay in One Rank, One Pensionon thursday started on a hopeful note for veterans but there was no breakthrough by evening even as talks at different level

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  Army called in to control widespread Gujarat violence; 2 US journalists shot dead on TV: Top 5 News Headlines

  India | August 26, 2015 21:39 IST

  Patel quota row: 5 killed in violence; Army called inAhmedabad:  Army was called in today to help control widespread violence sparked by quota agitation by Patel community in Gujarat which has claimed five lives even

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  OROP: Ex-servicemen dismiss govt's proposal, deadlock on 3 points

  India | August 26, 2015 18:10 IST

  New Delhi: A final solution to the 'One Rank One Pension' row remained out of reach despite hectic back channel talks, as the protesting ex-servicemen today rejected government's formula saying an attempt was being made

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  OROP: Veterans trying to meet central ministers

  India | August 26, 2015 4:39 IST

  New Delhi:  Representatives of ex-servicemen on Tuesday said they were trying to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to discuss the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue.The veterans met Army chief

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  OROP negotiations continue, no breakthrough, protest to go on

  India | August 26, 2015 4:29 IST

  New Delhi:  Negotiations over 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) continued on Tuesday as two ex-servicemen on a fast-unto-death were in hospital, while another refused to leave the protest venue even as his health deteriorated.The veterans

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  Rajnath Singh meets Manohar Parrikar, Doval, RSS leaders

  Politics | August 26, 2015 1:23 IST

  New Delhi:  A high-level dinner meeting was today held at Home Minister Rajnath Singh's house which was attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, NSA Ajit Doval and senior RSS leaders.There was no official word on

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  OROP row: Ex-serviceman on fast shifted to hospital

  India | August 24, 2015 21:02 IST

  New Delhi: The ‘One Rank One Pension' row escalated today with Col Pushpendra Singh (Retd), on a fast-unto-death for the last eight days demanding its immediate implementation, being shifted to Army hospital here after his

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  Arun Jaitley to inaugurate 2-Day Tax Conference today

  India | August 24, 2015 10:11 IST

  Arun Jaitley to inaugurate 2-Day Tax Conference todayNew Delhi: Top indirect tax officials will meet here for two days from Monday to discuss issues related to taxpayers services, ease of doing business, GST and Centre's

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  Union Minister V K Singh's daughter joins OROP protest

  Politics | August 23, 2015 13:51 IST

  Ministry of External Affairs ( MOS) and former army chief V. K Singh's daughter today joined the protest against delay in implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and urged

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  Delhi top cop in OROP stir crackdown transferred

  India | August 21, 2015 20:45 IST

  New Delhi:  In a major reshuffle, the Delhi Lt Governor on Thursday transferred 35 police officials including Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Vijay Singh, who was involved in the crackdown on agitating armyveterans demanding One-Rank-One-Pension

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  OROP agitation: Protestors refuse to end fast unto death

  India | August 20, 2015 15:48 IST

  New Delhi:  Despite government overtures, three ex-servicemen on a fast unto death on the 'One Rank One Pension' issue refused on Wednesday to end their protest. Ex-servicemen are likely to hold more protests even as

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  OROP: Ex-servicemen to wait till August 26 before scaling up protest

  India | August 19, 2015 18:24 IST

  New Delhi: Ex-servicemen agitating on the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue have decided to wait till August 26 before scaling up their protest, after government made fresh attempts to reach out to the veterans."We

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  Modi government has money for poll-bound Bihar but not for ex-servicemen: AAP

  Politics | August 19, 2015 1:24 IST

  New Delhi:  Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with being oblivious of the demands of ex-servicemen protesting the non-implementation of 'One Rank One Pension', saying the Centre had money for poll-bound

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  OROP: Delhi Police regrets Aug 14 crackdown on protesting ex-servicemen

  India | August 18, 2015 20:12 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Police today expressed regret to agitating ex-servicemen for trying to forcefully remove them from protest site near Jantar Mantar on August 14.Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police MK Meena today visited the protest

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  PM Modi gives Rs 1.65 lakh cr to Bihar but won't give Rs 8k cr for OROP: Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | August 18, 2015 16:58 IST

  Amethi:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government, saying that it worked only for the sake of capitalists.Accusing the Centre of double standards on the One-Rank, One-Pension scheme, the