Fri Nov 28, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s much-anticipated Black Friday event offered consumers discounts on Mac computers, iPods and accessories at levels similar to years past, despite speculation about deeper price cuts.
Apple, a company renown for its marketing prowess, had stoked consumer excitement by announcing a one-day Black Friday “shopping event,” without giving any further details. (more…)
29 Nov 2008
MUMBAI: Security forces freed the landmark Taj hotel here after an intense night-long firing amid a series of explosions, with three terrorists gunned down by the commandos, authorities said this morning.
“Three terrorists have been killed but we are still continuing our operations,” Director General of NSG, J K Dutt, told reporters outside the hotel. (more…)
29 Nov 2008
The good news is the finance minister’s confidence in India’s growth story has been vindicated. For now! The economy clocked a reasonably robust GDP
growth of 7.6% in the second quarter.
Together with the first quarter GDP growth of 7.9%, that gives us a respectable 7.8% growth for the first half of 2008. At a time when most advanced economies are barely growing or have already tipped into a recession, that is certainly good news. (more…)
29 Nov 2008
NEW DELHI: Judges in the supreme court and high courts will now draw salaries almost three times higher than their present levels. The hike,
approved by the union cabinet this week, comes in the wake of an increase in salary for central government employees in line with the sixth pay commission recommendations. (more…)
Lucknow : Big buck awaits the state Government employees with the state cabinet formally endorsing the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission on Thursday.
Chief Minister Mayawati said the cabinet accepted the report of the pay parity committee set up in August. The new pay scale, which would benefit nearly 18 lakh state employees, will be applicable from December 1. (more…)
Rajendra Khatry
Nov 29, 2008 at 2255 hrs IST
Chandigarh: Disappointed with the delay in implementation of the 6th Pay Commission, the Haryana Karmachari Sangh has announced a rally in Rohtak on November 30.
The state Government employees are anxious over the non-implementation of the recommendations, despite the assurance given by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda that employees would get a hike soon. Meanwhile the IAS officers in the state availed a fat hike in their salaries two months ago. (more…)