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Guns N’ Roses (GNR) Bangalore Concert, Place Grounds November 7th 2009.

Guns N’ Roses Bangalore ConcertGuns N’ Roses (GNR) is planning a tour of India in November 2009.

The heavy rockers, fronted by Axl Rose, have signed on to perform at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore Nov 7, reported contactmusic.com.

‘It is true that we are bringing Guns N’ Roses to India. As of now, I can tell you that the Bangalore concert has been confirmed. We’re still in talks with people in Mumbai and Delhi, so let’s hope that works out. However, there is a good chance we can take the band to Shillong as well,’ said Raj Sinha, director of Rhapsody Inc., the company organising the Bangalore concert. (more…)

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) The Delhi Cabinet today approved enhanced pay package for around 4,000 employees of government power companies.

The Cabinet accepted the recommendations of a wage revision committee that suggested slightly better pay package for the power companies than the recommendations of the sixth Central Pay Commission, officials said. (more…)

Yielding no more than a Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) for the protesting IIT faculty, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday expressed his disapproval for the method and modes of protest being used by the faculty fora to protest against the revised pay notification issued for centrally funded institutions like IITs and IIMs last week. (more…)

Faculty members of all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will “strike” work on Thursday to press their demands for better pay and prospects. But is it a strike?

Call it a rose by another name. Faculty members of all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will “strike” work on Thursday to press their demands for better pay and prospects. It is a variety of action that is sure to make the recent behaviour of the much better paid Jet Airways pilots look shameful. But is it a strike? (more…)