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New Delhi, Feb 27 (UNI) The Supreme Court today upheld the appointment of 5,500 Assam police constables. A bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and V S Sirpurkar set aside the impugned judgement of Gauhati High Court dated December 6, 2006 quashing the selection process of these police constables. The apex court allowed the appeals of the selected candidates and the state goverment against t..

The Dubai Court of Misdemeanour sentenced 45 Indian workers to six months in jail each for endangering public security and damaging properties during a labour strike for protesting against their low salaries. The court said in its ruling which was pronounced on Thursday that the 45 accused (in three separate cases) will be deported after serving their jail terms. A news site reported that t..

The Government would be ready with a draft of national labour training policy within two months to strengthen the country's skilled workforce. This was decided at a two-day national consultation organised by Ministry of Labour and Employment, Indian Labour Organisation(ILO)in collaboration with Korea University of Technology and Education. Experts met in New Delhi on Thursday for two days ..

The All-India Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourers (Base: 1986-87=100) for January, 2008 remained stationary at 413 (Four hundred and thirteen) points while it increased by 1 point to stand at 414 (Four hundred and fourteen) points for Rural Labourers. The rise/fall in index varied from State to State. In the case of Agricultural Labourers, 9 States reflected an increase in in..

Bahrain's Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi has ordered to set up a committee Headed by Under-Secretary Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulla Al Khalifa to resolve the ongoing strike of Asian workers, including Indians, in the country. According to a Bahraini newspaper, Bahrain's Labour Minister has admitted that most of the agitating workers are being paid far less than BD 100, but are party to ex..