Chawla asks Maharashtra voters to go along with family to polling boothOctober 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has said that voters should go with their families at polling booths in order to prevent bogus voting. "It is necessary because the ration cards in Maharashtra do not carry photos of the family members.
Coca-Cola says Chinese ex-employee detained by police in what reports call bribery probeSeptember 13th, 2009 Coca-Cola says Chinese ex-employee in police probeBEIJING — A former employee of a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant in China has been detained by police, a company official said Sunday, amid news reports that the person was being investigated for allegedly accepting bribes of almost $1.5 million.
Dont be late - now biometric scanners in home ministrySeptember 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hoping to ensure timely attendance of employees, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday inaugurated a Biometric Attendance Control System (BACS) that has been installed in the offices of the ministry at North Block, Jaisalmer House and Lok Nayak Bhawan.
Armed men loot Rs.1.24 mn in DelhiAugust 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three armed men Saturday looted Rs.1.24 million from a hospital employee on his way to a bank here, police said. M.L. Raut, an employee of Batra hospital in south Delhi, along with a guard was going to the Oriental Bank of Commerce in the area when he was attacked by three motorcycle riders.
What unearthed MCD's fake employees scandalJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday said the discovery of thousands of bogus employees in the civic body was made possible due to biometric attendance systems. Nearly 45,000 of MCD employees are said to be existing only on the paper and are not traceable, according to reports.
Will identify bogus employees soon, says embarrassed MCDJune 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After it was revealed that a huge chunk of employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) were fake, civic body's standing committee chairperson Vijender Gupta Tuesday said the bogus work force will be identified soon. "We have more than 100,000 employees but there was no streamlined system to check how many were actually working.
CBI books insurance official for fraudJune 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged a divisional manager of the United India Insurance Company with fraud, the agency said Monday. The charge against Babu Lal Kohli, who currently heads the company's divisional office at Sikar in Rajasthan, was that while working in a similar capacity in Delhi, he had collected premiums from several people and had issued them cover notes but had neither deposited their copies nor the money with the company, a CBI statement said.
IRS auditing Tribune Co. employee stock ownership planMay 13th, 2009 IRS auditing Tribune employee stock planCHICAGO — The Internal Revenue Service is auditing a Tribune Co. deal involving its employee stock ownership plan, a major piece of Sam Zell's plan to take his media company private.
With ad revenue declining, Newark Star-Ledger to reduce employee benefits, salariesMay 9th, 2009 Newark Star-Ledger announces salary, benefit cutsNEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey's largest newspaper says it will reduce employee salaries and no longer cover the entire cost of employee health insurance.
Poll process in Delhi slum to be videographedMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The polling process in a slum area of North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, where over 1,300 shanties were gutted in fire a fortnight ago, will be videographed to prevent bogus voting on May 7, Delhi's chief electoral officer (CEO) Tuesday said. 'To prevent bogus voting, proper arrangements have been made to videograph the process,' Satbir Silas Bedi said.
World Bank says employee who works in DC likely had swine flu after Mexico tripApril 30th, 2009 World Bank: DC employee likely has swine fluWASHINGTON — Some employees of the World Bank in Washington are being asked to work from home after one of their colleagues was preliminarily diagnosed with swine flu. The bank said Thursday that the man is believed to have been exposed to the illness while traveling in Mexico for business from April 13 to 18.
Weyerhaeuser suspends company matches to employee, executive 401k retirement plansApril 22nd, 2009 Weyerhaeuser suspends 401k retirement matchesFEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Weyerhaeuser is suspending company matches to employee 401k retirement plans.
Figures on black money abroad are bogus: PMApril 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday described as 'bogus' the figures Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani has furnished of black money Indians have allegedly stashed away abroad, saying the party suffered from 'bankruptcy in economic thinking'.
G4S enters Limca Book of RecordsApril 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - G4S, the leading professional security organization in India, has entered the prestigious Limca Book of Records by making a new record. The Limca Book of Records has awarded a certification to G4S, stating, "G4S India, the leading security and related services provider, employing 1,30,000 people across 180 offices, has retained its first employee, Hari Singh Negi ( DOJ Oct 1, 1989), Vice President, Administration and the 1,00,000th employee S Srinivasana (DOJ July 27, 2006), Data Entry Operator."
This new Indian record by G4S will feature in the 2009 Edition of Limca Book of Records.
Metro employee dragged between two stations, survivesFebruary 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi Metro employee had a miraculous escape Friday night after he was dragged from one station to another with his hand stuck in the closed doors of the train. Satendra Kumar Jaiswal, 23, was facilitating commuters in boarding and deboarding trains at the busy Rajiv Chowk Metro station, when his hand was caught in the closing doors of a train at 7.30 p.m., according to Delhi Metro officials.
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