-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: Campaigning for the December 4 assembly elections in Delhi ended on Monday with around 25 rallies and road shows being organised in the capital. The public engagement programmers included those by BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal. While the national capital was plastered with posters promising safety to women and the issue figures big in party...
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Women have better chances to win polls, study finds -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The success rate of Women Candidates in Lok Sabha elections has been coming down sharply over the years as more and more of them contest, but it still remains much higher than their male counterparts. The finding is part of an analysis by the Central Statistical Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation that has studied the pattern from the second general elections...
More »Quit tobacco if you want a govt job in Rajasthan -Syed Intishab Ali
-The Times of India JAIPUR: If you want a government job in Rajasthan, vow never to smoke cigarettes and chew gutka. The department of personnel has issued a circular to all government departments and district collectors to extract an undertaking from candidates to the effect that they do not smoke or consume gutka while in government service. A copy of the circular, issued on October 4, has been sent to the governor,...
More »For women, more education means salary discrimination at work -Chitra Unnithan
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: The more educated a woman, the higher the salary discrimination she faces at work, says a recent study by a faculty member of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). While women with no formal education earn more than their male counterparts, with an increase in educational qualification, the situation reverses. So women with basic education like advanced certificates or diplomas earn 10% less than equally qualified...
More »Women bank to be launched on Indira's birth anniversary -Sujay Mehdudia
-The Hindu The government has drawn up plans to launch country's first all women bank - Bharatiya Mahila Bank - on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. "We have asked the Election Commission for permission. The bank might be as well inaugurated on November 19. All work has been completed. But whether we can do it on November 19, whether we can do it in Delhi...
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