Jammu and Kashmir Government has increased dearness allowance (D.A. 8% ) to its employees with effect from January this year.

   Jammu and Kashmir Government has increased dearness allowance (DA) to its employees with effect from January this year.

   "The decision to this effect was taken yesterday at a meeting of the state cabinet. The employees, including work charges and whole time contingent paid employees working on regular time scale, will get DA with effect from January at the rate of 35 per cent instead of 27 per cent," an official spokesman said today.

   The DA accumulation with effect from January to June shall be credited into the respective GP fund accounts of the employees, he said, adding that the enhanced DA instalment shall be payable in cash along with the salary of the July.

   AI appeals to striking staff to rejoin duty

   Hit by the flash strike by a large number of staffers that led to cancellation of several flights, Air India management today appealed to the agitators to return to work at "this hour of crisis" following Saturday's air crash that claimed 158 lives.

   Confirming cancellation and delays of several flights across different regions, an official statement said Air India was "making every possible effort to maintain normalcy in operations".

   "The airline has been able to operate 116 of the 123 scheduled flights on the network till 1430 hours. While there have been four cancellations, some flights have been delayed or combined", it said.

   While flights from the major Metro cities have not been affected, there have been a few dislocations at some of the non-Metro airports, it said.