Likely Rate of Dearness Allowance (DA) For July-Dec 2011

The Labour Bureau, Government of India has released All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for the month of May 2011. The value of the index for May 2011 is 187. Based on the figures of last relevant months the Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees is likely to be raised to 58% i.e. 7% increase over current rate of 51% if point to point inflation in June has not seen wild fluctuations.

The final figure however will be calculated by Aug and the formal orders will be issued in Sept 2011.

Chhattisgarh ambush: 2 BSF men, naxal killed

From IBNLive

Press Trust Of India

Jun 26, 2011

Raipur: Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were on Sunday killed and three others injured in a Naxal ambush in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, a top police official said, adding an ultra was also gunned down in the incident.

Kanker district Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhagat told PTI on phone that a joint patrolling team of the BSF and the district police from Koylibeda was ambushed near Sulangi village by around 150 naxals in which two BSF jawans--a head constable and a constable--were killed on the spot while three others, including a special police officer, were injured.

Bhagat said a naxal, suspected to be a commander-level officer, as he was wearing a cap with insignia, was killed in the retaliatory fire by the jawans, adding that the security personnel had recovered a 303 rifle and two IEDs from the spot of the incident.

The district police chief also said the security personnel had claimed that the ultras took away around ten of their comrades who were hit by the police bullets.

Bhagat also informed that additional police force had been rushed to the spot and the injured are being shifted to hospital.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chhattisgarh-ambush-2-bsf-men-naxal-killed/162855-3.html

BSF nabs B'deshi in Meghalaya

From The Times Of India
TNN | Jun 26, 2011
GUWAHATI: BSF personnel nabbed a Bangladeshi national from the Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district early on Saturday morning. An officer of the BSF's Assam-Meghalaya Frontier said the person, identified as Md Samim Khandukar, 37, was nabbed while he was trying to sneak into Bangladesh from India.

Samim is a resident of Cheragaon Majehali village in Sunamganj district of Bangladesh. BSF personnel found Indian currency worth Rs 93,850 and a cellphone with Bangladeshi SIM card on him.

Samim and the seized items has been handed over to the Meghalaya Police for legal action.

BSF troops deployed in Dhubri district of Assam and hilly areas of Meghalaya have seized 23 cows, country boat and other contraband items, in the past 24 hours. These items were being smuggled out to Bangladesh. The estimated cost of seized items stands at Rs 3,00,000. They have been handed over to the departments concerned for required action. 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/BSF-nabs-Bdeshi-in-Meghalaya/articleshow/8994061.cms