Amidst panic in the stock market over double tax avoidance treaty with Mauritius, the government on Monday said India "cannot impose arbitrarily" capital gains tax on investment routed through the island nation. "How can you
Under attack by the Opposition over rape incidents in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Mayawati has called a high-level meet of state officials on June 27 and also announced amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrP) making harsher provisions fo
Land acquisition for Posco`s mega steel plant in Orissa`s Jagatsinghpur, which was to have resumed on June 17 and remained stalled, was again put off on Monday not because of the
The supreme court has denied bail of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case here today. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and B S Chauhan gave the verdict after hearing arguments for t
A detailed national inventory of wetlands has been prepared on the basis of satellite imagery by ISRO, highlighting areas of critical ecological significance and those which are facing extreme threat due to developmental activities.
Irom Sharmila Chanu`s ongoing fast demanding for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) is over a decade old. However, it has failed to evoke any response from the government. The National Alliance of People`s Movements (NAPM) i
BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has alleged that half of India`s black money stashed in Swiss banks belonged to ministers, leaders and supporters of the Congress party. The BJP leader, while talking to reporters last night, also alleged that t
The 10-member drafting committee on Lokpal Bill failed to arrive at a consensus in its final meeting on Tuesday. Representatives of the civil society and the government exchanged their drafts, which showed that differences on key issues pe
The Delhi University`s under graduate admission process this year is like playing musical chairs, says Pratibha Jolly, the principal of Miranda House college. With no pre-admission forms and five cut off lists, colleges are playing it safe by fill
The government chose to paint a rosy picture of the income despite high inflation concerns. In fact, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee believes that there will be an encore of the growth show of 2010-2011 inthe current fiscal year. “
Eighty-five out of 134 medicine sale outlets inspected by the drug controller general of India (DCGI) in Delhi and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan last week were selling prohibited drugs, according to the health ministry. The central drugs standard c
The CBI on Friday opposed in the supreme court the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and co-accused Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G case on the ground that if released, they could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. In an affi
Delhi police on Friday justified in the supreme court its midnight crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters protesting against corruption and black money at the Ramlila Maidan here, saying permission had been given only to hold a yoga
Congress poster-boy Rahul Gandhi`s birthday will be celebrated as farmers` rights day, the party has announced. With a view to garner support of the rural masses, Congress is planning to celebrate Rahul Gandhi`s birthday by holding a `chau
Armed Maoists burned down an office of Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation (BSBCC) at Sheohar and two trucks at Gaya district in Bihar at the fag end of a 24-hour shut down that ended midnight last night. Police said today over 50
While the beleaguered Air India is soon to witness a mass exodus of its most dedicated lot of pilots and agitation against non-payment of salary, the national carrier`s Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav has tried to
While the beleaguered Air India is soon to witness a mass exodus of its most dedicated lot of pilots and agitation against non-payment of salary, the national carrier`s Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav has tried to
Waste-to-energy incinerators, scheduled to come up in Delhi by the end of this year, pose a threat to the livelihoods of the city`s wastepickers, according to a new report Chintan, a city-based NGO. `Waste-to-energy or waste-of-energy?`, r
After being skewered by the union HRD minister and others alike for posting a 100 percent cut off for non-commerce students, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) found some succour on Thursday as applications poured in from students who meet the th
At least eight neglected monuments will soon get a face-lift with the World Bank funded Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP) taking up their conservation work. "The eight monuments having historical and maritime importan
