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| India, Sri Lanka arrest 46 fishermen Posted: 29 Feb 2008 03:01 AM CST The Indian Coast Guard Friday arrested 21 Sri Lankan fishermen, off the coast of Karaikal in Puducherry. |
| Highlights of Indian Budget 2007-08 Posted: 28 Feb 2008 11:32 PM CST The highlights of the Indian budget for 2008-09 presented by Finance Minister P. Chidamabaram in the Lok Sabha Friday: |
| Excise cuts may make cars, two-wheelers cheaper Posted: 29 Feb 2008 05:00 AM CST Cars and two-wheelers could become cheaper with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Friday giving excise concessions to the Indian automotive industry in his budget for 2008-09. |
| Chidambaram set to present India's national budget Posted: 28 Feb 2008 11:00 PM CST Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was Friday all set to present his seventh national budget Friday amid concerns over economic slowdown and a push for reforms suggested by the economic survey unveiled a day earlier. |
| For Sujatha, writing was a love affair: Kamal Haasan Posted: 29 Feb 2008 10:33 AM CST Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, who was close to late Tamil writer Sujatha, says the author considered writing 'a continuing love affair'. |
| More Highlights of Indian budget : Posted: 29 Feb 2008 12:30 AM CST National health insurance for poor introduced |
| 'Jodhaa Akbar' screening resumes in Madhya Pradesh Posted: 29 Feb 2008 02:02 AM CST The screening of the Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai starrer 'Jodhaa Akbar' restarted in Madhya Pradesh Friday. |
| Fashion industry becoming more responsive towards aspirants Posted: 29 Feb 2008 03:30 AM CST The sponsor of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW), the ITC group, has joined hands with two new fashion institutes to hone budding talents and offer them jobs. |
| Indian sports get Rs.11 bn budget Posted: 29 Feb 2008 07:00 AM CST Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Friday allocated Rs.1,111.81 crore (Rs.11.12 billion/$280 million) as total sports budget for 2008-09, an overall raise of Rs.254.34 crore over last year, with a special provision for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. |
| Loan waiver not in bank shareholders' interest Posted: 29 Feb 2008 08:03 AM CST The Rs.600 billion ($15 billion) farm loan waiver announced by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the union budget Friday was a 'retrograde step' when it came to the corporate governance of banks, an expert with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) said. |
| More Highlights of Indian budget : Posted: 29 Feb 2008 12:00 AM CST Midday meal scheme for schoolchildren to get Rs.80 billion |
| Huge growth potential for animation in India: British expert Posted: 29 Feb 2008 03:01 AM CST Animation in India is still in the nascent stage but with huge growth potential in the domestic market the discipline has a good future in the country, British author and animation studies teacher Chris Webster has said. |
| Was Maran, Jayalalitha's messenger to Gandhi? Posted: 29 Feb 2008 08:30 AM CST Former cabinet minister Dayanidhi Maran, who is now in the bad books of uncle and mentor DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, reportedly met Congress president Sonia Gandhi this week. According to Congress party sources, Maran wanted Gandhi to tell the Tamil Nadu chief minister not to harass him. |
| Budget fails to address Maoist menace: Raman Singh Posted: 29 Feb 2008 08:31 AM CST Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh flayed the union budget presented Friday, saying there was no provision for a joint action-plan to deal with the Maoist problem, which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had identified as the biggest internal security threat. |
| Indian IT industry dissatisfied with budget Posted: 29 Feb 2008 11:01 AM CST The Indian IT and ITeS industry across all sectors Friday felt let down by the national budget for 2008-09, finding little in it to boost growth prospects. |
| More Highlights of Indian budget : Posted: 29 Feb 2008 12:00 AM CST Government to raise additional resources worth Rs.100 billion |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2008 02:30 AM CST India's elderly got special mention in Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's budget speech Friday. He announced the launch of a national programme on ageing and the setting up of two national institutes of ageing in the country. |
| Audi for hole-in-one on Simulator Posted: 29 Feb 2008 06:02 AM CST Golf tournaments often offer a luxury car as a prize for an ace - a hole-in-one. This time around at the Johnnie Walker Classic, Xerox, one of the sponsors, have put up an Audi for a hole-in-one. |
| IT honchos slam budget for ignoring industry demands Posted: 29 Feb 2008 12:31 PM CST Honchos of Indian IT industry Friday slammed the union budget for not extending tax holiday and increasing excise duty on packaged software and levying service tax on customised software. |
| Entertainment industry unhappy with national budget Posted: 29 Feb 2008 11:01 AM CST Although Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that India will through its arts and culture be projected as 'soft power' and allocated Rs.750 million ($18 million) for the purpose, the media and entertainment industry was not so happy with the budget. |
| Across India, they decry unruly MPs Posted: 28 Feb 2008 11:01 PM CST Doctors, academics, police officers, company executives, activists... There is widespread anger amomg people across the length and breadth of India over the unending disruption of parliament by unruly MPs. |
| More Highlights of Indian budget : Posted: 29 Feb 2008 02:02 AM CST No income tax on annual earnings of Rs.150,000 |
| India, US agree on time-bound steps to expand high-tech trade Posted: 29 Feb 2008 12:31 PM CST Despite uncertainty over the nuclear deal, India and the US Friday agreed on 'a series of time-bound actions' that will bring the level of their high technology trade in tune with their growing strategic partnership. |
| More Highlights of Indian budget : Posted: 29 Feb 2008 12:01 AM CST Farm growth disappointing at 2.6 percent |
| Budget draws mixed reactions in Madhya Pradesh Posted: 29 Feb 2008 11:01 AM CST Lauding the union budget for 2008-09, Madhya Pradesh's main opposition Congress Friday said it would check inflation but the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticised it saying it would only add to the common man's woes. |
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