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August 31, 2010 5:06 PM
The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee has said that the protocol signed with Switzerland on Monday will provide for exchange of information regarding banking transactions and ownership. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha today, Mr Mukherjee said the information exchanged is to be used for tax p...
August 31, 2010 3:00 PM
The proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were disrupted today after the AIADMK raised the 2-G spectrum issue seeking resignation of the Telecom Minister Mr. A. Raja. The DMK members strongly reacted to the demand leading to noisy scenes and heated exchange of words between the Treasury and Opposition benc...
August 31, 2010 2:57 PM
The Supreme Court today asserted that it had ordered free distribution of food grains to the poor instead of allowing them to rot in go downs .The court told the government counsel that it was not a suggestion as made out by Agriculture Minister Mr Sharad Pawar but it was an order. Referring to news...
August 31, 2010 2:56 PM
The President Mrs. Pratibha Devising Patil urged the states to work in close coordination with the Centre for the growth and development of Micro Small and Medium scale Industries in the country. 54 per cent of these industries are located in rural areas. Addressing an award distribution function in...
August 31, 2010 2:56 PM
BJP today asked the government to call an All Party meeting for preparing an action plan to bring back black money deposited in the Swiss banks. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, the Party spokesman Prakash Javdekar said that government's intention is not clear on this issue and it wants...
August 31, 2010 2:33 PM
The leader of Lok Sabha and Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee has said that the final decision on inclusion of caste in census will be decided in the next meeting of the Cabinet. He was responding to the issue raised by Sharad Yadav of the JD(U) and Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi party in t...
August 31, 2010 2:32 PM
Admitting that China has been showing more than normal interest in the Indian Ocean affairs, India today said that it is closely monitoring the Chinese intentions and developments in the region. The External Affairs Minister, Mr S M Krishna assured the Lok Sabha today that appropriate measures will ...
August 31, 2010 2:32 PM
The Lok Sabha was adjourned ten minutes before the lunch following uproar over the non-lifting of 40 lakh tonnes of rice from Punjab by Food Corporation of India (FCI). Raising the matter, Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal said that the rice is of good quality and alleged that the ...
August 31, 2010 2:14 PM
BlackBerry makers Research In Motion, RIM, has agreed for lawful access to its services by India's security agencies. According to an official release, RIM, a Canada based company, has given certain proposals in this regard which will be operationalised immediately. It was also decided that the...
August 31, 2010 2:14 PM
India and Switzerland have signed a protocol that will enable exchange of information on tax evaders, considered a must for getting details on unaccounted funds stashed away by Indians in Swiss banks. The protocol which amends the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between the two countrie...
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