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August 31, 2010 2:14 PM
The government has introduced the much-awaited Direct Taxes Code Bill in the Lok Sabha which proposed to raise the exemption limit on Income Tax from the current 1.6 lakh rupees to two lakh rupees. The Bill, which seeks to replace the five-decade old Income Tax Act, 1961, was introduced by Finance M...
August 31, 2010 1:18 PM
The present situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the reported presence of Chinese troops in Gilgit and Baltistan in POK and refusal of Visa to an Indian Army General were taken up in the Rajya Sabha during the zero hour. Raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, Brinda Karat of CPIM urged the Centre to ...
August 31, 2010 1:14 PM
The Rajya Sabha has passed a Bill providing voting rights to Non-Resident Indians, NRIs. The Bill aims to provide voting rights to Indians, who have not acquired the citizenship of any other country. It also entitles them to register their names in the electoral rolls. The Bill was passed late on Mo...
August 31, 2010 1:14 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 12:48 PM
The Education Tribunal Bill has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha. Moving the Bill in the House, the Human Resource Development Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal said that the objective of the Bill is to set up Education Tribunals at the National and the State level for speedy resolution of matters relating...
August 31, 2010 12:46 PM
India has decided to increase by five times its assistance to Pakistan for flood relief from five million US dollars announced earlier to 25 million US dollars. In a Suo Moto statement in Lok Sabha today, the External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna said that 20 million US dollars out of the total...
August 31, 2010 12:43 PM
India has decided to increase by five times its assistance to Pakistan for flood relief from five million US dollars announced earlier to 25 million US dollars. In a Suo Moto statement in Lok Sabha today, the External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna said that 20 million US dollars out of the total...
August 31, 2010 12:07 PM
regard to 26 duped Indian labourersThe government has said that it is in close touch with Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur with regard to 26 duped Indian labourers who have been locked up in Malaysia. The External Affairs Ministry's spokesman Mr. Vishnu Prakash said that the High Commissi...
August 31, 2010 12:05 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 11:24 AM
All India Radio will launch a new F M services called AIR FM Delhi tomorrow to generate interest among the people for Commonwealth Games. Announcing this in New Delhi, Prasar Bharati CEO, B.S.Lalli said that the new channel will help in promoting sportsmen spirit among the youth in the country. The ...
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