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July 22, 2010 2:29 PM

Govt clears PowerGrid FPO; to divest 10 pc stake

The government has approved disinvestment in transmission firm PowerGrid Corporation through a follow-on public offer to raise about 8,400 crore rupees.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday gave its nod to the 20 per cent follow-on offer (FPO) by PowerGrid. The company would issue 10...

July 22, 2010 2:08 PM

Cabinet clears fund for II phase of Unique Identification project

The government has given its green signal for the commencement of phase II of the unique project aimed at providing UID numbers to all residents of the country.The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues gave the approval for the funding to the tune of 3023 crore...

July 22, 2010 2:07 PM

Pranab proposes Goods and Services tax, both at Centre and State level

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed to have Goods and Services tax , GST, at the central and state level from April next year. Addressing the empowered Group of Ministers in New Delhi yesterday, Mr. Mukherjee also called for a three-tier structure for the implementation of GST. During the...

July 22, 2010 1:36 PM

Women BSF personnel now participate in Retreat ceremony at Attari border

The women BSF Personnel will now participate in the famed Retreat ceremony at Indo Pak Attari border. Having toned down the aggressive Gestures and stepping during the flag lowering ceremony, the BSF has introduced Women constables in the ceremony as an experiment and if successful it would become a...

July 22, 2010 1:36 PM

Govt clears Power Grid follow on public offer

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved the follow on public offer of power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., PGCIL for 84 crore 17 lakh 68 thousand two hundred and forty six equity shares of ten rupee each. The additional resources generated through the issue an SPO will be uti...

July 22, 2010 1:31 PM

67 Opposition MLAs suspended from Bihar Assembly as chaos prevails for 2nd day

Bihar Assembly Speaker Udai Narain Choudhry suspended 67 Opposition MLAs for the rest of the monsoon session as chaos prevailed in the House for the second day on Wednesday. State RJD President Abdul Bari Siddiqui and RJD deputy leader in the Assembly Shakeel Ahmed Khan were among those suspended. U...

July 22, 2010 10:06 AM

Congress reviews performance of J&K's coalition govt

The Congress Committee on Kashmir met in New Delhi last night the Party under the leadership of President Sonia Gandhi. It reviewed the performance of the state's coalition government, of which the party is a constituent, and extended complete support to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.Quoting par...

July 22, 2010 9:59 AM

HC directs Dow Chemicals to disclose its business interests in India

In Madhya Pradesh, the Jabalpur High Court has directed Dow Chemicals to disclose its assets, liabilities and other business interests in India and produce the Union Carbide's merger documents with the company by 17th August. A division bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice S C Sinha issued the d...

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