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November 15, 2015 12:57 PM

Govt to allow foreign defence firms to appoint agents: Manohar Parrikar

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that to ensure transparency, foreign defence firms will have to upfront mention the reasonable remuneration to be paid to their agents . The companies won't be allowed to dole out any bonus or success fees,he further added. Agents do not mean mid...

November 15, 2015 12:56 PM

Arun Jaitley to meet heads of PSU banks on November 23

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet heads of Public Sector banks on November 23rd to discuss various issues, including bad loans and credit flow to productive sectors of the economy.<br/> <br/>The performance review meeting of public sector banks(PSBs)will also review Indradhanush pl...

November 15, 2015 12:51 PM

Swachh Bharat cess: PAN card gets costlier by Re 1

With the imposition of the Swachh Bharat cess from today, getting a new Permanent Account Number (PAN) card for income tax purposes has become costlier .Under revised charges, a PAN card, issued by the Income Tax department will now be costing 107 rupees instead of 106 rupees.<br/><br/>T...

November 15, 2015 12:47 PM

Centre seeks report from UP govt on acid attack on a Russian girl in Varanasi

Centre has sought a report from Uttar Pradesh government over the incident of acid attack on a Russian girl. In a tweet, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, she has sought a report on the incident, which took place in Varanasi on Friday. The accused in the case Siddharth Srivastava has alr...

November 15, 2015 8:57 AM

Auction of mines to commence this month: Narendra Singh Tomar

Union Minister for Steel and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar has said that auction of mines in various states under the new mining policy will commence this month. He said the auction will be transparent and corruption free. <br/><br/>Mr Tomar told reporters in Coimbatore that the process has...

November 15, 2015 8:54 AM

BJP issues clarification, says Shah's remarks 'distorted' by media

BJP has clarified that party president Amit Shah never said that people should leave politics after 60 years of age. In a statement, party said, Mr Shah's comments have been distorted and quoted out of context by the media. <br/><br/>BJP came out with the clarification after reports...

November 15, 2015 8:52 AM

Govt to expand FM coverage up to 65%: Rajyavardhan Rathore

The FM radio coverage is expected to increase to 65 per cent of the area in the country in next two years. <br/><br/>Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore told reporters in Hyderabad that presently FM radio covers 45 per cent of the area in the cou...

November 15, 2015 8:41 AM

Swacch Bharat cess: 4.35% hike in upper class Railway fares from today

Railway fares for travel in the upper class categories will go up by 4.35 per cent from today. Passenger have to pay, the newly-levied Swachh Bharat cess of 0.5 per cent more in service tax. <br/><br/>According to a rail ministry circular, fares will go up by 4.35 per cent for First Clas...

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