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July 29, 2012 10:37 AM

India detects Rs 565 crore worth undisclosed income in France

Income Tax authorities say, undisclosed income of Indians totalling 565 crore rupees has been detected in France. The figure was disclosed in the information that India received from France on Indians having bank accounts, under the exchange of information clause of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agr...

July 28, 2012 9:27 PM

Centre authorizes Assam govt. to deploy 11000 security personnel

The Centre has authorised the Assam government to deploy more than 11,000 paramilitary personnel in the violence-hit districts of the state and also dispatched a C-135 heavy lift aircraft with medical teams and supplies for relief work. 7,300 personnel of paramilitary forces have been deployed so fa...

July 28, 2012 9:14 PM

Antony reviews security situation in J&K

Defence Minister A K Antony accompanied by Army Chief General Bikram Singh is on a two-day visit in Srinagar to review security situation in the Valley. Defence Minister and army chief will also interact with troops deployed in the forward locations in the state. Defence minister is accompanied by U...

July 28, 2012 8:49 PM

India raises visa issue with UK

New Delhi has raised with the UK, the issue of visa problems being faced by its professionals and the way they are affecting bilateral trade and investments. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma touched upon the issue at a meeting with British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and S...

July 28, 2012 5:26 PM

Looking at increasing defence trade with India: US

The US says it is looking to increase defence trade with India and will seek to address any concern of New Delhi in this regard. Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Andrew J Shapiro, who had led a US delegation to India for the joint Political Military Dialogue earl...

July 28, 2012 1:15 PM

Fishermen back home from Lanka

The 23 fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were freed by the Sri Lankan Navy returned to Mandapam, near Rameswaram, early today. The fishermen were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy last Saturday when they were fishing in Lankan waters after crossing the international maritime border.Meanwhile, fishermen...

July 28, 2012 10:41 AM

Govt mulls controlling patented drug prices

In an effort to make medicines affordable to the poor population, the Government is planning to control prices of expensive patented drugs. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai on Friday, Dilsher Singh Kalha, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, said the ...

July 28, 2012 10:40 AM

Won’t allow Centre to burden common man: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has categorically said that she would continue to raise her voices against any move to hike the prices of petroleum products by the Centre. Addressing a function at Bolpur in Birbhum district in West Bengal, she said her party would not allow the Centre to ...

July 28, 2012 10:40 AM

Number of AIDS patients decreasing: Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Union Minister of State for Health Sudip Bandyopadhyay has said that number of AIDS patients have come down in the country in the recent times. Addressing a gathering on arrival of Red Ribon Express to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS at Sealdah station in Kolkata on Friday, Bandyopadhyay said around 1,...

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