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Budget: Excise duty hiked from 10 pc to 12 pc
This hike in excise duty means auto companies now have to pay excise tax of 24 per cent.
FM sets divestment target at Rs 30,000 cr
The divestment target has been cut to Rs 30,000 crore, as against Rs 40,000 crore each in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
Uriyampetty- A tribal hamlet in dire straits
KOCHI: The 77 tribal families of Uriyampetty colony in Kuttampuzha panchayat are a disgruntled lot. Their dissatisfaction has grow..
MK blames Centre for Koodankulam crisis
SANKARANKOIL: DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi on Thursday declared that he would even go to the extent of immolating himself if ..
Hold UT civic polls in 6 months
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Election Commissioner to hold elections to the local bodies in Puducherry within s..
Lankan Tamils held with fake passports
TIRUCHY: The Delhi police on Thursday brought here two Lankan Tamils, who were arrested after they tried to fly to France with fak..
Third gen iPad hits Indian markets today
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The much-touted Apple iPad, popularly known as iPad 3 or iPad HD, will be available at Apples retail stores a..
Stamps Department to collect record revenue
BANGALORE: After a slide for three consecutive years owing to economic slowdown, the Department of Stamps and Registration may rec..
Seminar on challenges in administration
BANGALORE: A two-day Seminar on Challenges in Administration for Futuristic Training Requirements, under the aegis of the ..
Bangalore: vacate Russell Market, BBMP to vendors
Vendors at Russell Market, who have collected money to renovate their gutted shops are shocked.
Possessive Rineesh doubted his wife
KOCHI: Rineesh killed Srilatha over doubts that she had affairs with other men. Her relatives told the police that Rineesh had com..
Intelligence SI outside office irks Deputy CM
HYDERABAD: A sub-inspector of the intelligence wing was in a tight spot when deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha summoned ..
Jaya Bachchan, others to file nomination for RS
As many as 58 seats are set to fall vacant in Rajya Sabha on April 2, 2012.
Rs 1 crore cash seized from TDP leaders house
NELLORE: Two town police on Thursday seized Rs 1 crore cash, which was unaccounted for, from the house of TDP leader and former co..
Button fastest in rain-hit Aus GP practice
Meanwhile, reigning world champion Vettel was curiously off the pace in both sessions.
Probe officer gathering files signed by Mittal
HYDERABAD: An enquiry has been ordered into the alienation of lands in favour of influential persons by IAS officer Naveen Mittal ..