Ruling out any sympathetic treatment to big borrowers on the basis of political considerations, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday expressed confidence that recovery of doubtful loans would be better in the coming months and punishment would
Twenty one states which have switched over to Value-Added Tax on Tuesday agreed to adopt uniform rates for industrial input, capital goods and essential commodities like medicines, salt, bread and PDS items.
The committee formed to review last year's contracts was scheduled to hold a meeting on October 19.
Bard of Blood works up several moments of intrigue and drama but falls short of culminating into a satisfying watch, says Sukanya Verma.
He claimed moral responsibility for the team's unsuccessful campaign in the AFC Cup.
A three-member committee will look into the effectiveness of last season's contracts and submit a report to the Board.
But, neither were the big companies interested in growing inorganically nor were the smaller ones ready to offer themselves for sale.
The Deodhar Trophy is scheduled to begin at various centres of the Central Zone later this month.
The ace off-spinner will leave for Melbourne next week to correct his bowling action under Bruce Elliot.
The slender 14-run first innings lead in the final against Bengal sufficed for Uttar Pradesh to claim their maiden Ranji Trophy crown.
The Zimbabwe side would comprise some Test players along with a bunch of promising cricketers.
National Awards jury head Sudhir Mishra explains why the films that won did.
The BCCI's Tours and Programmes and Fixtures Committee felt an NCA team lacks the experience to play at the inter-zonal tournament.
Mass agitations are not particularly uncommon in India. But a mass agitation led by an environment-related issue that has gone out of hand is not something that can be easily recalled.
Dissatisfied with the performance of 'weak' foreign squads, the BCCI is planning to include a side comprising National Cricket Academy trainees as the sixth team.
Finding that the draft common minimum programme was "inadequate", the central trade unions on Monday said it was not "acceptable" to them and laid out over a dozen demands to the new government headed by Prime Minster Manmohan Singh.
Gautam Dasgupta said that the tournament would help teams prepare for next year's U-19 World Cup
The decision to suspend Ganguly was taken after he breached the ICC Code of Conduct for the second match in succession.
'Even among scientists and technology mavens -- typically communities that tend to view the world through the lens of logos or reason and not mythos, there is a shiny-eyed enthusiasm for the mythical world,' says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
The empowered committee of state finance ministers on Monday said the Value-added Tax will be implemented from April 1, 2005, even if Uttar Pradesh does not fall in line.
Ravi Kant Shukla of Uttar Pradesh will lead India Under-19 team against Australia in a five-match ODI series
Sony Entertainment Television is understood to have approached the government for permission to acquire SET Satellite Singapore and consequently hike its total foreign shareholding to about 90 per cent.
Seeking to allay fears of the trading community, the Empowered Committee on Value Added Tax on Thursday said there would no 'inspection raj' when the new state-level tax regime comes into effect from April 2005.
Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag will lead India Seniors, India A and India B respectively in the tournament, in Mumbai from February 7 to 10.
The meeting of the Empowered Committee of Finance Ministers of States and Union Territories began with some states demanding that they be allowed to charge service tax on certain items pending a decision on the implementation of VAT.
All India Trade Union Congress General Secretary Gurudas Dasgupta said the Common Minimun Programme was 'inadequate' and not 'acceptable'.
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