"There is no need for us to investigate that Pakistan is a terror state. We already know it is. I request the government that status quo should not continue and it should explore options," Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar said.
A crucial meeting of the empowered committee on state-level value added tax will be held in New Delhi on Tuesday to thrash out the problems that have stalled the implementation of the system from April 1.\n\n\n\n
Petronet LNG Ltd, which will become India's first LNG importer when Qatari RasGas' cargo lands at its Dahej import terminal in January next, has planned an initial public offering of equity shares in the same month.
Oracle India and Hewlett Packard India would jointly set up a e-governance Centre of Excellence in Gurgaon to support and provide a platform for e-governance applications in the country.
Arundhuti Dasgupta finds herself surrounded by Greek legends and fables in the mythical centre of the world.
In an apparent climb-down from its earlier stance, the Empowered Committee on value-added tax on Monday gave in to the Centre's plan for a nationwide VAT implementation.
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The Lok Sabha will have a sitting on Saturday, despite being a Saturday, notwithstanding strong demands by several members of Parliament, leaders and ministers against it
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With states agreeing to implement value-added tax from April, government on Monday pegged two rates of 10 and 12.5 per cent, while assuring full compensation for any revenue loss in the first year.
The BJP is still short of the halfway mark of 123 in the 245-member House, but can now muster a 'working' majority with help of allies, friendly parties, some Independents and nominated members.
While household toilets are only one part of the large challenge for the government, having liquid and solid waste management facilities, along with water delivery across the entire country, is a trickier one.
'Fear of the Other stalks our lives as it did in ancient times and the mobs are just as easy to incite as it was then,' says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
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In his nearly 80-minute long speech on the first day of the three-day conclave, Bhagwat also asserted that RSS is "most democratic" and not dictatorial, insisting that it neither imposes its ideology nor remote-controls its various affiliates, apparently rejecting criticism that the Bharatiya Janata Party is controlled by it.
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An investigation by the government into whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc violated local investment rules in 2010 has been referred to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), officials familiar with the matter said.
A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media.
'As a society, why are we not talking about the one thing because of which we are born today?'
The agreement received post-facto approval of the Union Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. The accord would allow the designated carriers of India and Abu Dhabi to have 50,000 seat-capacity each week.
Fake news, much like the golden deer in the Ramayana, is leading the world into chaos, says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
'In the next five years both online and TV viewership will grow and complement each other.'
A new found love for world music is compelling enough to make individuals travel.
Growing trees means much more than strewing seeds around; it takes an understanding of local climatic conditions, indigenous strains and partnership with local communities.
Modi will also need to reconcile market demands with those from forces within his own administration
The state is now under pressure to revise the salaries of its 800,000 employees, which would add to the strain of an already debt-laden state exchequer.
Objections were being raised by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh, Communist Party of India's Gurudas Dasgupta, Dinesh Trivedi (Trinamool Congress) and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy over the deal, each of whom had shot off separate letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The advisory body had not met for the past three years.
It's been eight months since East Bengal triumphed in the Federation Cup but the age-old Kolkata club is yet to get the prize money for winning the tournament, thanks to dilly dallying on part of the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
Sushil Kumar Modi, who ceased to be Bihar Finance Minister following the JD (U)-BJP split, on Monday resigned as Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers looking into the implementation of the proposed new indirect tax regime - Goods and Services Tax (GST).
'Politicians have long appropriated the hero turned god as their totem, but never before with the ferocious intensity of the present regime,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
As politicians fast to score brownie points, they should know that not every fast has a desirable ending, says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Probodh Panda and Atul Kumar Anjaan are among 39 candidates declared by the Communist Party of India for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the party said that it would fight on 60 seats in 24 states.
Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh refuses to 'retreat in the face of threats'.
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