Rajbaris are a link to Bengal's rich past, of grand mansions, classical fine dining, and allow guests to be pretend zamindars for those few hours or days that they stay.
Indrani is in a buoyant and energetic frame of mind these days -- in a full-on Mood Positive. She has a tell-all book titled Unbroken out, that she terms as an 'eet ka jawab kalam se' and appears in media interviews all over the place, when she is not kick-boxing, doing yoga, or travelling, visiting temples, or floating in shikaras on Srinagar's Dal Lake.
'Our brave Indian soldiers don't reply to raining of bricks with mere sticks, they do so with iron rods'
The decision to renovate the memorial was taken by Rajnath Singh when he visited Leh in June 2021. Renovation commenced in mid-July and the complex was ready within three months for inauguration on the 59th anniversary of the battle.
A playlist of 10 'so bad it's good' songs, our hostile neighbours will regret the day they decided to take panga.
There has been considerable discussion during the past few years about the Government changing from the EEE to EET Tax regime related to tax saving financial products. The acronyms have a simple expansion: Exempt -- Exempt -- Exempt and Exempt -- Exempt -- Tax. With the upcoming Budget expected to give some direction on this issue, its time we understood what these terms mean and their impact on our pockets.
Sheilu Sreenivasan, founder president, Dignity Foundation, an NGO that works for the cause and care of the elderly, said "Our biggest worry is not what the government is going to give to senior citizens, but what it is going to take away from them."
Here is a brief review of the various Budget provisions, in their order of merit or demerit, as they impact individual taxpayers.
Pursuant to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's budget announcement, a roadmap to streamline tax structure on all saving instruments will be rolled out next month.
The report mentioned that the government spends 2.2 per cent of the GDP on pension bill.
Gadkari said in an apparent reference to the Pathankot terror strike that Pakistan was waging a "proxy" war against India.
Taxation has played spoilsport despite double digit returns.
The overall message to the middle class is: the days of freebies are over.
Withdrawals from EPF and NPS to have same tax rates.
Pawan Kumar, organising secretary of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), tells Aditi Phadnis it will join forces with other trade unions if necessary to oppose the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) provisions in the Union Budget.
'The rate of interest from the EPF is still attractive compared to the rates on fixed deposits, National Savings Scheme, Public Provident Fund...'
These plans aren't likely to put substantial cash in your hands.
Sandeep Shanbhag, a chartered accountant and director of Wonderland Consultants, a tax and financial advisory firm, discussed the impact of Budget proposals in a chat with Rediff.com's readers.
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