It emphasised that agricultural infrastructure needs considerable investments and hence Section 80IA benefits must be extended to all such investments like IT infrastructure, computers, VSAT, solar panels, water harvesting facilities, storage etc.
Did Jayalalithaa, who was also in jail then, know about these transactions?
Cairn Energy of UK is seeking compensation from the Government of India.
Rama Mohana Rao's son became director of 7 companies after he became chief secretary.
Centre shows optimism of achieving the target of 4.1% at back of recent measures and turn around in manufacturing.
The green panel ordered a survey to seek views of the common people about what they feel on ground about the pollution in the Ganga.
Modi denies the charges and was exonerated in an Indian Supreme Court inquiry in 2012.
ndia has become the world's second largest market of asbestos as the government backed by powerful corporate lobby turns a blind eye to diseases related to the use of the hazardous chemical.
Prakash Javadekar enjoys being information and broadcasting and parliamentary affairs minister, but heading the green ministry is turning out to be thornier than he had expected.
APAs are part of govt's aim to move to a non-adversarial tax regime.
'This is not a Sanjay Baru or Natwar Singh type of book. It's not a memoir. It's not a book to reveal conversations, real or imaginary. This is not a book to position myself at the centre of the world.' Jairam Ramesh on his stint as environment minister.
Contract does not provide for retrospective penalty for 'such' acts
The kind of people Narendra Modi has chosen, the decisions he has taken and the rail and central budgets suggests that he is treading carefully in New Delhi. There is less of innovation and more of continuity, so far. He is not ready to rock the boat and start from scratch, says Sheela Bhatt.
From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, the author takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.
'If the Kasturirangan Committee report is implemented, the mining and quarrying lobbies will flourish... It will be disastrous for the environment... There will be water shortage, there will be pollution. Finally, farmers will have to quit the area.' Dr V S Vijayan, a member of the Gadgil Committee, points out how the Kasturirangan Committee report will hit both people living in the Western Ghats as well as the plains.
Experts advise investors to buy at lower levels in the next few months and sell at the higher end of their range in the second half, reports Rajesh Bhayani.
Most of the projects face hurdles such as delay in approvals and lack of coordination between state governments and the railways.
The Congress president also hit out at the PM for raking up the issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, saying she was "more Indian" than many Indians.
The Delhi high court on Thursday set aside the look out circular issued against Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai, who was offloaded from a flight to London two months back, saying her fundamental right to travel cannot be curtailed.
It is regrettable that the IB has tried to devalue the expertise available both within the concerned ministry and in the scientific community by its allegations. Governments and NGOs in many western nations have not been accused of being 'anti-national' when they put their foot down on questionable practices by cash rich agri-business companies, says Rashme Sehgal.
Sebi has also been asked to put in place a mechanism to monitor the beneficial owner of P-notes
'Xi Jinping got a dose of Modi's medicine inside the tent where he was being hosted on the banks of the Sabarmati river.' 'Modi reportedly told him, looking deep into his eyes: "This was not expected of your country. Can you tell me when the troops are withdrawing?".'
Reliance Industries has regained the top slot among Indian energy companies on the Platts global list
Dept to focus on real estate, infra, mining and manufacturing to detect evasion.
The complaint alleges that Thakur misused his position as IG and both, he and his wife, possessed properties disproportionate to their income.
The move is aimed at making it easier to do business in India.
The board rejected the government's plea to extend his detention for another 3 months.
The truth is that few ministries in the Modi sarkar are working on new and updated legislation of any kind.
President Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to the Pacific Island nation is path-breaking, but much more needs to be done, says Dr Rahul Mishra.
Earning numbers of blue-chips, including ITC and SBI, due tomorrow.
Though the current National Democratic Alliance government has not endorsed the figure, it has not even repudiated it.
'It is a diamond which has a very long competitive history.'
India, China and Russia on Thursday held a trilateral meeting on Afghanistan's security situation against the backdrop of the US' plans to withdraw its troops from the war-ravaged country, raising fears of re-emergence of Taliban and al-Qaeda linked elements.
'Sakshi Malik's medal is her individual and singular accomplishment.' 'So is P V Sindhu's badminton medal.' 'So is Dipa Karmakar's loss-by-a-whisker.' 'So is the surprise that is 18-year-old golfer Aditi Ashok,' says Mitali Saran.
The Vasundhara Raje government's initiatives mark a critical step forward in labour law reforms.
The government on Monday came under sharp attack on the issue of crucial files of Coal ministry going missing, with the Opposition alleging that it was a conspiracy to save Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the coal block allocation scam and demanding an impartial probe into it.
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
The committee said the move 'clearly undervalued the company and its long-term growth prospects'.
