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Bihar cop probing Sushant case released from quarantine

Bihar cop probing Sushant case released from quarantine

Rediff.com7 Aug 2020

Bihar Police ADG wrote a letter to the Mumbai municipal commissioner, seeking the IPS officer's exemption from quarantine protocols and facilitate his return to Patna to resume his duty.

India pulls out of women's World Team Squash Championship

India pulls out of women's World Team Squash Championship

Rediff.com3 Aug 2020

India pulled out of the Women's World Team Squash Championship scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 15 to 20 due to "lack of preparation time" and "uncertainties" about travelling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

IPL final on Nov 10, Chinese sponsors stay

IPL final on Nov 10, Chinese sponsors stay

Rediff.com3 Aug 2020

Forced out of India due to the rising COVID-19 case count in the country, the IPL will allow unlimited COVID-19 replacements considering the delicate health safety situation across the globe.

FinMin junks Apple's demands for tax sops to 'Make in India'

FinMin junks Apple's demands for tax sops to 'Make in India'

Rediff.com22 Mar 2017

Apple sought exemption from mandatory local sourcing of components for its products

Intel eyes sops for manufacturing unit

Intel eyes sops for manufacturing unit

Rediff.com2 Nov 2006

Intel, which recently announced over 10,000 job cuts worldwide, on Thursday said impact of the layoff decision was "relatively minimal" on its workforce in India, where the world's largest computer chip-maker plans to set up a manufacturing facility.

Over 1,700 test Covid positive in Kumbh Mela over 5-day period

Over 1,700 test Covid positive in Kumbh Mela over 5-day period

Rediff.com15 Apr 2021

More RT-PCR test reports are awaited and the trend shows that the number of infected persons in the Kumbh Mela Kshetra is likely to climb to 2,000.

No additional sops for SEZs: Montek

No additional sops for SEZs: Montek

Rediff.com6 Oct 2006

Batting for the Reserve Bank of India and the finance ministry, the Planning Commission on Friday said concessions to special economic zones should be at par with those provided to infrastructure projects.\n\n

Players should be tested daily for COVID-19 during IPL, says Wadia

Players should be tested daily for COVID-19 during IPL, says Wadia

Rediff.com24 Jul 2020

Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia on Friday advocated daily testing of players during the IPL and predicted that the upcoming 13th edition of the T20 league in the UAE will be the most watched in the tournament's history.

The cost and efficacy of tax sops

The cost and efficacy of tax sops

Rediff.com4 May 2010

The revenue foregone due to tax incentives in 2009-10 is estimated at Rs 5,40,269 crore.

Punjab CM lifts weekend, night curfew from Monday

Punjab CM lifts weekend, night curfew from Monday

Rediff.com9 Jul 2021

The CM also ordered opening of bars, cinema halls, restaurants, spas, swimming pools, gyms, malls, sports complexes, museums, zoos etc, subject to all eligible staff members and visitors having taken at least one dose each of the vaccine.

20 passengers from UK test positive for COVID-19

20 passengers from UK test positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com22 Dec 2020

According to SOP, those testing positive will be isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility.

Centre doubles Nov tax devolution amount for states

Centre doubles Nov tax devolution amount for states

Rediff.com15 Nov 2021

The Centre will release Rs 95,082 crore as tax devolution to the states this month after including one advance instalment to help them push their capital expenditure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. After a meeting with all chief ministers and state finance ministers, Sitharaman said states had said that it would be helpful for them if the tax devolution is front loaded.

Fit-again Shreyas Iyer in Dubai to prepare for IPL

Fit-again Shreyas Iyer in Dubai to prepare for IPL

Rediff.com14 Aug 2021

Shreyas Iyer will start for the second phase if the IPL training after completion of all the quarantine protocols.

Will tax sops on card transactions serve any purpose? Bah!

Will tax sops on card transactions serve any purpose? Bah!

Rediff.com24 Jun 2015

It is possible that this experiment might see a rise in the Union government's cost incurred on tax concessions, without any increase in the tax base or coverage, says A K Bhattacharya.

Govt plans sops for small airlines

Govt plans sops for small airlines

Rediff.com30 Jun 2006

IT cos seek tax sops beyond 2011

IT cos seek tax sops beyond 2011

Rediff.com16 Feb 2010

The government must create a National Technology Acquisition Fund to increase technology infusion in micro, small and medium enterprises.

Pilot landed beyond touchdown zone: Kozhikode plane crash report

Pilot landed beyond touchdown zone: Kozhikode plane crash report

Rediff.com11 Sep 2021

The report, released a little over a year after the deadly crash of the Air India Express plane, said the "probable cause of the accident was the non adherence to SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) by the PF (Pilot Flying)".

Realtors seek rationalisation of FSI, tax sops

Realtors seek rationalisation of FSI, tax sops

Rediff.com8 Feb 2010

They want FSI to be in line with export benefits for the sale of residential properties to NRIs and foreigners.

Leave power sops to states: CERC

Leave power sops to states: CERC

Rediff.com22 Apr 2006

Leave power sops to states: CERC

Shramik trains: Railway says don't need nod from destination states

Shramik trains: Railway says don't need nod from destination states

Rediff.com19 May 2020

Railway spokesperson Rajesh Dutt Bajpai on Tuesday said, "Consent of terminating state not necessary to run Shramik Special trains". He further said, "After the new SoP, the implication is that no consent of the receiving state is mandatory".

Who Says Gujarat Is A BJP Bastion?

Who Says Gujarat Is A BJP Bastion?

Rediff.com4 Nov 2022

The Congress won 77 seats or 42% of seats in the 2017 polls. How then can Gujarat be called a BJP bastion, asks Sanjeev Nayyar.

RBI warns of more fiscal slippages for states

RBI warns of more fiscal slippages for states

Rediff.com8 May 2019

Ahead of the general elections, a slew of states and also the Centre had doled out sops to the marginalised sections, including the farmers and the poor.

'Tax sops can help India surpass China'

'Tax sops can help India surpass China'

Rediff.com9 Dec 2009

The study suggested tax rebates for high-end technology companies that set up research and development centres in India.

Deora seeks sops for oil majors

Deora seeks sops for oil majors

Rediff.com3 Feb 2006

Petroleum Minister Murli Deora is seeking to give a big push to domestic oil and gas hunt through a slew of fiscal incentives including infrastructure status to exploration and production business and exemption from service tax.

Farm sops to end by 2013

Farm sops to end by 2013

Rediff.com19 Dec 2005

India eyes $900 billion exports by 2020; sops for exporters

India eyes $900 billion exports by 2020; sops for exporters

Rediff.com1 Apr 2015

The government announced several incentives in the five-year Foreign Trade Policy.

Huge tax sops for Dabhol, airlines

Huge tax sops for Dabhol, airlines

Rediff.com1 Nov 2005

Goa opens border; bars, restaurants to resume services

Goa opens border; bars, restaurants to resume services

Rediff.com1 Sep 2020

There is also no restriction on inter-state movement of people, vehicles.

Trainee IAS officers attend virtual classes, clean academy

Trainee IAS officers attend virtual classes, clean academy

Rediff.com28 Apr 2020

Union Minister Jitendra Singh was briefed about this and other activities being done at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) for the training of bureaucrats on COVID-19 related issues during a video conference with the director and faculty of the premier institution.

How to write a winning SOP

How to write a winning SOP

Rediff.com3 Oct 2005

Budget 2012: FM offers tax sops for you

Budget 2012: FM offers tax sops for you

Rediff.com16 Mar 2012

The Individual tax payer exemption limit to be raised to Rs 200,000 from Rs 180,000.

Tax sops likely for food sector

Tax sops likely for food sector

Rediff.com28 Sep 2005

Tax sops a boon for power sector

Tax sops a boon for power sector

Rediff.com7 Jul 2009

Union Budget 2009-10 has been mildly positive for the power sector.

Textile: Budget sops will prevent job loss

Textile: Budget sops will prevent job loss

Rediff.com7 Jul 2009

Extension of 2% interest subvention for textile sector will reduce the interest burden on the P&L of textile companies this fiscal.

Chemical sector seeks a slew of sops

Chemical sector seeks a slew of sops

Rediff.com30 Jun 2009

Hike import duty on finished products; Rationalize excise Duty on Molasses to 8% ad valorem or Rs. 375/PMT and on Naphtha to 8%, cut corporate tax to 25%, service tax to 5%.

Budget: Indian Cement sector seeks duty sops

Budget: Indian Cement sector seeks duty sops

Rediff.com29 Jun 2009

Only Cement is assessed to retail selling price based excise duty but denied abatement; also seeks imposition of import duty due to emerging surplus supply situation in India

Broking firms in India seek tax sops

Broking firms in India seek tax sops

Rediff.com26 Jun 2009

Seeks removal of commodity transaction tax, which was never notified amidst strong protests, reduction in securities transaction tax to cut transaction cost and boost volumes.

Banks seek more sops for core financing

Banks seek more sops for core financing

Rediff.com16 Jun 2009

Banks have sought relaxation in norms for classifying loans to delayed infrastructure projects as sub-standard assets even as the Reserve Bank of India has indicated its unwillingness to ease the group exposure ceiling.

Auto industry wants sops for CVs, exports

Auto industry wants sops for CVs, exports

Rediff.com15 Jun 2009

The interim Budget in May this year had extended the depreciation benefit on purchase of new commercial vehicles to September from March 2009. Industry executives said this should be extended as sales of large vehicles slumped 40 per cent in April and May this year. Sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles had dipped 33 per cent in 2008-2009.

IOC to match RIL's diesel sop

IOC to match RIL's diesel sop

Rediff.com17 May 2005