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Income tax reliefs expected in the budget
NEW DELHI, JULY 3. Given the track record of both the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, there is widespread expectation that the budget next week would alter income tax rates and slabs to benefit the ...

Govt. shows commitment to reducing fiscal deficit
NEW DELHI, JULY 3.The Government has demonstrated its commitment to maintaining fiscal discipline by notifying the rules under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act. Under the rules, which become effective from Monday next, ...

Dismissal of Governors arbitrary: Vajpayee
LUCKNOW, JULY 3. The former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said today that the Union Government had "violated the spirit of the Constitution" by dismissing the Governors of four States. "It will have to explain why these Governors were ...

997 A.D. stone inscriptions found in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI, JULY 3. Bilingual inscriptions in Tamil `vatteluttu' and Sanskrit in Grantha letters engraved on an outlet stone of a big lake has been found at Madakkulam village near Srivilliputhur town of Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district. The ...

Little panchayat, percentage raj
MAHBUBNAGAR & NALGONDA (ANDHRA PRADESH), JULY 3.Poley Yadaiah is not worth a statistic. The indebted farmer committed suicide in April this year. But officialdom has not noticed. Everyone else has, though, in his village of Neradacheruvu in ...

Other Stories

Modest hike likely in upper class train fares

U.K. Royal Society to the aid of vultures

Rs. 5,000-crore allocation sought for judiciary

Congress wants Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson for itself

Microsoft issues security patch for latest browser breach

Militants step up violence in Jammu and Kashmir

Diverse views on ways to increase Muslim literacy

Sonia discusses Ministry pruning with Chief Ministers

Militants step up violence in Jammu & Kashmir

NDA may boycott railway Budget, says Naqvi

Dismissal of Governors vindictive: BJP chief

Phoolan Devi murder accused arrested

Assam Government blames NSCN for violence

Four killed in shootout

Jakhar seeks report on rehabilitation

Gun goes off

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