Popular Articles

generic cialis
Tharoor ticked off by Krishna for tweeting on visa rules
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today ticked off his junior minister Shashi Tharoor for publicly questioning new visa guidelines, saying if he had any "perceptions", those should be discussed within the "four walls" of the government.

FM's pre-Budget meeting with states on January 13
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will hold a pre-Budget discussion with state governments on January 13. Recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission on devolution of funds, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, continuation of stimulus packages and allocation for the Centre’s flagship schemes such as National Rural Health Mission and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan are expected to dominate the deliberations. A government official told Business Standard today that the states will make a strong pitch to continue the fiscal stimulus package.

News of the day

SC delivers an Oracle to IT
Last week, the Supreme Court pronounced a landmark ruling in the case of Oracle India holding that the process of duplication of software from master copy tantamount to ‘manufacture’. The Apex court allowed Oracle much awaited relief with respect to a tax holiday claim available for new undertakings engaged in manufacture and processing of articles and things.
Online Business

Students to block national highway on January 5

Students of the joint action committee (JAC) at Osmania University, the nerve centre of pro-Telangana protests, on Sunday said they would block all the entry points to Hyderabad, including national highways, in a bid to prevent leaders of Seemandhra (Rayalseema and Andhra) from entering the state capital on January 5. - Student JAC to block national highways on January 5 - Telangana bandh peaceful - The end of patronage - "Stay Union-Free" seminars thrive on Card-check law - State gears up for Telangana bandh - Police shift fasting students to hospital “We will block all the roads and stage rail rokkos on Tuesday like what the Gujjar community did in Rajasthan. We will not even allow those who go to Andhra for the Sankranti festival, to return to Hyderabad,” JAC leaders said at the Vidyarthi Garjana (students" roar) held at the OU campus. They said the Telugu Desam Party supremo, N Chandrababu Naidu, should announce his stance on the separate Telangana issue and threatened to demolish offices of all the anti-Telangana parties if they remained silent on the issue. “No anti-Telangana activist will be allowed to stay in Hyderabad,” they said The JAC leaders said students would not appear for examinations until a separate state was announced and demanded a Telangana Bill be tabled in Parliament. “The meeting convened by the Centre on January 5 should to be held at the Osmania University campus ... and not in New Delhi,” they said. Union home minister P Chidambaram on December 30 had invited leaders of eight recognised political parties for a discussion on the issue. Earlier in the day, the police prevented hundreds of students from proceeding towards Hyderabad from various parts of the Telangana region to attend the meeting at the university campus. The Andhra Pradesh High Court had on Saturday permitted the varsity’s JAC to organise the meeting on condition that no political leader would attend it. The JAC leaders, however, alleged that the police violated the court order by arresting students and using “repressive measures” to foil their meeting.


Add your comment:
Name:
Site address: http://
Your message:
Enter today\\\\'s date, 2 digits
(spam protection):