Mahinda Rajapaksa says he will oppose Sri Lanka's new ConstitutionThe government aims to replace the existing 1978 Constitution with a new one while accommodating Tamil demand for devolution of power to th...
28 Jan, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
Assam announces incentives, discounts to promote cashless transactionDiscounts are offered in fuel purchase besides incentives are offered in payments in government hospitals, property tax, cinema tickets, an...
19 Dec, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
Over time there should be convergence in GST rates: Naushad Forbes, CII“We should see that the cess is indeed limited only to demerit goods”
04 Nov, 2016, 09.30 AM IST
Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe dismisses allegations of being soft on LTTESri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe dismissed allegations by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that his alliance was sympatheti...
13 Aug, 2015, 06.20 PM IST
Number of fast track courts have reduced to 473The number of fast track courts has significantly come down to 473 from 1192 in 2011 after the Centre stopped funding for them.
06 Aug, 2015, 04.58 PM IST
Tamil National Alliance asks Tamils to vote for federal solutionThe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has issued its election manifesto for the next month's parliamentary election.
26 Jul, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Jayant Sinha hopeful that RBI will cut interest rates in upcoming monetary policy reviewUnion Minister of state for Finance Jayant Sinha today expressed hope that RBI will cut interest rates in its upcoming monetary policy revi...
26 May, 2015, 07.41 PM IST
Government may increase proportion of flexible funds available to states to 25%Government may substantially increase proportion of flexible funds available to states under the centrally sponsored schemes to 25% from 10...
28 Apr, 2015, 05.46 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi assures all help to Mamata Banerjee, but non-committal on debt waiverModi today assured the West Bengal Chief Minister that the Centre will leave no stone unturned in aiding the development of the state, but ...
09 Mar, 2015, 06.14 PM IST
Budget 2015: Nitish Kumar thanks Centre for special financial assistance, AIIMSWe hope the assistance is substantive enough to cover up the loss that will occur to the state due to the 14th Finance Commission report
28 Feb, 2015, 05.52 PM IST
14th Finance Commission: J&K to get maximum grant of Rs 60K croreThe government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, has "in-principle" accepted the recommendation of the Commission in this regard.
24 Feb, 2015, 09.03 PM IST
Tamil Nadu pitches for higher fund flows to statesPanneerselvam said vertical devolution of share to the states should be at least 50 per cent of the aggregate resources available with the ...
08 Feb, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Scotland's referendum: For now, it’s business as usual'In truth, the impact of the uncertainty surrounding the vote both at the market level and for individual stocks has been relatively small.'
20 Sep, 2014, 04.50 AM IST
After Scotland votes 'no', focus shifted to maximum devolutionDetails will need all-party agreement, a tough job, given that none of the major parties are in agreement about what these enhanced powers ...
20 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Implement 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka accord, demands Sri Lanka's Tamil National AllianceTNA will start a non-violent struggle from January to seek implementation of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord to achieve maximum devolution of po...
10 Sep, 2014, 05.17 PM IST
BJP’s domination forces Centre to discontinue ranking of statesThe government has discontinued the practice of ranking states annually on the implementation of the Twenty-Point Programme.
28 Feb, 2013, 07.29 AM IST
- BIMARU towns fuelling India's economic resurgence
The highest growth in personal income tax collection, among all regions, has been posted by Bihar and Jharkhand followed by Purvanchal .
24 Sep, 2010, 01.07 PM IST