Saturday, June 30, 2012

Bollywood actors will be levied service tax, hospitals exempted

Bollywood actors will be levied service tax, hospitals exempted

Bollywood actors will be levied service tax, hospitals exempted

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:09 PM PDT

All Bollywood actors and those performing in television serials will be charged 12% service tax from July 1, 2012 on their earnings from acting assignments and endorsements.This will be in addition to their income tax obligations.

National urban health mission on PM's agenda

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Expressing concern over the quality of medical education, PM Manmohan Singh on Saturday called for establishing a regulatory and institutional mechanism to help improve standards.

Factional fuel in Karnataka BJP intensifies

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:45 PM PDT

The BJP high command's trouble-shooting mission in Karnataka ended on Saturday with a lot of rebel crossfire and uncertainty.

‘Innocent tribals killed in encounter'

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:43 PM PDT

CPI and CPI-ML demanded a judicial probe into the killing of Maoists in a joint operation by police and CRPF personnel in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh, claiming they were innocent tribals.

Chhattisgarh Congress to probe Naxal killings in joint operations

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT

The Congress in Chhattisgarh set up a team on Saturday to probe the killing of 19 suspected Maoists in joint operations by the CRPF and state police in Bijapur and Sukma districts in the past two days. The Maoists condemned the killings and called a bandh in protest on July 5.

NCRB: Delhi is most violent city

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:33 PM PDT

This piece of news is not a surprise in a city where a vendor can be shot at for not being able to provide someone's favourite ice-cream flavour, a cop can be mowed down for doing his job and women are scared to step out after sundown.

Presidential poll: Pranab meets DMK chief, kicks off campaign

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:27 PM PDT

UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee kicked off his campaign in Chennai on Saturday by appealing to all to vote for him.

Sangma raises Sonia's foreign origin bogey

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:25 PM PDT

Opposition presidential candidate P A Sangma has again revised his position on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi becoming PM, reviving his opposition to a person of foreign origin occupying the post.

Kalam: Atal was not keen on my '04 Gujarat visit

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:15 PM PDT

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has said that former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not keen about his visit to Gujarat after the 2002 riots.

Kalam's 'Turning Point' stirs fresh political debate

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT

Kalam was certain that Sonia would stake claim and had even kept a letter ready to invite her to form govt, but reworked it after she nominated Manmohan Singh.

Congress's delay to stake claim to form government in '04 stunned Kalam

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:52 PM PDT

Former President A P J Kalam has expressed surprise that Congress did not stake claim to form govt for three days after its stunning victory in 20004 elections.

Odisha denying tribals their rights: Centre

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:46 PM PDT

The Centre has told Odisha that transit and sale of bamboo by tribals was being denied in the state in violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), a complaint which is at odds with CM Naveen Patnaik's bid to position himself as champion of tribal rights by pushing for P A Sangma for President.

‘Maharashtra cops may not get to quiz Ansari"

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:44 PM PDT

Despite the fact that the Maharashtra government submitted crucial inputs on Zabihuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal which helped secure his arrest, there is uncertainty over whether the state ATS or the Mumbai Crime Branch will get his custody from central intelligence agencies.

Chavan passes Adarsh buck back to Deshmukh

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:06 PM PDT

Ashok Chavan, the last of the three former chief ministers to depose before the two-member judicial panel sought to absolve himself of any culpability in the scam and put the onus on clearing the Adarsh files on his predecessor, Vilasrao Deshmukh. He had to quit as Maharashtra chief minister when the Adarsh Housing Society scam erupted in 2010.

Innocent tribals killed in Chhattisgarh encounter: Swami Agnivesh

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:05 PM PDT

As against the official figures of 19 deaths, activists claimed that 26 people were killed at three places within a span of few hours.Activists also say several villagers were thrashed and arrested.

India inches closer to NSG membership

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:53 PM PDT

As India inches towards a membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the China-Pakistan nuclear transfer is a sign of the growing impotence of the high priesthood of nuclear affairs.

Properties of two J&K separatists sealed for hawala dealings

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:27 PM PDT

The Jammu & Kashmir police on Saturday sealed properties of two little-known separatists for allegedly acquiring them using hawala money and funding militant activities. This is the first such move since the insurgency erupted in the state in the late 1980s.

Centre may limit NCTC powers

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT

The Centre is preparing to make a fresh attempt to secure the support of states for the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).

Phonebook reveals top LeT, ISI contacts

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Key 26/11 conspirator Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal's cellphone has yielded numbers of his Lashkar and ISI contacts which can prove to be a treasure trove for Indian investigators looking for links between the Mumbai attacks and the Pakistani state.

2009 terror plot put Jundal on radar

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Until 2009, Indian intelligence agencies vaguely knew Abu Jundal as "Kashif" of Pakistan, who spoke once in a while to LeT contacts in India. In 2009, he was the man they were looking for as he was plotting attacks against American and Israeli interests in India.

Rewa student arrested for threatening Uma Bharti

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:28 PM PDT

A college student, who allegedly made threat calls to senior BJP leader and the former state chief minister Uma Bharti, was arrested from Rewa district on Saturday.

India wins another gulf war, gets Fasih

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:10 PM PDT

After the arrest of Abu Jundal, India has convinced Saudi authorities to deport Bihar engineer Fasih Mahmood, accused of carrying out terror strikes in India.

President's office should not be sought after: Pranab

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 09:13 AM PDT

"There are certain offices which are not to be sought but are offered. I was delighted when Sonia Gandhi offered me the chance to contest for the august post," Pranab said.

RSS asks govt to take tough stand against Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:53 AM PDT

The RSS today asked the government to understand the seriousness of terror threat to India in the wake of Abu Jundal's arrest and take a tough stand against Pakistan instead of the present "weak-kneed" policy towards the neighbouring country.

Surjeet Singh says he was lured into spying by a BSF inspector

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Singh said he also managed to get a fake identity card as Anwar when he was on spying job in Pakistan.
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