New Delhi: The results for ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) 2012 will be declared on May 19 at 3 pm. This was announced by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on its official website. The results will be made available through the Internet on the following websites: www.cisce.indiaresults.com, www.cisce.ndtv.com, www.cisce.examresults.net, www.cisce.myschool.in.com, www.cisce.topperlearning.com, www.cisce.timesofindia.com, www.cisce.navbharattimes.com. To get your individual result on the Internet, enter your index...
08:40 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Finding fault with the railway budgetary mechanism, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has observed the national transporter is continuously incurring expenditure over and above the budgetary provisions sanctioned by Parliament. The CAG report of the fiscal 2010-11 also found railways at fault for not presenting any of the statements of fiscal policy in Parliament as defined in the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003. The Audit also...
04:56 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: The one year-deferral of GAAR is not on account of any fear or apprehension, asserted finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. He warned that India cannot become tax havens just to attract foreign investors. The 30-minute long speech while presenting the finance bill veered around tax direction, crude prices and urgent fiscal action. The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the finance bill 2012 with amendments. In a strong...
08:52 AM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday replied to the Finance Bill in Lok Sabha, pointing that oil prices were mounting everyday. Asserting that the government had the capacity to respond to any challenge, he said that subsidies constituted a major part of it. Addressing the House, the Finance Minister said that there was a need for all the stake holders to get going together to improve the...
04:53 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is expected to reply on Tuesday to various proposals in his 2012-13 budget. The Finance Minister will be seeking Parliament's approval to move the Finance Bill and is likely to relook at some of the controversial proposals, such as changes in the tax laws that would impact Vodafone and the implementation of the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR). Sources point out that a major rollback...
07:14 AM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: A trial court on Friday gave life imprisonment to nine people and acquitted 32 others in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra Ode killings. Three persons, including two women, were killed at the Malav Bhagol locality in Ode village a decade ago. This was the third case of the 2002 riots at Ode village that was being probed by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team. As many as...
12:14 PM, May 04, 2012
Rome: Governments are failing to fund projects to improve access to toilets and other sanitation services in poor countries because the subject remains "taboo", a director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Monday. "Who wants to talk about shit?" asked Frank Rijsberman, Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at the $ 34 billion charitable foundation, during an interview with Reuters on Monday. "It's the last big taboo...
08:49 AM, May 01, 2012
Washington: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday dismissed as unfounded concerns by US business groups that revised Indian tax laws might make foreign investors retroactively liable for taxes dating back decades. "There is some sense of despondency amongst a section of USA. Businessmen, particularly because of their apprehension - and I would say misapprehension, about certain legislative amendments which we have proposed," he said in Washington. The budget last month...
04:29 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry is going to reply to the Vodafone notice on the retrospective tax proposal after the passage of the Finance Bill in Parliament as the matter is related to it. Sources said the reply is likely to quote China and UK retrospective amendments in support of the Indian proposal. Sources added that the government could negotiate and was prepared for international arbitration, but was not thinking...
04:53 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Chennai: Increasing awareness about the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 has encouraged more and more victims to seek relief under the legislation, which has led to a whopping 464 per cent rise in the number of petitions received under the statute in Tamil Nadu. According to statistics from the State Social Welfare Department, the number of petitions preferred under the legislation has risen steadily over the years....
10:24 AM, Apr 14, 2012
Madurai: The Madras High Court on Thursday served a notice on the Centre and state government on a plea seeking a direction not to make some sections of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and certain other rules applicable to a minority school in Tirunelveli. Admitting the writ petition in this regard, Justice K Venkataram issued notice to the Centre and the state government while...
10:44 AM, Apr 13, 2012
Mumbai: The government will recapitalise the state-owned banks to help them tide over the problems arising out of slow economic growth, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Mumbai on Saturday. "Going forward if GDP growth slows down, there could be some impact on asset quality (of banks)," Mukherjee said while addressing an event organised by the Indian Merchant Centre in collaboration with ICAI. He further said the government is committed...
05:53 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi met protesting jewellers on Friday and assured them that the government would address their concerns. The community's nation-wide strike has entered its 21st day. Some of the jewellers who met Sonia, however, said that they were not satisfied with the meeting as they haven't been given a strong assurance. A meeting of jewellers is also scheduled with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. They are demanding...
11:50 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: Centre is likely to roll back excise duty hike on gold and non-branded jewellery, according to sources. This came after Congress President Sonia Gandhi stepped in as jewellers' protests against excise and import duty hikes spread. Congress President Sonia Gandhi met jewellers on Friday and has assured them of a relook into their demands regarding a rollback. The jewellers strike has entered the 21st day on Friday. Hoping...
10:05 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: Former Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday along with a group of jewellers in New Delhi to demand a roll back of excise duty on unbranded jewellery and hike in import duty on gold. After meeting Pranab Mukherjee, meet Lalu said that the Finance Minister assured the delegation that he would look into their concerns. "The Finance Minister...
04:00 PM, Apr 05, 2012
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