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Memorial scam: Rs 1,400 crore siphoned off by Mayawati government, says Lokayukta

Edited by Mala Das | Monday May 20, 2013

In what could spell trouble for the Mayawati-led BSP, the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta has said that public money worth Rs 1,400 crore was siphoned off by several ministers and bureaucrats during the construction of memorials in her regime. The damning re...

No respite from heat for Delhi: Meteorological department

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday May 20, 2013

No respite is expected as the dry heat is likely to continue, according to the Meteorological department. The temperature in the capital is expected to hover around a high of 45-46 degrees for the entire week.

Walmart, Tesco can procure from states opposing FDI: official

Monday May 20, 2013

US-based Walmart and UK-based Tesco have sought clarifications from the DIPP on whether they could set up warehouses in states which are against the Centre's retail FDI policy.

CIL stake sale not advisable until power utilities clear dues: Coal Ministry

Sunday May 19, 2013

A lingering row between CIL and power producers, such as NTPC, is casting a shadow over 10 per cent divestment plans in the coal major as its parent ministry has reservations about stake sale till issues like Rs 9,000-crore dues owed by electricity u...

Searing heat in North, Delhi sizzles at 44 degree Celsius

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013

A Meteorological department official said that the heat will rise further in the days to come.

Government gets power to arrest service tax defaulters

Sunday May 19, 2013

Failing to deposit services tax may now attract arrest and imprisonment for up to 7 years. With the passage of Finance Bill 2013 last week, the revenue department officials can now arrest a person for non-payment of collected service tax.

COAI to seek cancellation of 19 Tata Tele GSM licences

Sunday May 19, 2013

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is planning to approach the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the "next few days" asking it to cancel 19 licences awarded to Tata Teleservices (TTSL) over 5 years ago.

Panel to consider 11 per cent stake sale in NHPC on Monday

Sunday May 19, 2013

An inter-ministerial panel on disinvestment is scheduled to meet on Monday to consider an 11.36 per cent stake sale in National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), which could fetch government around Rs 2,400 crore.

At 47 degrees Celsius, Nagpur hottest in India

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 19, 2013

The orange city on Saturday recorded a maximum temperatures of 47 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest place in the country, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said in Nagpur on Sunday.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram to meet top IT brass later this month

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013

Finance Minister P Chidambaram will inaugurate a two-day conference of top Income Tax department and CBDT officers later this month in the national capital and discuss efforts to maximise revenue collection.

I-T department slaps Rs 582 crore tax demand notice on Infosys

Sunday May 19, 2013

The income tax department has slapped a fresh $106 million (about Rs 582 crore) tax demand notice on Infosys, for fiscal year 2009, adding to the tax woes of India's second largest IT firm.

Danger and separation from families for US diplomats

Reuters | Sunday May 19, 2013

When the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband's head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, "You must be a mess!"

Fire at Odisha state secretariat

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

A fire broke out at the health and family welfare department of the Odisha state secretariat in Bhubaneswar today, destroying some official documents and furniture, police sources said.

SBI says overseas business margins under pressure

Saturday May 18, 2013

State Bank of India (SBI) would review returns from its foreign and domestic business after margins overseas came under pressure, the country's largest banker said on Saturday.

Indian sentenced to three years for human trafficking in US

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

An Indian has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of trafficking immigrants from India into the United States, the Department of Justice said.