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Government may roll back new listing norms
10 Jun 2010
Within a week, the government is backtracking on its decision to make it compulsory for listed companies to have at least 25 per cent public holding
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Simplified direct tax code to be tabled in monsoon sesson: Mukherjee
09 Jun 2010
After it is enacted, the simplified direct tax code will replace the 50-year-old maze of the Income Tax Act
Fresh cabinet meet on fuel price hikes tomorrow
09 Jun 2010
Anti-Posco agitation gets a jolt in Gobindpur
08 Jun 2010
PM reviews progress of J&K projects
08 Jun 2010
Price pressures to ease with monsoon: Gokarn
08 Jun 2010
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India's first private metro link approved for Gurgaon
08 Jun 2010
With an expected passenger traffic exceeding one lakh people every day, the trains would use the automatic train operation system that does not necessarily involve a train driver
Manipur blockade completes 51st day
04 Jun 2010
Karnataka signs up investments of Rs3.5 trillion
04 Jun 2010
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Listed companies required to maintain 25 per cent public holding
04 Jun 2010
The government feels that a larger number of shareholders would reduce the scope for price manipulation
India, US discuss joint education council plan
03 Jun 2010
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Food price inflation edges up to 16.55 per cent
03 Jun 2010
WPI-based food price inflation reversed a declining trend with prices of some essential commodities rising again.
CBDT amends rules relating to TDS
02 Jun 2010
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