Chechen terrorists take 600 hostage in Moscow
Moscow: Armed men and women who claimed to be Chechens seized a crowded Moscow theatre on Wednesday and took the audience captive, police and security officials said. Gunshots rang out during the rare hostage-taking in the Russian capital, and police and security forces went on high alert.
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Kelkar reports on tax reforms tomorrow
New Delhi: Ahead of the Budget exercise beginning early next month, the two taskforces set up to reform direct and indirect taxes are likely to submit their reports on Friday.
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DCA to move CLB for govt nominees in 7 cos
New Delhi: DCA has decided to move applications before the Company Law Board for appointment of government nominees on the board of directors of seven companies.
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UP govt bends before power sector workers
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to constitute a high-powered technical experts committee to look into the working of the companies formed after bifurcation of UP Rajya Vidyut Parishad in view of stiff resistance offered by the employees who had threatened an indefinite strike from Thursday.
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Mulayam asks governor to dismiss Maya govt
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday asked Uttar Pradesh governor Vishnu Kant Shastri to immediately dismiss the Mayawati government.
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Domestic tourist traffic grows 30% in Apr-June
New Delhi: Domestic tourist traffic in India grew by an impressive 30 per cent in the last seven months compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
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No stamp duty on cybercity units in Haryana
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has equated TV, transistor, music systems, switches, plugs and sockets manufacturing units with cybercities and cyberparks for the purpose of stamp duty exemption for the next six years, both in urban and rural areas.
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UP receives investment offers worth Rs 451 crore in 5 months
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has attracted investment proposals worth Rs 451 crore during the last five months from entrepreneurs showing interest in setting units in the state. As many as 99 proposals have been received by the government since April this year.
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