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Smile and sulk in tax code

Income tax relief expected but home and retirement benefits to take hit

The government today kick-started radical tax reforms by unveiling a draft tax code under which an individual will effectively not have to pay any tax on an income of up to Rs 4.6 lakh a year against Rs 2.7 lakh at present. ... | Read..

RSS pushes with exit sign, Advani resists

The RSS and L.K. Advani have begun to spar openly over supremacy of the BJP. ... | Read..

Effect of shutdown limited in flu fight

Mumbai has closed schools for a week and movie halls for three days to check the spread of swine flu, prompting experts to caution that such shutdowns might help temporar ... | Read..

CPM set to invite Mamata

The CPM will invite Mamata Banerjee to a rally on Friday to condole the death of Subhas Chakraborty, overcoming initial reservations and embracing the expired leader’s n ... | Read..

AASU fast on I-Day eve over flop accord

The All Assam Students Union (AASU) will sit on a hungerstrike here on Independence Day to protest against non-implementation of the key causes of the Assam Accord, 24 ye ... | Read..

Drought panel push for rural cash, loans

In tune with the urgency set in motion by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to tackle the spiralling effects of drought, the Jharkhand administration today formed a task forc ... | Read..

Oscar winners AR Rahman and (right) Resul Pookutty at a news conference to promote the film Blue in Mumbai on Wednesday. (AFP)

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Pak ‘obscenity’ bar on Indian channels
Indian TV channels have gone off air in Pakistan following a government directive asking cable ... | Read..

FBI confirms Mumbai gunmen from Pak
An official of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today reinforced India’s claim ... | Read..

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Water alarm, from below the ground too
Scientists in the US have used satellites to track groundwater loss in India's northwestern grainba... \| Read..

Calcutta	More..
All's not uniform in cops' eyes
Calcutta police will allow politicians to parade children as monkeys but don't you dare ape a monkey... \| Read..

Bengal	More..
Operation Lalgarh to enter forest
Paramilitary troopers will go deep into forests in search of Maoist guerrillas in their revised Lal... \| Read..

North Bengal	More..
DGHC in death bed, regular job cry
Fearing an uncertain future, an organisation of nearly 8,000 contractual workers of the DGHC today ... \| Read..

Opinion	More..
A tale of two bus rides
The eight-lane National Highway 24 changes to two lanes at the mouth of the interstate bus terminal ... \| Read..

Sports	More..
Saina, Chetan dazzle
Indian shuttlers at the World Badminton Championships finally enjoyed decent results Wednesday ' a ... \| Read..

International	More..
China arrests 4 from Rio Tinto
China formally arrested an Australian citizen and three other Chinese employees of the British-Aust... \| Read..

Business	More..
Code to put many on MAT
Companies like Reliance Industries, which pay minimum alternate tax (MAT), could receive a big blow... \| Read..

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Two in one
You had confessed to having turned down many films post-Vivah. Why say yes to Kaminey? \| Read..