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MDT/PTI 27 August 2012
The Prime Minister asserted that aggregating the 'purported gains' to private parties 'merely on the basis of the average production costs and sale price' of Coal India could be highly misleading New Delhi: Dubbing computation of loss of Rs1.86 lakh crore in coal block allocation by the...

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Jake Bernstein (ProPublica) 25 August 2012
The life insurance industry tried to make variable annuities irresistible to investors and was enraged when a Rhode Island lawyer exploited the fine print for his own profit   Joseph Caramadre has spent a lifetime scouring the fine print. He's hardwired to seek the angle, an...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 August 2012
It is imperative to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities in India, and the welfare of the people residing in the immediate vicinity of nuclear installations, emphasises Dr EAS Sarma, former Union Power Secretary, Government of India Following the Comptroller and Auditor General of...

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MDT/PTI 24 August 2012
SEBI's Committee of Executive Directors felt that the investment of funds should be guided by consideration of return balanced with safety of funds rather than sole criterion of highest return New Delhi: Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has decided...

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MDT/PTI 24 August 2012
As per the new norms, emission from mobile towers will be reduced by 1/10 of the current standards from next month   New Delhi: The Union Government on Friday said it will implement new tower emission norms from 1 September 2012 although there is no evidence that proves any adverse...

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MDT/PTI 24 August 2012
According to prosecution, Jamsandekar was murdered at the behest of Gawli, who had, along with the co-accused, conspired to execute the Shiv Sena corporator Mumbai: The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Friday convicted gangster turned politician Arun...

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MDT/PTI 24 August 2012
Balkrishna, who has been charged by the CBI for alleged violations of the Passport Act, is also facing the ED's heat with regard to money laundering charges on account of travels and investments made abroad   New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped a show cause notice...

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MDT/PTI 24 August 2012
With rise in spending power of the growing middle class in the country and increased awareness towards chemical-free food, organic and natural products sector will grow significantly in the coming years, says a report from a bank New Delhi: Helped by the rise in spending power of the...

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MDT/PTI 24 August 2012
Dismissing a plea filed by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy , apex court said, criminal conspiracy cannot be inferred merely on the suspicion that there was a meeting for taking decision between the officials of DoT and two ministers--Raja and Chidambaram   New Delhi: In a huge...

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A refugee reaches a point of no return which is the eventual catalyst. Those who opine on refugees must remember this We are born of refugee stock—parents who came across the borders with not much more than their clothes on their back, often even without any documents. There are enough...

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MDT/PTI 23 August 2012
The conversations were recorded as part of the surveillance ordered by the directorate general of Income Tax on a complaint alleging that Ms Radia had within a span of nine years built up a business empire worth Rs300 crore New Delhi: The Indian government on Thursday filed a report in...

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MDT/PTI 22 August 2012
A division bench headed by Justice DD Sinha got irked by the BCCI and state government's failure to file their reply to the PIL and directed them to file it within two weeks   Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rapped the Maharashtra government and Board of Control for Cricket...

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MDT/PTI 22 August 2012
The SC bench asked on how the Tata group chief can seek a copy of the report as the petition filed by him had only sought an inquiry into the leakage of the tape   New Delhi: Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata on Wednesday faced some questions in the Supreme Court on his petition seeking...

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MDT/PTI 22 August 2012
Businesses must refrain from adopting corrupt practises while obtaining government contracts, says CVC Pradeep Kumar New Delhi: Citing US and British laws, Central Vigilance Commission on Wednesday said stringent provisions are being contemplated to punish companies which fail to do due...

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MDT/PTI 22 August 2012
The DoPT in its reply said, the UPSC application dossier of Vinod Rai is not traceable and hence the information sought for is not materially available   New Delhi: The crucial service records of Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai are not traceable with the Personnel ministry,...

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MDT/PTI 22 August 2012
According to reports, operations like deposit, withdrawals as well as clearing are affected in PSU banks due to the strike. About 10 lakh employees from 42 banks are participating in the two-day strike   New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Employees of public sector banks in India have gone on...

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MDT/PTI 22 August 2012
Earlier, the PMO had asked the Twitter to shut down these accounts but after it was not done, the matter was referred to the Cyber Security Cell, which did the job New Delhi: Six Twitter accounts, having resemblance to the Prime Minister's official account 'PMOIndia', have been closed...

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India can obtain whatever information it needs about Mars from the US, on a gratis basis. But we need to make serious efforts to better our record in sports, from having won six medals in the recently concluded London Olympics India has ambitious plans afoot to launch a rocket in the...

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MDT/PTI 22 August 2012
Facebook's stern warning to its users comes in the wake of the Indian government bringing to its notice the posting of contents, including inflammatory matters and doctored pictures and videos to create social unrest in the country Washington: In the backdrop of appeals by India to...

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Last year Maharashtra government had provided close to 42 lakh bogus ration cards, reveals a RTI. These things are taking mafia colours, as is evident in the case of a Mumbai-based RTI activist who was assaulted for seeking info on ration card frauds Last week, an untoward incident took...

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