Kerala cabinet clears sops for diaspora
November 16th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (IANS) The Kerala cabinet Wednesday unveiled sops for the diaspora by clearing a special housing scheme for them and also lowered the minimum amount for equity in ... Read more...
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‘More financial sops being considered for northeast’
November 16th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS) The central government may provide additional financial sops to the economically weak and revenue-starved northeastern states, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday quoting ... Read more...
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Charter flight operators seek sops
October 20th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) An association of charter flight operators and related service providers Thursday said they will submit a memorandum to the government to seek cuts in taxes ... Read more...
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Maoist sympathisers doubt Mamata’s commitment to peace talks
October 15th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 15 (IANS) Maoist sympathisers and pro-ultra activists Saturday scoffed at the seven-day ultimatum West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given to the Left-wing extremists to choose ... Read more...
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Government offers Rs.1,700 crore sops to boost exports
October 13th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday announced various incentives, including interest subsidy, worth around Rs.1,700 crore to boost the growth of exports in view of the slowing ... Read more...
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Left government had debt of Rs.230,000 crore: Mamata
October 12th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Oct 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday asked the central government to not take interest for the loan taken by the previous Left ... Read more...
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Can sacrifice our lives, but won’t part with Darjeeling: Mamata Roundup)
October 12th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Oct 11 (IANS) Asserting that the West Bengal government will not give in to the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced wide-ranging ... Read more...
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Board of trade to discuss sops for exporters
October 10th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The board of trade chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss incentives to keep the growth momentum ... Read more...
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Chandy blames Air India for high fares to Middle East
October 3rd, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Monday blamed national carrier Air India for not offering "favourable" fares for the benefit of thousands of Keralites settled in ... Read more...
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Chandy asks liquor firms not to stop supplies
August 24th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday asked all liquor distilleries in the state not to stop supply and sought time for the government to look into ... Read more...
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Rainwater tanks among I-Day sops in Himachal
August 15th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, in a list of incentives announced on Independence Day Monday, said every household in the state would be provided ... Read more...
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Mamata announces revised sops for surrendering Maoists
August 12th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) The West Bengal government has revised its surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for Left-wing extremists and enhanced the compensation to be paid for depositing arms, Chief Minister ... Read more...
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War of nerves in Nepal as PM faces ouster
July 31st, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 31 (IANS) Under fire from his own allies, the Maoists, Nepal's communist Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal Sunday sought help from the opposition to save his five-month-old government ... Read more...
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Will follow Sachar’s advice on minority welfare: Mamata
July 30th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday met Justice (retd) Rajinder Sachar and said her government will follow the suggestions of the former judge who ... Read more...
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Mamata announces sops for Muslims
July 30th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, unveilinging scholarships and sops for the state's minorities, Saturday accused the previous Left government of sowing confusion by announcing ... Read more...
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Food sops for tribals in Bengal’s Maoist-affected areas
July 13th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sarenga (West Bengal), July 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday categorised all tribal families of the Maoist-affected areas as below poverty line (BPL) so that everybody ... Read more...
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Mamata announces sops for Maoist-hit zone (Lead)
July 12th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Nayagram/Jhargram (West Bengal), July 12 (IANS) Promising jobs and development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced an economic package for the Maoist-affected districts and asserted that violence ... Read more...
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Sops for diaspora in Kerala budget
July 8th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 (IANS) The first budget presented by the Congress-led United Democratic Front has sops for the Kerala diaspora by way of a rehabilitation scheme, a legal aid cell ... Read more...
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Delhi government sops for poor house allottees
June 27th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Delhi government has decided to regularise the house sites allocated to the poor in the 1970s under the 20-point programme by granting them perpetual ... Read more...
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Economic development tamed terrorism: Tripura Police chief
June 15th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 15 (IANS) Economic development helped defeat the four-decade-old insurgency in Tripura as did a crackdown by neighbouring Bangladesh on anti-India guerrillas, says the state's police chief."Development, largely ... Read more...
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Chandy’s sops for unwed tribal mothers - land and pension
May 25th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) Tribal unwed mothers in Kerala will get an acre of land each and a monthly pension of Rs.1,000, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy announced here Wednesday."We have ... Read more...
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Kerala cuts tax on hiked fuel price
May 18th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who assumed office Wednesday, announced a series of sops, including a sales tax cut on the recently hiked petrol price and ... Read more...
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Chief minister again, Jayalalithaa rolls out freebies (Roundup)
May 16th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa Monday became Tamil Nadu's chief minister for the third time since 1991, and immediately unleashed a barrage of sops for women ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to monitor goods transportation
May 11th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 11 (IANS) Four dry ports each in India and Bangladesh will be covered under Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to monitor the transportation of goods into both countries, an ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to discuss vehicle entry, border markets
May 10th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 10 (IANS) India and Bangladesh are expected to finalise rules for entry of goods vehicles into either country and review re-opening of border "haats" (markets) at a meeting ... Read more...
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US to recall 331 ‘diplomatic staffers’ as per secret Davis release deal with Pak
March 26th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 26(ANI): As many as 331 American officials, most of whom are suspected of being engaged in espionage under diplomatic cover, have been identified to leave Pakistan as part of a ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi promises laptops for students if elected
March 24th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Tirivarur (Tamil Nadu), Mar.24 (ANI): Campaigning for the upcoming assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi announced sops for students and senior citizens.He promised free laptops to all first-year students ... Read more...
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Highlights of Maharashtra budget for 2011-12
March 23rd, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Highlights of Maharashtra's budget for 2011-12 presented by Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar Wednesday:Taxes and duties:
* Liquor to cost more, as ... Read more...
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Left woos Bengal poor with health insurance, cheap rice (Roundup)
March 17th, 2011 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Poll-bound West Bengal's ruling Left Front Wednesday announced wide ranging sops promising a health insurance policy to every poor family, electricity to every home and ... Read more...
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West Bengal Left promises health insurance for poor (Lead)
March 16th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 16, (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front Wednesday promised a health insurance policy to every poor family, electricity to every home, and rice at Rs.2 a kg ... Read more...
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Indian lawmaker says strategic Arunachal deserves Delhi sops
March 13th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): Rebuffing China's repeated claim on Arunachal Pradesh's territory, Indian lawmaker Takam Sanjoy said that the state is integral and inalienable part of the country, and has a ... Read more...
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Budget sops welcomed by young and old alike
February 28th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Raising the income tax exemption limit to Rs.1.8 lakh, lowering the threshold age for senior citizens to 60 and creating a special income tax category for ... Read more...
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Railway budget largesse to Kerala leaves LDF unimpressed
February 25th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25 (IANS) Poll-bound Kerala got a dozen new trains besides the long-demanded Sabari line in the railway budget Friday, but the ruling Left Front appeared dissatisfied.Close to a dozen stations ... Read more...
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Histrionics, poetry and frayed nerves - Mamata at her best (Lead)
February 25th, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) She jousted and shouted, cajoled and smiled, broke into heavily accented Urdu and Hindi and even recited poetry. It was the quintessential Mamata Banerjee Friday as ... Read more...
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Mamata recites Lata’s song
February 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A gentle nudge from Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar made Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee recite the famous Hindi song sung by Lata Mangeshkar about the contribution ... Read more...
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