Saturday, 28 February 2015

Budget: How You Can Save Rs. 4.44 Lakh in Taxes Per Year

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said an individual tax payer will get tax benefit of Rs. 4,44,200 after taking into account the tax concession given to middle class tax payers in the last Budget and this Budget. Here is the mathematics behind Mr Jaitley's statement: Deduction...

India's richest shrine Tirumala temple ropes in TCS as technology partner

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Tirupati: The Venkateswara temple, India's richest shrine located on the hills of Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati, has roped in software giant Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) as the technology partner to provide all online services. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages...

IS has not executed abducted Christians as yet: Activists

Unknown 21:07:00

Damascus: The Islamic State (IS) militant group, so far, has not executed any of the Christian Assyrians it had abducted in Syria, a group monitoring war in Syria said Friday. Tribal leaders in Syrian province of al-Hasakah met Christian clergymen to mediate the release of around 220 kidnapped...

David Haines' widow says, Jihadi John should be caught alive

Unknown 21:05:00

London: The widow of a man killed by a masked Islamic State (IS) militant known as 'Jihadi John' has said that she wants him caught alive, a media report said Friday. Dragana Haines says the "last thing" she wants for the man who killed her husband, British aid worker David Haines, is an "honourable...

Arvind Kejriwal forms 9-member panel on deliver on 70 promises

Unknown 20:49:00

New Delhi: Delhi Government today announced setting up of a nine-member commission, to be headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, to implement the 70 promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party in its election manifesto. A decision to set up the Delhi Dialogue Commission to implement the AAP government’s...

Swine flu toll crosses 1,000 with 40 more deaths; 18,000 affected

Unknown 20:44:00

New Delhi: Swine flu deaths have breached the 1,000 mark with 40 more people succumbing to the H1N1 virus while the number of those affected crossed 18,000 on Friday with the government admitting that it was facing a shortage of laboratories for testing of the disease. According to health...

Delhi govt issues more than 15,000 learners' license

Unknown 20:33:00

New Delhi: Delhi government issued over 15,000 learners’ license to e-rickshaw drivers during a seven-day special camp. Transport minister Gopal Rai said that a total of 19,864 applicants were registered and 15,742 learning licenses have been issued in the facilitation camps for E-rickshaws...

Mumbai:Family Rehearsed Suicide for 5 Days

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On the day mid-day reported that a family of four in Andheri (West) had carefully scripted and shot their suicide videos before hanging themselves on Friday night, the Oshiwara police have discovered that the deceased had been rehearsing their deaths and their last words since five days before they...

No proposal to delete Article 370: Govt

Unknown 18:42:00

New Delhi: There is no proposal under consideration of the government "to delete" Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. "No, sir. There is currently no such proposal under consideration," minister of state for...

Delhi is the worst city to access internet: Report

Unknown 18:38:00

New Delhi: Finnish firm F-Secure said it is in discussions with state governments, including Delhi, on the role that it can play in offering secured Wi-Fi access across hotspots located in various cities. "Governments are looking at offering free Wi-Fi across cities like Delhi and Chandigarh....

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