Archive for February, 2008

Election budget gives sops, writes off farm loans

In an election budget that gives largesse to different sections, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday announced a waiver of agricultural loans to the tune of Rs 60,000 crore.

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Anil caught in disguise by cops!

The actor was roaming the ‘gullis’ of Delhi in a ‘burqa’.

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Sensex dips 500 pts as corp taxes stay

Sensex dipped close to 500 points within minutes of the Finance Minister announcing a hike in short-term capital gains.

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Zee: Not prime time

The broadcaster faces keen competition. ??

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Alexander stops Rohan’s run

Indian challenge ended in the $15000 ITF Futures men’s singles event with the straight set defeat of unseeded Rohan Gajjar in a semifinal here today.

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Pay for parents’ health, get tax benefits

Caring for the health of parents will make individual tax payers eligible for rewards from the taxman starting next fiscal.

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Education allocation makes a whopping jump to Rs 38,702 cr

With 11th Five Year plan giving special focus on education, government on Friday earmarked a whopping over Rs 38,702 crore to the sector in the Union Budget 2008-09.

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Letters From Iwo Jima

The film is entirely in Japanese, with subtitles, and the Americans are shown either in flashback or as a prisoner of war who is treated with utmost warmth by his enemies.

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Hyundai, GM to cut price of small cars

BUD-AUTOPRICE ZCZC PRI COM ECO GEN NAT . NEWDEL DEL41 BUD-AUTOPRICE Hyundai, GM to cut price of small cars by up to Rs 16,000 New Delhi, Feb 29 (PTI) Much to th

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Will PC do a Lalu today?

On the heels of a populist Railway Budget, FM P Chidambaram too is expected to come out with a ‘please-all’ budget.

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