The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 24, 2004

FOREIGN RELATIONS
DFID not keen on expanding operations
THE United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) is not keen on expanding its operations beyond the existing four States of West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. Instead, the international development ... More

POLICY
TN Bill to repeal Agricultural I-T Act introduced
THE Tamil Nadu Government on Friday introduced a Bill to repeal the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1955, which will exclude planters from paying tax on income from plantation crops. The move gives effect to the State Government's ... More

POLITICS
AP Bill soon to provide for quota to Muslims
THE Andhra Pradesh Government will come out with a Bill providing for five per cent reservations to Muslims in educational institutions and Government jobs in the State, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has said. Talking to ... More

Left parties oppose move to privatise airports, write to PM
THE Left parties have again opposed the Government's move to privatise the airports in Delhi and Mumbai. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, Left party leaders, who include the CPI (M) Member of Parliament and Chairman of the ... More

STATES
Probe ordered into suicide by Kerala engineering student
THE Chief Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, has ordered a judicial probe into the circumstances leading to the incident in which an engineering girl student jumped to death from a high-rise building in full public view here on Thursday evening. ... More

20 States to raise Rs 8,600-cr loan
TWENTY State Governments will sell an amount of about Rs 8,600 crore on July 28. The States have offered to sell on tap 6.35 per cent Development Loan 2013 (II Series) , said a press release from RBI. Nineteen States will tap the market for an ... More

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