The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 17, 2006

Nod for community radio stations
The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of Community Radio Stations (CRS) by non-profit Organisations (NPO) and educational institutions. Only NPOs working with the community for more than three years qualify, on condition that the station ... More

POLITICS
With friends like these...
Media persons looking for some ammunition to embarrass the Government have wisened up to the fact that it is not the Opposition that can provide them with the required information. Instead, it is better to tap sources in the Government itself. ... More

Lalu, Baalu and the lunch table
It can be called the tale of Lalu and Baalu and the incorrigible journalists. At a recent back-to-back press meet at the Press Information Bureau in the capital, the Railway Minister, Lalu Prasad, was the first to hold forth on the performance of ... More

FINANCIAL POLICY
No lock-in period for NRIs' sale proceeds
The RBI has dispensed with the lock-in period for remittance of sale proceeds of immovable property of NRIs or Persons of Indian Origin from their Non-Resident Ordinary (NRO) accounts in India. The remittance of such sale proceeds was subject to ... More

SECURITY
Security of oil installations reviewed
Concerned over the security of oil installations, the National Security Advisor, Mr M. K. Narayanan, held a meeting with chiefs of oil companies here on Wednesday. Sources told Business Line that security provisions and requirements for offshore ... More

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