The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 16, 2007

FOREIGN RELATIONS
Indian `idol' in Afghanistan
For a growing number of Afghans, India is a good friend... a feeling not too relished in neighbouring Pakistan. More

POLICY
Cabinet nod for additional DA, pension relief
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to release of additional instalment of dearness allowance to Central Government employees and dearness relief to pensioners as due from January 1 this year in cash at the rate of 6 per cent over the ... More

POLITICS
Site allotments
NEW FREEDOM: The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy, during the allotment of new sites to freedom fighters at the BDA campus in Bangalore on Thursday. ... More

Growing violence
UP IN ARMS: An anguished supporter of the Trinamool Congress during the visit of the Trinamool leader, Ms Mamata Bannerjee, at Nandigram Hospital on Thursday after the clash between police and political groups on the issue of land acquisition for ... More

Trauma at Nandigram
Has the CPI (M) lost its common touch and sensitivity? Is the Buddhadeb model of economic development coming close to being discredited? These are the questions that inevitably arise in reaction to reports in ... More

STATES
Tax revenues of VAT States rise 23.41% in April-Jan
Tax revenues of the 31 VAT-implementing States have recorded a 23.41 per cent increase during April-January 2007 to Rs 1,09,095 crore compared with the collection level of Rs 88,403 crore during the same period of the previous year. This ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
`Govt servants facing charges can't approach HC at every stage of enquiry'
Government servants, facing charge of misconduct, cannot approach the High Court on every stage of enquiry to correct action of authorities if they went wrong at any stage, the Madras High Court has ruled. Such employees would be given all ... More

E-GOVERNANCE
Navayuga signs pact with Ras-Al Khaimah
The Ras-Al-Khaimah (RAK) e-Governance Authority (EGA) and the Hyderabad-based Navayuga group have concluded an agreement for development and implementation of enterprise geographical information system (GIS) as a turnkey solution for this ... More

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