GOVERNMENT
POLICY
AP: Decision on talks with Maoists after a month
THE State Government will watch Naxalite activities for a month before deciding when to hold the second round of talks with Maoists. Following a meeting with the mediators in the talks process on Thursday, the Home Minister, Mr K. Jana Reddy, ...
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Bill in LS to amend ports Act
A BILL to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and the Indian Ports Act, 1908 for implementing the provisions of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday by the Minister for ...
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POLITICS
Patriarch of reforms Narasimha Rao dead
FORMER Prime Minister Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao died of cardiac arrest on Thursday after fighting serious illness during the past fortnight. Mr Rao, 83, breathed his last at the All-India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in the Capital where he ...
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From political sanyas to PM's chair
P. V. NARASIMHA RAO had all but taken political sanyas in the summer of 1991. A visibly tired and disappointed Rao met journalists outside the Andhra Bhavan after a function to celebrate the Telugu New Year day, Ugadi, in mid-April that ...
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Chidambaram says Rao was the invisible hand that guided reforms
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has expressed his deep grief on the death of former Prime Minister Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao. In his condolence message, the Finance Minister described Mr Rao as an astute political manager who, despite ...
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`Architect of liberalisation'
INDIAN industry has expressed sorrow at the death of former Prime Minister Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao, and has lauded him as an architect of the country's liberalisation process. Expressing grief at the demise of Mr Rao, Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Food processing policy moots tax holiday for units
THE draft National Food Processing Policy proposes a 10-year tax holiday for food processing units, simplification of documentation and procedures under taxation laws and a host of other infrastructural initiatives to create an appropriate ...
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E-GOVERNANCE
TN Govt unveils plan to link agri offices
THE Commissionerate of Agriculture, Government of Tamil Nadu, on Thursday unveiled its plan to link agricultural offices across the State over the next couple of years. To be executed in two phases by 2007, the project aims to get relevant ...
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