The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 04, 2006

Notification to curb violence, obscenity on cable
In a move that should help regulate airing of programmes showing obscenity, violence and cruelty among others, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday issued a notification banning cable service providers from showing films, film ... More

POLITICS
`Make him a Minister'
The CPI member of Lok Sabha, Gurudas Dasgupta, is unsparing in his criticism, irrespective of whether his party is supporting the ruling coalition or opposing it. During a recent discussion in the House on outsourcing of some bank functions, ... More

Media happy, not savvy
Subodh Kant Sahay, Minister for Food Processing, has an excellent PR set up. Be it any festive occasion, journalists are sure to receive greetings from his office. Not only that, most senior scribes were invited to his daughter's wedding in the ... More

`Well' named
The function was to celebrate Cairn Energy's oil finds in Rajasthan, and the Chief Minister, Vasundhra Raje, used the occasion to press home the point that her State was turning out to be one of the richest in that natural resource. The Petroleum ... More

INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Centre extends tax break for new units in 3 States
The Centre has extended the excise duty exemption granted to new industrial units in Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Sikkim till March 31, 2010, from the previous deadline of March 31, 2007. The Government issued a notification to this ... More

PEOPLE
The photo-prop
That the chief of Delhi Metro, E. Sreedharan, is a celebrity is well known. Only, one did not know how much of a reputation he carries for the successful planning and execution of the capital's metro project. Post a press meet, scribes as usual ... More

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