The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 19, 2009

GOVERNMENT

POLITICS: Ministerial berths to be firmed up before weekend
Cabinet to be a mix of the young and the old. New Delhi, May 18 The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, submitted the resignations of his Council of Ministers to the President, Ms Pratibha Patil, on Monday, paving the way for the formation of the ...

POLITICS: Chamling’s Sikkim Democratic Front wins all Assembly seats
Gangtok, May 18 The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) chief Mr Pawan Chamling has led the party to power for the fourth consecutive term to create history by bagging all the 32 Assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha ...

POLITICS: IPL’s weekend viewership unaffected by election news
Max sells ad spots for semi-finals & finals at Rs 10 lakh for 10 secs. Mumbai, May 18 While election related news witnessed a swing between 15 per cent and 20 per cent on the day of the counting, it did not have an impact on IPL viewership ...

PEOPLE: CBEC Member Batra moves to AAR
The Authority for Advance Rulings has a new Member — Mr J. K. Batra. Mr Batra was Central Board of Excise and Customs Member (Customs). Sources said the CBEC Member, Mr Rakesh Sharma, who oversees Service Tax and Computerisation, has ...

POLITICS: 14th Lok Sabha dissolved
The 14th Lok Sabha was dissolved by the President, Mrs Pratibha Patil, here on Monday, paving the way for the constitution of the 15th House. This follows a communique received from the Rashtrapathi Bhavan by the Lok Sabha Secretariat ...

POLITICS: Presidential briefing
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POLITICS: SDF offers unconditional support to UPA
Gangtok, May 18 The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) party, which won the lone Lok Sabha seat from Sikkim in the recently concluded elections, has decided to continue its unconditional support to the Congress-led United Progress Alliance ...

E-GOVERNANCE: e-filing of commercial tax returns
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