JEE Main 2014 answer key to be released on 28th April by 2pm

JEE Main 2014 answer key to be released on 28th April by 2pm Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which conducted JEE Main (Pen & Paper test) 2014 on 6th April 2014 is set to release the JEE (Main) 2014 answer key on its official website at 2.00 pm on 28th April, 2014.Candidates who appeared for JEE (Main) 2014 – Pen & Paper Test may download the answer key through the following official websites at www.cbse.nic.in  or www.jeemain.nic.inJEE Main 2014 Answer Keys will be available in the website only till 5pm on 29th April 2014.CBSE which conducted pen and paper based JEE Main on 6th April 2014 and computer based exam on 9th, 11th, 12th   and 19th April 2014 was actually set to release the JEE Main 2014 answer keys on 25th April 2014.On the basis of the written...

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Govt to look into abolishment of l-T exemption to charity organisations

Govt to look into abolishment of l-T exemption to charity organisations     GOVERNMENT will look into the abolishment of Income Tax exemptions to charity organisations in its budgetary exercise for the year 2014, according to an RTI response from the Central Board of Direct Taxes.It also says that it could not trace files related to proposals for giving income tax exemptions to political panics on donations and fundings received by them."Records available with TPL division were thoroughly searched. However, no files records relating to introduction of die referred provisions from exempting political parties from income ux on funding'donai ions received by,'made to ihcm could be traced," the response said. RTI activist Subhash...

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After Walmart, now, Am up US lobbying for India

After Walmart, now, Am up US lobbying for India   AFTER supermarket giant Walmart. h is online retail major Amazon which appears to be lobbying hard with the US lawmakers to seek their support for facilitating its 'foreign direct investment in India'.According to the latest lobbying disclosure reports filed with the US Senate. Amazon lobbied for the second straight quarter during January-March period of 2014 on issues related to FDI rules in India.On the other hand. Walmart has halted its India-specific lobbying for the second consecutive quarter during the same period, although it continues to lobby on issues related to 'Walmart operations in international markets'.According to the Amazon's lobbying disclosure report for the first...

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Robotic submarine Bluefin completes 14th mission; fails to locate missing jet

Robotic submarine Bluefin completes 14th mission; fails to locate missing jet A ROBOTIC mini-submarine deployed to find the Malaysia Airlines plane on Sunday completed its I4lh mission with still no sign of wreckage, even as the planned air and surface search was suspended due to inclement weather.Autonomous underwater vehicle Blue fin 21. l US Navy probe equipped with side-scan sonar, has focused the search on an area in the southern Indian Ocean where four acoustic signals were detected that led authorities to believe that the plane's black box may be located there.Bluefin-21, which is scouring the ocean floor for traces of the plane. has completed mission   14 and is expected lo commence mission 15 soon, the Perth based Join Agency Coordination Centre (MAC) said in a statement,...

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Model code of conduct relaxed in Maharashtra

Model code of conduct relaxed in Maharashtra     WITH the polling for last phase of Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra over, model code of  conduct has been relaxed in State This has paved the way for the State Government to clear pending decisions and expedite implementation of various projects.Confirming this development to "The Hitavada Chief Secretary J S Saharia said that the Stale Government had sought relaxation in model code of conduct from F.lccikin Commission of India. "We have received communication regarding relaxation. and from Monday we can begin almost regular functioning of the Government," he said on Sunday evening.Due to model code of conduct in force for Lok Sabha elections. regular functioning of...

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India tests high-altitude missile interceptor system successfully

India tests high-altitude missile interceptor system successfully     IN A significant milestone in the direction of developing a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence system. India on Sunday successfully carried out its maiden Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) test-fire meeting the mission objectives."PDV mission is for engaging targets in the exoatmosphere region at more than 120 km altitude." Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) said in a statement after the trial conducted on Odisha coast."Both the PDV interceptor and the two-stage target equipped with motors were specially developed for the mission. The target, devel oped for mimicking a 'hostile Ballistic Missile approaching from more than 2000 km away', was...

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MSBTE Poly Summer 2014 Final Timetable Download - www.msbte.com

MSBTE Poly Summer 2014 Final Timetable Download - www.msbte.com MSBTE Summer 2014 Timetable of Diploma Engineering, Polytechnic Examination is given below. Check the timetable from following Section. The PROPOSED Time Table for SUMMER-2014 was displayed on M.S.B.T.E. Portal for the information of students,institutes and all concerned.However with the declaration of General Elections, some necessary changes are incorporated in the Time Table and Time Table along with dates of examinations is being displayed herewith..... The duration of Examinations is 18 working days. The Examinations are scheduled for all days excluding Sunday and Public Holidays. All Institutional heads of Examination Center, Affiliated Institutes and candidates are...

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IGGMGH: A saga of official cheating

IGGMGH: A saga of official cheating THOUGH the Akola Government Medical College got the High Court's protection against the recommendation of the Medical Council of India (MCH) against its recognition. the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) at Nagpur has been surviving only on similar help for years. This saga of alternate recognition and derecognition of seats at undergraduate or postgraduate levels is a regular experience for  (IGGMCH). thanks sometimes to the Government's intervention or sometimes to the intervention by the courts. Despite this, unfortunately, the Government of Maharashtra is not ready lo mend its irregular ways, and has indulged in making promises for fulfillment of MCI norms and then shamelessly going hack on its own sovereign promise....

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HC's status quo on diverting PDKV land for extension of Akola airport

HC's status quo on diverting PDKV land for extension of Akola airport IN RESPONSE 10 the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Vidarbha Association for Research Technology and Development in Agricultural and Rural Sector VART - DARS President Dr B G Bathkal. former Vice Chancellor of Dr Punjabrao Deshmukh Krushi Vidyapeeih (PDKV). against the impugned Government Resolution <GR) of March 4. 2014 for diverting PDKV land reserved for research projects for non-agricultural purposes including extension of Sivni airport at A kola. Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice C V Bhadang. at the High Court here, have ordered status quo. The Court also issued notice to the respondents - Slate Chief Secretary. Additional Chief Secretary (Aviation). Principal Secretary. Agriculture.Registrar. PDKV...

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EG apologises for missing names in Mah voters' list

EG apologises for missing names in Mah voters' list THE Election Commissionon Friday apologised for the large number of names missing from voters' list in Mumbai. admitting there was a "lapse" even as a blame game erupi-ed over the matter.A day after [he U)k Sabha polls in Mumbai. BJP's candidate from Mumbai North East Kiril Somaiya filed a police complaint for "criminal ncgligenceandconspiracy" while Maharashtra Chief Minister Priihivraj Chavan said at least in Mumbai eligible voters should not be so "careless" in checking their names on the website."I must apologise and regret that the names of such a large number of our voters has not been found in the list. If a very. very massive operational mistake which should not have happened," Election Commissioner H S Brahma told reporters...

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Japan's DoCoMo to exit JV with Tatas, sell stake at deep discount

Japan's DoCoMo to exit JV with Tatas, sell stake at deep discount JAPANESE telecom giant NTT DoCoMo on Friday said it planned to exit (he loss-making joint venture with the Tata Group by selling its 26.5 per cent stake, possibly at a deep discount. NTT DoCoMo plans to sell by June the entire 26.5 per cent stake in Tata Tclcservices it had bought for 266.7 billion yen (USD 2.61 billion) in 2009 and 2011.Tata Tele offers wireless mobile sen ices throughout India. Vodafone is rumoured to be interested in picking up the stake, though the company declined to offer any immediate comments.Tata Sons Ltd - the holding company of Tata Group - may buy the stake if it wants to retain control over Tata Tele and does not want its merger with firms like Vodafone.The Japanese firm said that as per the...

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Microsoft acquires Nokia handset biz

Microsoft acquires Nokia handset biz USSOFTWARE giant Microsoft on Friday completed the acquisition of Nokia's mobile handset business, while excluding the Finnish Firm's Chennai factory from the over USD 7.2 billion deal due to tax issues.Nokia will continue to operate the Chennai plant, one of its largest manufacturing facilities, on a service contract for Microsoft. The factor)' started in 2006. more than a decade after Nokia's India opera-nuns began in 1995.The ('hcnrui plant employs about 8.000 workers, equivalent to about a third of Nokia's 25.000 staff that are being transferred to Microsoft, who will remain on the rolls of the Finnish firm.Nokia will offer a programme of support, including financial assistance,  to help employees  seek opportunity elsewhere.According...

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Only 4 pc parents aware of privileges under RTE

Only 4 pc parents aware of privileges under RTE ONLY four per cent of parents from the economically and socially backward category in the national capital are aware of the privileges accorded to children under the RTE act, a report said on Friday.The report by Indus Action, an NGO. working towards the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act said: "Seats reserved for the economically and socially backward students in private unaided schools of Delhi are not being completely utilised due to lower awareness levels, procedural barriers and lack of efforts towards social integration."The RTE Act mandates that private unaided schools reserve 25 per cent of the seats in their entering class for students from the economically weaker and socially disadvantaged seclioas of the society....

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NMC locks horns with NIT over Metro Rail

NMC locks horns with NIT over Metro Rail NAGPUR Municipal Corporation (NMC) has opposed transfer of development rights, (TOD) lo Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) on the proposed route of Metro Rail. The SMC has also opposed deployment of separate buses to feeder system of Metro Rail NIT has proposed to give development rights up to 500 mts from Metro Railway Station on premium. The NIT can collect huge amount to make Metro Rail project financially viable Sources claimed that NIT can generate around Rs 10000 crore from it Sources claimed that  in a meeting called by NIT. the NMC strongly opposed the ToD to NIT. The NMC official stated that this would reduce the importance of NMC in the city The civic body is the planning authority and this move will make it subservient to an unelected...

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Official lethargy responsible for mess in electoral rolls: Janmanch

Official lethargy responsible for mess in electoral rolls: Janmanch JANMANUCH has squarely blamed for lapses in preparation of electoral rolls due kt which names of scores of voters got deleted during the updation drive. Pramod Pande. Vice-President Janmanch. said the deletion of names though people have been voting at same booth for years together points out to lack of co-ordination among different agencies Panic said ii is unfathomable that every time during the election, people found that their names are missing from the electoral rolls This is despite spending Crores of rupees of public money on the updation of electoral rolls. There is a full lime post of Deputy- Collector (Election Cell) at District Collectorate. This mess of electoral is now common and hence now time has come to...

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SAT allows appeal against SEBI order for MF distributors

SAT allows appeal against SEBI order for MF distributors THESecurities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Wednesday admitted Financial Planning Supervisory Foundation's plea against in-principle approval given by SEBI 10 IMF! for a self-regulatory organisation for mutual fund distributors. Financial Planning Supervisory Foundation, promoted by Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB). was one of the applicants for setting up this SRO, but it was IMFI which got the go-ahead earlier in February.Aggrieved by SEBI's decision, Financial Planning Supervisory Foundation had approached the Tribunal. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) sought time from the tribunal to file its reply in the case. The Tribunal admitted the appeal against the SEBI and IMFI  Institute of Mutual...

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SEBI's new norms for liquidity enhancement scheme of bourses

SEBI's new norms for liquidity enhancement scheme of bourses MARKET regulator SEBI on Wednesday limited the period of liquidity enhancement schemes of stock exchanges to a maximum of three years. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in Februarylast year had allowed stock exchangesto introduce incentive schemes for brokers and intermediaries to enhance liquidity in illiquid securities in the equity cash and derivative segments.Under the scheme, brokers and other market intermediaries are given incentives for a specified period of time to bring in liquidity and generate investor interest in securities which have limited trading activity.In a circular issued yesterday. SEBI said that the liquidity enhancement schemes would have to be "objective, transparent, non-discretionary...

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Arvind Kejriwal wins Time poll, beats Modi

Arvind Kejriwal wins Time poll, beats Modi     AAM AADMI Party founder Arvind Kejariwal has won Time magazine's readers' poll of most influential people in the world, heating heavyweights including BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, a survey that turned out to be a "competition'' between the two.Kejriwal. 45. look the first place in lite readers' pull fur the '2014 TIME 100'. Ute annual list of people who influenced the world this past year for better or worse.he received a total of 261.114 'yes" voles from readers, followed by Modi.  who got 164.572 voles in his favour. Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi. 43. gol 96.070 voles of which 16.5 per cent said he should he included in the lisi while 83.5...

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SGAU rejects Date College's candidate for Principal's post

SGAU rejects Date College's candidate for Principal's post DATE Kala Va Vanijya Mahavidyalaya. Yavaimal received a blow after the Pro- Vice Chancellor of Sam Gadgebaha Amravti University SGAU t Dr Jaikiran Tidke rejected its proposal to appoint Dr Subhash Gulabrao Khandare as the new Principal of the college. In a letter, the University has clarified that Khandarc's name is being rejected owing to his alleged involvement criminal case. Date Kala Va Vanijya Mahavidyalaya is a well-known insitude that was founded by late Babaji Date.The college had stirred hornet's nest when it appointed Dr Khandare as Principal around a month back. Tim in spite of the fact that Dr Khandare had been, on the orders of SGAU. terminated from KalaVa Vanijua Mahavidyala. Ralegaonfor financial embezzlement, misbeahviour...

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EC develops software to empower citizens

EC develops software to empower citizens   IN A major technology leap undertaken by the Election Commission {EC) to check electoral malpractices, a common man can now upload a video or audio clip of an inflammatory speech, illegal cash or liquor distribution to the poll body's website which will automatically authenticate the credentials of the media post. The EC. for the first lime, has developed and deployed a unique Android-based software which is able to automatically generate the geographical location, coordinates, dale and lime of a clip uploaded onto it which is an attempt by the poll body to weed nut instances of fake videos and footage being circulated to confuse the voters and also to mislead election officials. "All that a common man needs to do now is to use an Android...

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DGGA allows in-flight use of mobile phones, laptops

DGGA allows in-flight use of mobile phones, laptops       NOW. the air-travellers can use their mobile phones, laptops, tablets in all phases of flight. Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) has amended its Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) to this effect.For some years, there was a demand from passengers as well as flight operators to allow use of cellphones, lap-lops, tablets, electronic book-readers etc in all phases of flight. However, the CAR prohibited on-light use of the devices by passengers. Before take-offs, cabin crew used to ask me passengers on-board a flight to switch off their mobile phones and other electronic devices. The passengers were allowed to switch on the devices only after landing.DGCA has...

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DGGA allows in-flight use of mobile phones, laptops

DGGA allows in-flight use of mobile phones, laptops NOW. the air travellers can use their mobile phones, laptops, tablets in all phases of flight. Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) has amended its Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) to this effect.For some years, there was ademand from passengers as well as flight operators to allow use of cellphones, lap-lops, tablets, electronic book-readers etc  phases of flight. However, the CAR prohibited on light use of the devices by passengers. Before take-offs, cabin crew used to ask me passengers on-board a flight to switch off their mobile phones and other electronic devices. The passengers were allowed to switch on the devices only after landing.DGCA has carried out an amendment to its CAR Section 5 Series X Pan I relating to air...

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Maharajbag zoo to submit masterplan to GZA just days before the deadline

Maharajbag zoo to submit masterplan to GZA just days before the deadline   MAHARAJBAG Zoo authorities are finally reviewing the updated masterplan for the Zoo and  submitting it to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) Delhi, within two days Remarkably, the deadline of three years' extention given by CZA U expiring on April 30.Jan Sansthan Vikas Sanstha. bhopal. the consulant. submitted the updated masterplan to the Zoo a couple of days ago. The authorities are reviwing it and hurrying to send it to Delhi. A team of CZA members had paid a visit to Maharajbag 'Z00 on January 16. 2011 and approved extension for recognition for three years conditionally. The conditions laid down by the team were: Cosing garden for morning walkers,...

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338 candidates to vie for Maharashtra's 19 LS seats

338 candidates to vie for Maharashtra's 19 LS seats A TOTALof 338candidates, including 24 women, will contest the third and final phase of polls in 19 link Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra on Thursday, officials said Wednesday.There arc 119 Independent candidates in the fray. Over 3.17 mire voters will exercise their franchise in 16 general and three constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Tribes, spread across pans of northern Maharashtra. Marathwada and the coastal Konkan region.Aurangabad has the maximum 27 candidates, while Nandurhar has just nine contenders. Among the parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party and Aam Aadmi Party are contesting from all the 19 seals, while the Bharatiya Janata Party and Samaj wadi Party are fighting for 11 seats each. The Congress has fielded 10 candidates....

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SBI Life net up 19% at 740 cr for 2013-14

SBI Life net up 19% at 740 cr for 2013-14 SBI Life Insurance Co on Wednesday reported a 19 per cent growth in profit at Rs 740 crorc during the financial year ended March 31. driven mainly by operational efficiency. The private insurer had posted a profit of Rs 622 crore during 2012 13. SBI Life said in a release issued here. SBI Life's regular new business premium, which includes individual and group, increased 14.5 per cent to Rs 2.998 crore during the FY 2013-14 from Rs 2.618 crore in FY 2012-13. In line with its focus on improving strategic business mix. the private insurer's market share through individual business has increased to 16.8 pc for FYI4...

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Govt revises eligibility criteria for honorarium to senior artists

Govt revises eligibility criteria for honorarium to senior artists AFTER a long gap State Government has revised the eligibility criteria for honorarium to senior litterateurs and artists The major revision is in annualincome limit of senior litterateur/artist seeking honorarium under the scheme has been revised from Rs 24.000 per annum previously to Rs 48000 per annum now.State Government implements the scheme in provide honorarium to senior litterateurs and artists since 1954-55 through Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department The guidelines for implementation of the scheme were revised from lime to lime In March 1991. the honorarium was Rs 6.000 per annum for Grade A' artists Rs 4800 per annum for Grade B' artists and Rs 3.600 per annum for Grade C ,artists The amount of honorarium...

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Qualified but not employable youths to be a major concern ahead: Survey

Qualified but not employable youths to be a major concern ahead: Survey      EVEN if India will have the largest force of youth in the world within next few years these young could pose a serious problem for the nation if steps to correct the education system Is not taken on war footing The fear that the education force could indulge in anti social or destructive activities comes from the fact that majority of them will be unemployable. Providing jobs to them may be on the agenda of all major political parties, but the employ-era are reluctant to believe in such propagandaOver 50 lakh graduates will be produced in the country in about one was. However, only 34% of them will be employable. The  startling revalation...

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Agri Deptt vows to free land on SGAU road from encroachers, beautify it

Agri Deptt vows to free land on SGAU road from encroachers, beautify it   TFNDANCY to kill time. not taking decisions and neglecting things, make problems worse many times and that has exactly occured at the land owende by District Collectorate where Agriculture Department of Amravati has its different offices people from the outside Stale have encroached around 2-3 acres of Und in the premises of Agriculture department on sant gadgebabaAmravati university (SGAU) road in city. No serious steps have been yet taken to stop these encroach menu and lake out encroachers from the premises.Total 148 hectares land owned by Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krtshi Vidyapeeth is located on SGAU road. Out of this Agriculture Department has possesion...

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Bembla project, only answer to Yavatmal's unending water woes

Bembla project, only answer to Yavatmal's unending water woes     YAVATMAL district faces acute water crisis during summer month. Though many efforts have been made to mitigate the problem, not many have bore fruits. The Bembla irrigation project in Babhulgaon taluka. some 28 kilo metres from here, can he a good source of water supply to city and adjoining villages. A proposal has been forwarded to the Centre to cleat the project to bring Bembla waters to Yavatmal. Once it get okayed by the Centre, water woes of the citizens would be mitigated. Presently, the depleting water level of the irrigation projects that provide water to Yavatmal city and nearby villages is a matter of concern. Water is supplied to Yavatmal city and...

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Cyclone halts aerial search for missing jet

Cyclone halts aerial search for missing jet AERIAL search for the crashed Malaysian jet was suspended on Tuesday due to a tropical cyclone over the southern Indian Ocean. as a robotic mini-submarine scouring the seabed failed to locate the plane's wreckage after nine missionsplanned air search activities have been suspended for today due to poor weather conditions in the search area as a result of Tropical cyclone jack Perth-based  Joint  AgencyCoordination Centre (JACC) said on the 46th day of the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370it has been determined that the current weather conditions are resulting in heavy seas and poor visibility, and would make any air search activities ineffective and potentially hazardous it said Autonomous  underwater vehicle (AUV) bluefin...

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Six new medical I colleges in State I awaiting MCI nod

Six new medical I colleges in State I awaiting MCI nod AFTER passage of a year after the announcement  made  by Maharashtra Government to setup Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) in six places Clumdrapur. Gondia. Nandurbar. Baramati. Alibag and Satara. the proposal is yet to get the nod of Medical Council of India (MCI). If these colleges get the permission from the MCI. additional 000 MBBS seats will be available for meritorious students at affordable cost.Maharashtra Government had sent proposals of new medical colleges at Satara. Nandurbar. Gondia. Chandrapur. Baramati and Alibaugh to MCI for 100 seats each. The colleges were asked to submit required documents at MCI on April 7. 2014. When contact ed. Dr PravinShingare. Director. Medical Education and Research (DMER). told ...

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3,000 traders importing goods without paying LBT

3,000 traders importing goods without paying LBT WHY financial health of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is in duldturns at least from last one year? Apart from less recovery of laxes. NMC officials have detected at least 3.000 traders and business houses bringing goods worth crores of rupees in the city without local Body Tax (LBT) registration This is a figure of only two check posts -- Amravati Road and Railway Station. The figure may go well beyond 7,000 trader, alter checking all the check posts in coming months, sources added. The civic body is losing substantial revenue from these importers who arc brazenly violating LBT norms. The LBT Department has deployed additional manpower to keep check on illegal trespassers. This clearly indicates that some found much to their dismay...

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Now, PDKV to bear Rs 1 cr expenses of College of Agriculture

Now, PDKV to bear Rs 1 cr expenses of College of Agriculture IN a major relict' 10 the College of Agriculture. Nagpur, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapccth (PDKV). Akola. lias resolved to bear the expenditure i.osi on water, electricity and inaitenancc of buildings to the tunc Of Rs one crore every year. In a special meeting held at Aknla recently. Dr Raviprakash Dani. Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of PDKV. gave the approval to the proposal of the college. It may he mentioned here thai Ihc college was mooting ihe proposal for the last 25 years before ihc university.The college has to manage the staggering amount out of its grants plus bear properly tax of about Rs 9 lakh. This huge expenditure had put a big financial burden on the college management. The expenditure included electricity, water,...

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YOUTH FEAR SNOOPING THROUGH WHATSAPP

YOUTH FEAR SNOOPING THROUGH WHATS APP WHATS APP- the most popular App in exchanging messages anal images in very short period has now been charged with this allegation the it the App is being used in snooping someone's internal issue.The debate began following the incident of Piplani locality where a man shot his neighbour while he was heating up his niece and later, uploaded it on Whats App. In very short period, the video went viral over this App and the police stepped into mailer and called up the accused and parents of the girl at the police station.This was not all as Madhya Pradesh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MPCPCR) also summoned the accused uncle and girl's parents over the incident. This was for the first time dial that any issue related to children reached to...

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Govt sitting pretty over NMC's cattle-shed proposal at Wathoda

Govt sitting pretty over NMC's cattle-shed proposal at Wathoda MAHARASHTRA Government is sitting pretty on proposal of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to chaise reservation of 45 acres of land at Wathoda from Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) to Dairy Development for creation of cattle sheds The proposal Upending with the State Government for last six months. Municipal Commissioner Shyam Wardhane is trying hard to change reservation of land at Urban Development Department of State Government but his efforts did not hear fruits.Urban Development Department Principal Secretary Manukumar Srivastava (who was incidentally Nagpur Collector. Municipal Commissioner and NIT Chairman) during his visit to Nagpur in December during winter session had discussed the issue with Municipal Commissioner...

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TCS units-Mitsubishi merger to create $600 mn company

TCS units-Mitsubishi merger to create $600 mn company    TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday signed an agreement to merge two units in Japan with an arm of Mitsubishi Corporation to form an IT company with expected sales of USD 600 million. Under the agreement. India's largest software services firm will merge TCS Japan and Nippon TCS Solution Center with IT Frontier Corporation (ITF). die fully-owned arm of Mitsubishi. The new company is yet to be named.TCS will hold a SI per cent stake and Mitsubishi -19 per cent in the merged entity, which is expected to have an annual turnover of over USD 600 million from the next financial year.The new entity is expected to be operational from July if approvals are in place and is expected to report revenue of USD 300 over the remaining...

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Schools to open from June 26 in Vidarbha

Schools to open from June 26 in Vidarbha ALL SECONDARY schools in Vidarbha will start from June 26. informed Director of Information Education. Pune, through a directive given to all educational officials in the State.Though an order no 3542 dated March 26. 2014, to have uniformity all secondary and higher secondary schools in the Vidarbha will start from June 26 while those in rest of Maharashtra will start from June 16. The summer vacation would start from May 1 while the Diwali vacations would start from October 20. All Education Officers have been mid 10 ensure white planning vacations that the working days of the school must be 230 days and that the holidays do not exceed 76 days.A news item published in some dailies regarding starting of schools all over the Slate from June 16 left...

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Cadbury India now named Mondelez India Foods

Cadbury India now named Mondelez India Foods    THE world's largest snacks company Mondelez International on Monday said it has changed the name of its Indian subsidiary Cadbury India Limited to Mondelez India Foods Limited. The change in name of Cadnury is in line with the gradual changeover of the name of all subsidiaries of Mondelez International globally."With the change in name of' the company to Mondelez India foods Limited, we conclude the process of transition that began over two years ago." said Manu Anand. managing director of Mondelez India. "We are today the pre-eminent and most loved food company in India with leadership in fast growing categories, strong route to market, robust innovation pipeline and world class...

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