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New Delhi, Nov 23: With little over a week's time left for CBI Director Ranjit Sinha to demit office, the Centre has started the process of selecting a new chief of the investigating agency. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sought the names of senior IPS officers fulfilling the eligibility criteria to make a panel for the selection committee to choose the CBI director, official

New Delhi, Nov 23: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that he did not favour burdening the salaried and middle classes with more taxes, but would go after tax evaders. He said the government aimed at encouraging taxpayers to fill their pockets with money as it might lead to spending. It would also help the government collect more indirect taxes. The government, faced with the daunting

New Delhi, Nov 22: In a fresh bid to break the Bofors jinx, defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday cleared proposal to acquire 814 artillery guns for Rs 15,750 crore while deferring the decision on joint bid by Tata Sons and Airbus to replace IAF's Avro transport fleet and also procurement of 106 Swiss Pilatus basic trainer aircraft. The artillery guns would be procured as per the "Buy and

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 22: Keeping up strict vigil on the people arriving here from Ebola-hit regions, Kerala has kept under observation as many as 117 passengers arriving here from deadly virus-hit African nations. According to state Health Department officials, 680 incoming passengers, who arrived at various airports and seaports in the state from Ebola-hit regions, have been examined since

New Delhi, Nov 22: Faced with the daunting task of getting back black money stashed abroad, government on Saturday said it was having a relook at some of the bilateral tax treaties signed with foreign countries that may be hindering the repatriation of the money. "Of course, we are," finance minister Arun Jaitley said. He was asked whether the government would have a relook at the bilateral

New Delhi, Nov 22: No party may get a clear majority in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, an opinion poll by a news channel has claimed while two other surveys on Jharkhand polls show that BJP is likely to emerge on top in the state. As per the opinion poll conducted by Hindi channel - News Nation India - in Jammu and Kashmir, none of the political parties is likely to get a clear

New Delhi, Nov 22: The government is considering doing away with the LPG subsidy for the well-off, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. “The next important decision India will have to take is whether people like me...(are) entitled to get our LPG subsidy,” he said at the HT Leadership Summit here. “I think the sooner we are able to take these decisions as to who is entitled to these subsidies, of

New Delhi, Nov 21: In a major sign of deepening India-US ties, US President Barack Obama accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to be the chief guest at the Jan 26, 2015 Republic Day parade. At the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, the President will travel to India in January 2015 to participate in the Indian Republic Day celebration in New Delhi as the Chief Guest, said the White

New Delhi, Nov 21: The Delhi High Court today said the ceremony (dastarbandi) to anoint Shahi Imam Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari's son as the Naib Imam of Jama Masjid "would not amount to an appointment". A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw made the observation after taking into account the contentions of the Centre, Delhi Wakf Board and petitioners, who have challenged

Chennai, Nov 21: Five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for alleged drug trafficking but set free after President Mahinda Rajapaksa pardoned them, arrived in Chennai on Thursday. The fishermen from Rameswaram, who were released by Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday, arrived by an Air India flight at 1.05 a.m., airport officials said. Tamil Nadu Ministers B