-The Telegraph The latest statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed some disquieting data for Assam. According to the latest NCRB figures, the rate of violent crimes in Assam was the third highest in the country in 2011. Only Kerala and Delhi were ranked above Assam in first and second poSITions respectively. The NCRB in its report Crime in India 2011, released on June 31, has said that the...
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Tax officials stumble upon a list of names from another Swiss bank; unlikely to ‘nab’ all account holders-Sugata Ghosh
-The Economic Times The last time the taxman went after those with Swiss bank accounts, many said they had no clue how their names cropped up; quite a few escaped saying that they were non-residents, some simply ignored the missives, and only a few broke down and confessed. And there were the hard nuts who, without losing their equanimity, thought through the SITuation, invited their accountants and lawyers over for dinner, and...
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-The Economic Times Piyush Khanolkar, a 38-year-old farmer from the Marathwada district of Maharashtra, has just sold off 10 gm of gold which he had accrued over a period of last five years to a local jeweller. With good rains not in sight yet, he has been forced to sell off the gold to create a corpus to meet his family needs in the coming months if there is a crop failure. Prabhu...
More »Shortfall in monsoon rains widens by Ratnajyoti Dutta
-Reuters A shortfall in monsoon rains has widened to nearly 50 percent of average in the past week, making a revival next week crucial for farmers to sow summer-planted crops such as rice, corn, cane, cotton and soybean. The annual rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 percent of the South Asian nation's arable land is rain-fed. Farm sector accounts for about 15 percent of a nearly $2-trillion...
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-The Business Standard Delhi's power tariff hike needs a thorough probe Since the privatisation of power distribution in Delhi in 2002, the average domestic electricity tariff has seen a rise of 107 per cent. It was Rs 2.50 a unit in 2001-02 and – after last week’s increase of 24 per cent with effect from this month – has gone up to Rs 5.17 a unit. This latest hike comes after another...
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