Pranab Mukherjee Central Government reduced the Excise duty and Service Tax by 2 percent. Excise duty has been reduced from to 10 to 8 percent and Service tax from 12 to 10 percent. Government earlier was not ready to reduce the taxes and duties in the Union Budget, and this was much criticized as the [...]
In an Interview with CNN, Politician turned former Pakistan Cricketer, Imran Khan appealed for a ‘Swath Model’ agreement in Afghan from US side. He pointed out that , like the Pak Government had implemented Shari’a in Swath as per the demand from the people there, US also should engage in a similar agreement with the [...]
According to some policy experts, India is slowly withdrawing from the Gas pipe line project with Iran. CPM polit bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan today expressed the concern that, India’s withdrawal is due to American pressure. Official authorities says the reason as the higher price demanded by Iran. In fact, experts point out that this is [...]
Punjab: Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said Pakistan’s bid to compromise with the Taliban could be a threat to the whole Indian sub-continent. Terming Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism in the world, Chidambaram said Pakistan has been “forced” by the Indian policy to admit that its soil was being used for terrorist attacks [...]
GAZA CITY: A Hamas official yesterday disclosed the contents of a letter he wrote to President Barack Obama on behalf of the internationally shunned militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Yousef, a Hamas government official, said that in the letter, he called on Obama “to deal in a fair way with the Palestinian [...]
More than 25 people died in a bomb explosion at a funeral procession in north-western Pakistan, police say. The suicide blast targeted the funeral of a Shia Muslim cleric who was gunned down on Thursday. There are fears the death toll could go higher. The blast took place in Dera Ismail Khan, a town close [...]
GAZA CITY: US Democratic representatives Brian Baird and Keith Ellison expressed shock at the plight of the war-shattered Gaza Strip during a visit to the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave yesterday. “The amount of physical destruction and the depth of human suffering here is staggering” Baird said in a statement issued jointly with Ellison during their visit [...]
A cartoon published in New York Post by Sean Delonas depicting a chimpanzee as the drafter of American Financial Stimulus bill has sparked protest in the US. Democratic party leaders came against the news paper accusing that the Cartoon is an offensive reference to President Barack Obama. On the reverse side of the Cartoon, the [...]
somnath chatterjee Annoyed by the behavior of some members in Lok Sabha, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said “You do not deserve one paisa of public money”. This was when the members of several political parties disrupted the question hour by storming to the well of Lok Sabha raise several issues. “I think Parliament should be adjourned [...]
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged Obama to apologize to the world for the Iraq Invasion on behalf of American people. If not done, he fears this will destroy the good will that Obama has got in the president’s election campaign. He added that it would be “wonderful” if Mr. Obama do [...]
