Demand at least one acre for each family Plea to waive loans taken by SC/ST KOZHIKODE: The SC-ST Coordination Committee, an umbrella organisation of more than 30 bodies of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, is...
Writers against navel-gazing, vote-grabbing politicians We express our anguish at the continuing brutalities on Christians and their places of worship across the country and at the attitude of our political leaders towards the...
KOTTAYAM: Former judge of the Supreme Court K.T. Thomas has called for a concerted effort on the part of the public, the media and professionals to bring the issue of mental health on the top of the public agenda. Inaugurating...
Mumbai, Oct 10: Company management cannot itself be a judge in the complaint of sexual harassment, Bombay High Court has held in a recent judgement. The company, in such a case, must appoint a complaints committee -- headed by...
Depreciation allowance is a concession granted by the state in the computation of income based on very many factors relevant to a wholesome fiscal administration. It represents diminution in the value of the asset when applied...
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” That was Mark Antony’s lament, in Julius Caesar. To be sure, we all have our list of evil-doers, the bad boys of our contemporary history—VK...
Chennai, Oct. 10 Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh have asked the State Government to increase the State Advised Price (SAP) for their produce by at least 25 per cent to 160 a quintal. But the sugar mills have said they would...
Even while American dominance may have come to an end, American pre-eminence is likely to endure for some time yet. The end of the Cold War had a triple significance for world affairs: the defeat of one power by another, the...
Satyasundar Barik BHUBANESWAR: Executing the Orissa High Court order that will have far-reaching consequences, the State government has slapped Rs. 1,00,000 penalty on Chakradhar Hybru Junior, former secretary of Bisthapan...
GULBARGA: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly M. Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa convene the session of the Legislative Assembly immediately to discuss the...