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Indian MPs to get another Salary Hike of Rs 10,000 Rs 1.6 lakh a month MPs will now an additional Rs 10,000 over and above what was agreed upon last week – a 300% raise. That amounts to Rs 1.6 lakh a month for legislators, thanks to deal reached between the government and the Samajwadi [...]

Bharat bandh not a solution: government Sun, Jul 4 03:45 PM New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) With the opposition gearing up to enforce a nationwide shutdown against rising prices and the fuel price hike, the government justified the increase in fuel costs and said a strike was ‘not a solution’. In newspapers advertisements, the ministry [...]

UPA 2010 Hits and Misses By Vinay Dora – July 2nd, 2010 The Congress-led UPA government came to power with a thumping mandate during last year’s elections. The victory tasted even sweeter for the alliance as on this occasion they didn’t have the Left as an impediment. Soon various ministries went into an overdrive, spelling [...]

CAMPAIGN Please forward this email Ensure that prime accused Warren Anderson, former chairman of Union Carbide ceases absconding from criminal justice in India and the authorized representatives of the company [Dow-Union Carbide] face trial in the Bhopal criminal court. Provide Economic and social support The corporation must provide income opportunities to victims who can not [...]

80 percent voting in Haryana panchayat polls 2010-06-12 21:50:00 Amid stray incidents of group clashes, nearly 80 percent voting was recorded Saturday in the second phase of elections for panchyati raj institutions in 12 districts of Haryana, an official said. ‘The election was largely peaceful and no major untoward incident was reported except few stray [...]

India steps into history with women’s quota bill Tuesday 9th March, 2010 (IANS) India’s politics took a decisive step towards change Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, crossing the biggest hurdle in the road towards political empowerment for women in the world’s [...]

A bill that would have empowered India’s women politically was blocked on International Women’s Day by ministers of Parliament who call the legislation elitist, according the Indo-Asian News Service. The bill was first introduced in 1996 and would have reserved one-third of legislative seats for Indian women. A dozen members of India’s upper house who [...]

Great Women Mother Teresa As the day is a remembrance to great women for their outstanding achievements that are indefinable, let’s have a feel of their feats. Mother Teresa, the idle women, born for a cause and died for that cause and the cause was ‘serving Humanity’. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was the birth name assigned [...]

Takeaway for a housewife from budget 2010 Saturday February 27, 2010 01:51 am PST There is good reason for any salaried person to cheer the Budget 2010. The salary slabs for tax has been increased. Is there something for the housewife too? Let’s see how the monthly budget of a housewife will be affected by [...]

Mobile phones, books & toys = cool; Fuel, SUVs = uncool Friday February 26, 2010 11:18 pm PST As always, every budget has its highs and lows, FM Pranab Mukherjee’s budget 2010 presented today is no different. From a consumer’s point of view, here’s a look at the goods and services that are cool and [...]