The government will take a final view on the new tax slabs in the Direct Tax Code (DTC) after it receives comments on the revised draft from the public, said union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday.

The 27-nation European Union has banned imports of Indian honey, alleging that consignments of the natural nectar from the country are contaminated with lead.
The commerce secretary, Mr Rahul Khullar, on Friday said the government was looking at ways to resolve the issue of import ban. The ban was put in place about a month ago.

India’s exports jumped by 35 per cent in May largely because of the low base last year. This is the seventh consecutive month, when exports have seen a positive growth.
“Don’t get carried away by the numbers. In terms of mood, things are looking brighter than last year. There is some degree of recovery in exports. But should we be opening up the champagne? No, not yet. We are not out of the woods yet,” said the commerce secretary, Mr Rahul Khullar.

The Delhi high court on Thursday criticised the police for its failure to protect people in the national capital, saying they (the police) “connive” with the families for money.
After hearing a plea from its Legal Services Aid Authority, which pointed out a recent case in which a man was jailed for eloping with a girl based on a complaint by her p

Are cracks beginning to appear in Mr Amar Singh’s decade-old relationship with the Bachchans? The expelled Samajwadi leader, who no longer stays with the Bachchans during his frequent Mumbai visits, poured cold water on the theory that Jaya Bachchan sacrificed the Rajya Sabha seat offered to her by the SP for her “brother Amar Singh”. Speaking exclusively to this newspaper, Mr Singh said: “She is missing the Rajya Sabha more than she misses me.”

Many Indians studying in Bishkek returned on Thursday from violence-wracked Kyrgyz-stan to the safety of New Delhi on a regular commercial flight.
From New Delhi they will travel on to their native places either by train or by their own conveyance. They all were very appreciative of the help rendered by the Indian e

The government has proposed special examinations to induct young officers recruited through the State Civil Services into the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
Faced with a shortfall of at least 560 IAS officers across India, a proposal for the UPSC to hold “limited” competitive examinations to allow young officers serving in the states to join the IAS is under active consideration of the Prime Minister’s Office.

India and South Korea on Thursday discussed a host of bilateral issues with external affairs minister S.M. Krishna, who is on a official visit there, suggesting that South Korean satellites could be launched by Indian launch vehicles.

The Indian Navy has ruled out joining any US-led or European-led anti-piracy initiative in the Gulf of Aden on account of differences in operational procedures, but the Indian Navy is coordinating anti-piracy efforts with all other navies in the region, including those of the Americans and Europeans, well-placed defence sources have said.

Inputs with the Central intelligence agencies reveal that Swami Asimanand, a suspect in the Malegaon and Ajmer blasts, reportedly met Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, another suspect, in a hospital in Nashik when she was admitted.