TN budget 2012: Rs 20K Cr sought from investors

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 15:30

Japanese two-wheeler giant Yamaha is all set to make foray "very soon" into TN as the govt hopes to tap Rs 20,000 Cr in 6 months from investors.

TN budget 2012: ‘will protect rights on cauvery’

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 15:23

Locked in a fresh row with Karnataka over the decades-long Cauvery river water dispute, TN govt said it was making all efforts to "protect our rights".

TN Budget 2012: Proposal for 14.5% tax on liquor

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 14:16

The Tamil Nadu government has proposed 14.5 per cent tax on liquor as part of efforts to generate Rs 1,500 crore revenue.

Jaiswal opposes govt on jewellery duty hike

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 10:43

In what could be a big embarrassment to the UPA government, senior Congress leader and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has slammed that the excise duty hike announced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on jewellery in this year’s Union Budget.

Pranab Mukherjee to reply on Union Budget

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 10:15

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will on Monday reply to the debate on the Union Budget 2012 tabled in the Lok Sabha recently.

Goa: Parrikar announces Rs 11 cut in petrol prices

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 09:31

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar presented a populist budget by slashing petrol prices by Rs 11 and setting target of 15 percent GDP growth for the next fiscal.

There is no trust deficit between industry, govt: Pranab

Last Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012, 15:17

Maintaining that there was no trust deficit between the government and industry, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the Centre will make all efforts to implement the decisions it has taken.

'Service tax hike to make hotel rooms more expensive'

Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 17:24

The government's decision to increase service tax to 12 percent will make hotel tariffs more expensive, and will have an impact on overall occupancy and business for hotel companies, leading hoteliers said on Thursday.