Govt to have non-adversarial tax regime, boost investment: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 12:02

"Our Taxation process has to be simpler to increase tax buoyancy. Our taxation policy has to be non-adversarial. The government does not intend to tax people retrospectively," Jaitley said.

Our taxation process has to be simplier to increase tax buyoncy: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 10:48

The Finance Minister said that our corporate tax structure has to be globally competitive and that's why we reduced it from 30 per cent to 25 per cent. Our taxation process has to be simplier to increase tax buyoncy.

Karzai`s lecture in Indian Parliament cancelled

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 14:27

Afghan President Hamid Karzai`s Hiren Mukherjee Memorial Lecture in Parliament has been cancelled apprehending low attendance by MPs, said sources Thursday.

Amitabh Bachchan delivers insightful lecture in capital

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 08:15

Amitabh Bachchan Friday took to the Penguin Annual Lecture 2013 podium and left them more star-struck as he spoke about empowering the country`s women, Indian cinema, poetry and more.

Nitish Kumar to deliver annual NCM lecture

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 22:41

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will deliver the annual lecture of the national minority panel here on Friday.

Religion should not be used for propagation of hatred: Pranab Mukherjee

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 17:45

Expressing anguish over recent communal violence, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said religion should never become an instrument for propagation of hatred and violence against believers of different faiths.

For Ravi Shastri, BCCI bosses are just what the doctor ordered

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 13:06

Ravi Shastri batted for the BCCI for the better part of his speech during the Dilip Sardesai Memorial Lecture at the Bombay Gymkhana on Friday.

Chinese astronaut Yaping delivers space lecture

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 09:41

China`s second woman astronaut Wang Yaping, has become the country`s first space teacher as she delivered a lecture to over 60 million Chinese students about various aspects life in space.

Moral drift dominating public lives: Pranab

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 18:43

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday expressed concern over the moral drift which has "begun to dominate" public lives, and sought replacement of Tagore`s man of "limited purpose" with the "moral man".

Ensure that Test cricket remains pinnacle: Gavaskar

Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 17:48

Emphasising the significance of Test cricket when the slam-bang T20 format is gaining huge popularity, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar asked the game`s administrators to ensure that the longer version of the game remains the "pinnacle" of the sport.

Sharmila Tagore hospitalised, misses inaugural Pataudi lecture

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 21:19

The inaugural Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial lecture was unfortunately missed by the late cricketer`s immediate family members with wife Sharmila Tagore being hospitalised because of bout of food poisoning.

BCCI institutes annual lecture in memory of Pataudi

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 14:56

The BCCI on Wednesday instituted an annual lecture to honour the memory of late former India skipper Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi which would be inaugurated by the legendary Sunil Gavaskar on February 20 in Chennai.