Budget: Income tax payers may get major relief Income tax payers are likely to get a major relief in the Budget 2008-09, as the government prepares itself to please the middle class in the election year.
Captured tigress returned to the wild A tigress that was captured on Monday amid high drama after it strayed into a village near the Sundarbans jumped from a boat into the river, turned back with a growl at her captors, swam ashore and then melted into the thick mangrove forest on Tuesday morning.
BEML makes deal with French company Pushing its level of foreign collaboration further, Bangalore-based BEML Ltd has entered into a major defence deal with French major Thales for developing surface mine burrier vehicles for the Army.
Woman burns self for love The incident happened in Banga township of Punjab. Manju, who got 90 percent burns, is battling for her life in a hospital even as her shocked husband, Satnam Singh, is trying to make sense of her step.
Are the truck owners justified in opposing the installation of speed governors in their vehicles? Should Karnataka take the lead or is there need for an uniform policy before it is implemented?
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