Rio urged Pawar to exempt Import Duty for NER

Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 11:33 [IST]

Kohima, Oct 25 (UNI) Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has urged Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, in a letter, to take up with appropriate authorities to exempt or reduce Import Duty for all infrastructure in the North Eastern Region.

Mr Rio has written to Pawar that the cost of Import Duty at about 40 per cent is too high.

He, also wrote in a letter, said the state government is proposing to import some protected cultivation structures like Hi-Tech Green House and Tunnel from Israel.

He said the Israeli structures are one of the best in terms of durability and quality.

UNI AS JYN SS1041

Other articles published on October 25, 2006

Engineer arrested on corruption charges

Wednesday, October 25, 2006,11:33 [IST]

Aizawl, Oct 25: Mizoram police have arrested an executive engineer from the state Public Health Engineering (PHE) department on charges of misapproprating money to the tune of Rs 36.75 lakhs.Police here today informed that following an FIR filed by the chief engineer, PHE department, Zoliansanga, in charge of the planning division was arrested in this connection.It has been learned that the accused had pilfered money while he was in charge of sewerage division from which he had.....

Person is 'Shunakan' (Dog) Caste at Kottayam

Wednesday, October 25, 2006,11:34 [IST]

Kottayam, Oct 25: A Village Officer who was suspended following the controversy over certifying the caste of a person as 'Shunakan' (Dog) said it was a clerical mistake.P A Shaji, Perumbaikad Village Officer had certified the caste of P N Vijayan of Perumbaikad as 'Shunakan' (Dog) in November 11, 2005.In the school certificate of Vijayan who had studied up to 6th standard, his caste was entered as 'Hindu- Kshurakan' (Barber). But when he approached the village officer.....

Limitless Updates

India News

News Archives

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes set wedding date

Wednesday, October 25, 2006,11:34 [IST]

LOS ANGELES, Oct 25 (Reuters) After a whirlwind courtship and the birth of a baby, Hollywood's most famous unmarried couple, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, have set a date for their wedding. Their representative, Arnold Robinson, said yesterday that the couple will get married on November 18 in Italy, with Giorgio Armani designing Holmes's wedding dress. Robinson declined to give other details. The couple became engaged in June 2005 after a very public courtship......

Eyelash transplants set to sweep the world

Wednesday, October 25, 2006,11:34 [IST]

LOS ANGELES, Oct 25: Think you've seen it all when it comes to cosmetic surgery? Look more closely. Eyelash transplant surgery wants to become the new must-have procedure for women -- and the occasional man -- convinced that beauty is not so much in the eye of the beholder as in front of the eye itself.Using procedures pioneered by the hair loss industry for balding men, surgeons are using ''plug and sew'' techniques to give women long, sweeping lashes.....

Palestinian banks walk economic, security tightrope

Wednesday, October 25, 2006,11:34 [IST]

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 25 (Reuters) Bankers in the Palestinian territories worry less about boardroom battles and more about the daily fight to stay in business. The threat of US sanctions has stopped banks dealing with the government. Disgruntled state workers, largely unpaid since March, have been vandalising automated teller machines and other bank property. And the economy is in freefall. Some experts say the chaos threatens the long-term viability of the 11.....