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  • President makes Rashtrapati Bhavan accessible to people

    In yet another effort by President Pranab Mukherjee to make Rashtrapati Bhavan accessible to common people, President House will be opened for public viewing on Sundays and for increased hours. An online system of booking for tours of Rashtrapati Bhavan was launched by Secretary to the President Omita Paul Friday, said an official communique. Interested […]

    MFG: The Malayali Group Synonymous to Selfless Service

    Indira, a hapless mother living under a crumbling  roof  in a coastal shanty town on the suburbs of Thiruvanathapuram receives a call on her sister’s mobile . The caller identifies himself as a volunteer from Malayali Friends Group (MFG). He  has been assigned to personally visit the aged mother and her perpetually bedridden son   suffering from brain tumor for […]

    Man With A Unique Mission

    Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men – Mahatma Gandhi Its -simply surprising.   The philanthropic effort of a single man unites over half a million homosapiens spread across 82 nations to do well to the deprived and physically challenged.  Gopal  Nair, a  spartan,  middleclass  Malayalee […]

    CBDT to probe futures trading frauds

    by Our Special Correspondent New Delhi : Probe has been initiated by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on the massive tax fraud.  Many have committed  large scale Tax evasion  manipulating the loopholes in the existing regulations in  futures trading.  According to a rough estimate the fraudulent trade practices in the commodity futures trading have cost […]

    Massive Tax-Evasion through CFT: Nation lost Rs 30, 000 crore a year

    by Our Special Correspondent New Delhi : Commodity Futures Trading (CFT) is being blatantly misused for massive tax evasion. This was revealed by none other than the commodity market regulator FMC (Forward Markets Commission). The Regulator in a recent note has cautioned the exchanges and operators who are into wash trading- an illegal practice where […]

    Nation Loses Billions As Futures Trading Manipulated For Tax Fraud.

    By Our National Correspondent Another multi-billion financial fraud that could compound the pathetic  plight of the beleaguered Congress-led UPA government at the Center which is under constant attack from every corner on account of multiple scams rocking the nation is out in the open. This time it is the commodity futures market is the suspect.  The total […]

    ‘Judiciary and Police should be gender sensitive to protect women’

    A woman is the full circle.  Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. ~ Diane Mariechild ~ Draped in a low cost printed cotton sari and a small bindi at the middle of forehead Dr.T N Seema, the agile woman Rajya Sabha Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Kerala, […]

    VS ,The Real Victor

    Though the Congress- led United Democratic Front (UDF) could win the just concluded State Assembly Polls in Kerala by a whisker former chief minister of the Left Front government V S Achutanandan has emerged the star of the ballot. He could successfully take the wind out of the UDF sail and the impressive show of […]

    Oommen Chandy- A Manmohan Singh in the making

    By Geetha V P Though he has been unanimously proposed by the elected UDF representatives to lead the Government, Oommen Chandi looks much worried.  His worry is not of the strong opposition led by a much contended and determined V S Achuthanandan, but his own coalition companions and party colleagues. Chandy knows it well, the threat […]

    Elections 2011: Count down begins for Congress

    By S K Visary The results of the just concluded election has hardly provided anything for the  Congress to rejoice.  The fact is,  the assembly poll outcomes from the five states and  the by- election results  from Andhra Pradesh and  Karnataka is  providing nerve-racking interlude for both the party and its  government at the Center.   Congress  may […]