[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Modi government committed to lower taxes, Arun Jaitley says

Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Modi government committed to lower taxes, Arun Jaitley says Finance minister Arun Jaitley in his first interview to a newspaper after the Budget clarified that the “bitter pill” referred to by Modi didn’t mean higher taxes. Met Hafiz Saeed only as a journalist, Ramdev aide Ved Prakash Vaidik says Vaidik refuted allegations that he met Saeed as an envoy of Modi govt and claimed his interface with 26/11 attack mastermind was driven only by journalistic considerations. Parties invoke 'Tamil pride' against Chennai club's no to dhoti, seek action "It's a sports club and we look to instill a sense of discipline among the members," TNCA Club member Vijay Anand said while reacting to the controversy. CITIES MORE » Water samples in Lucknow test positive for arsenic Residents of the city may have benefited from better access to groundwater, but it has also given rise to the threat of arsenic poisoning. Ship adrift off Mumbai, 11 crew members rescued In a 30-minute rescue operation, the Indian Coast Guard airlifted 11 crew members who were stranded on Indian merchant vessel MV Priyanka, which started drifting after it broke its anchorage 20 nautical miles or 37km from Colaba shore around 11.20am on Monday. Villagers harass girl for lighting father's funeral pyre She may be in the eye of a storm for lighting the funeral pyre of her father ignoring objections from her close relatives and immediate neighbours on Saturday, but Shalini, a Class XII student, remained unrepentant. TECH MORE » 8 tech titans who won't leave their fortune to their kids We've rounded up some of the most generous people in tech, all of whom have decided to donate large portions of their wealth to charity rather than pass it down to their children. Samsung teases eye scanner; coming to Galaxy Note 4? A tweet by the Twitter account @SamsungExynos shows an image of a phone with eye-scanning user interface. iPhones not a threat to China’s security: Apple Apple said, "As we have stated before, Apple has never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services." SPORTS MORE » 'Messi didn't deserve Golden Ball' Diego Maradona said compatriot Lionel Messi did not deserve to be named best player of the World Cup, arguing it should have gone to James Rodriguez. Brazil celebrates rival Argentina's defeat Brazilians bitter about their team's disastrous World Cup celebrated Argentina's defeat to Germany in the final by dancing and launching fireworks. Blatter gives WC 9.25 marks out of 10 Fifa president Sepp Blatter gave the World Cup 9.25 marks out of 10, the day after the tourney ended with Germany beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time in final. BUSINESS MORE » Inflation eases, poor rains remain a worry Data released by the government showed that retail inflation in June hit 7.31%, the lowest level seen since the new measures was introduced in January 2012. Premium compacts, entry-level sedans' sales rise The entry-level segment (comprising models like Alto and Eon, etc) too has shrunk, but only around 14.5%. NTPC loses tariff battle NTPC is looking to take a hit of about Rs 1,800 crore this fiscal as the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on Monday rejected its petition against changes in the tariff regulations . ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Ranbir’s ex to be present at Katrina’s birthday? We heard that Katrina Kaif is in Corsica to spend her birthday (July 16) with boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. 'Salman Khan takes too much pizza toppings' Given the upcoming thriller Pizza, which is a story about a pizza delivery boy, whose delivery goes horribly wrong, we decided to meet a few real-life delivery pizza boys to find out if they had encountered something unusual while delivering pizzas. Top 5 prospective brides for Salman Khan Aamir Khan recently admitted that he was tired of asking his buddy Salman Khan to get married. About Us | Advertise with Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Sitemap To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2014 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service

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