Contest for deputy Speaker post a certainty
The Lok Sabha is all set to witness a contest of sorts for the post of deputy speaker, with the government and the opposition failing to reach an agreement.

TN sugar mills caught in political slugfest
The battle royale between the Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi and AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha may have a bitter fallout on the economic front - the virtual extermination of the local sugar industry.

Income-tax settlement body to expedite backlog clearance
The self-regulated Income-tax Settlement Commission is preparing itself to bring down the number of pending applications with it. The commission was formed to take up voluntary-disclosure cases by tax-payers.

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