PwC tax head, others quit to join KPMG.

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC’s) head of tax practice Dinesh Kanbar, and close to a dozen other senior tax executives, are leaving the firm to join rival KPMG. - Over 15 PwC tax professionals quit; to join rival KPMG - Volkswagen, Suzuki: Joining forces">Volkswagen, Suzuki: Joining forces - Changes at PwC ruffle feathers - PricewaterhouseCoopers makes a new beginning, with caution - Shipping ministry calls for status report on DP World - Nordic region offers $10bn opportunity for IT: Nasscom-PwC In a statement, the consulting firm said that Ketan Dalal and Shyamal Mukherjee would replace Kanbar, who had joined PwC along with nearly two dozen partners after RSM Advisory Services merged nearly three years ago. When contacted, Kanbar said: “I can confirm that I have left PwC but I cannot discuss my future plans. plasma cutting machines

Amar Singh defends Pawar on price rise issue.

Amidst reports that he may join NCP, Amar Singh, who has resigned from all SP posts, today came out in defence of Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, saying the issue of price rise was the collective responsibility of the Cabinet including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. - Jeera futures prices likely to firm up - Nath pitches for infra bonds for NRIs - Ipca Labs mulls stock split; Board meet on Jan 21 - PM confident of 9-10% eco growth in couple of years - Rathore"s bail plea verdict in afternoon - Mulayam plays down Amar resignation as "nothing big" "Life for the aam admi (common man) is becoming increasingly difficult because of all-round price rise across the country. Now the Congress is also getting skeptical on the issue and is trying to put the entire blame on Sharad Pawar," Singh said in his latest blog entry. He said the entire government has to take joint responsibility for both good and bad things. business web design

Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka to attend Basu's funeral.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left for Kolkata along with several Cabinet ministers to attend the funeral of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu. - Sonia, leaders to pay homage to Basu - B"desh Parliament mourns Basu"s death - Mourners throng Basu"s home, party HQ to pay homage - India agrees to cede 17,000 acres to Bangladesh - BNP to protest "compromising" treaties with India - Get your facts right Ruling Awami League led Grand Alliance partners Jatiyo Party chief and former President H M Ershad, Worker"s Party chief Rashed Khan, Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal president Hassanul Haque Inu were among others accompanying Hasina at an air Force jet that flew off to Kolkata. Deputy leader of the House Sayeda Sajeda Chowdhury, agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury, foreign minister Dipu Moni and several other Awami League leaders are also travelling with Hasina to pay homage to Basu, who had ancestral link to Bangladesh. Basu, who died on Sunday at 95, was the longest-serving Chief Minister of West Bengal for 23 years from 1977 at the head of CPI(M)-headed Left Front government.

Plagued by fertiliser paucity, Uttar Pradesh potato farmers turn to oilseeds.

Thousands of potato farmers in the potato belt of Uttar Pradesh have been forced to give up their traditional crop, owing to enormous fertiliser and Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) shortage, expensive seeds and irrigation problems this season. The potato prices had risen to giddy heights of Rs 1,800 per quintal during the sowing season, forcing the small and marginal peasants to search for alternative crops, being unable to afford such pricey seeds. - Fertiliser subsidy rises substantially: Paswan - UP farmers selling sugarcane in U"khand - Haryana refuses entry to trucks from UP - Rice millers" strike stalls paddy procurement According to Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) district president Alok Tomar, around 40,000 small and marginal peasants have this year shifted to mustard and other oilseed cultivation after a span of almost one decade. daily deals calgary