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Old is gold, but where are the takers?
Traditional Houses of Temple City can be a link between heritage and economy, writes S.S.Kavitha
Columns

DOWN MEMORY LANE
‘Rope’ stretches suspense
A Hitchcock film based on a real-life incident


VOICE YOUR VIEWS: SELF ASSESSMENT FOR PROPERTY TAX REVISION
Overdue
Responses to this column have been overwhelming, as always. This week we welcome your views on ’Heritage buildings of Madurai.’ Send in your responses (not exceeding 150 words) before April 15 to the Metroplus, The Hindu, 147/2A, 80-Feet Road, K.K. Nagar, Madurai-20 or mail to maduraimetro@thehindu.co.in along with your passport size colour photograph.
Tax consciousness

The Government’s announcement of raising the property tax with effect from April 1,2008 in the range of 25 per cent to 150 per cent was opposed by several quarters. Urban and local bodies are unable to meet the mounting expenditure while ...


Welcome

The proposed self assessment for property tax revision will be welcomed by most since there is a chance to justify the accuracy in the stated value of the property.

So many factors are involved in calculating the value of property and ...


Beneficial

Self assessment for property tax Revision will yield good results without hurting the feelings of the tax levier or payers. Some public limited companies go for self-appraisal. This helps an individual in assessing his job based on guidelines ...


Stipulation

Self assessment for property tax revision should be made as per norms stipulated by the State Government. The Corporation has no power to revise the existing tax system on its own. The citizens are in fix. The State Government should enlighten ...


A welcome move

Self assessment of property tax is a welcome move. This system should be exploited by urban local bodies for better use of urban governance. It provides low rate of property tax to make it acceptable by the public at large. It minimises the ...
Food

Into the world of mother’s recipe
Eating out at Thaai is like having food at home
Television

Fox to enter India
The channel promises versatile content
Wired In

New on the tube
The entertainment industry wants to connect with the youth in their domain, and is flirting with social networking sites and YouTube


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