Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:36:33
The tax department has made it mandatory for central excise duty and service taxpayers to obtain a valid PAN number before they can be migrated to the new goods and services tax (GST) set-up.
Despite the political impasse putting a question mark on the planned rollout of the new tax regime from April 1, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) continues to do the groundwork with April 1 a
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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:33:59
Cycle, the symbol of Samajwadi Party, faces the threat of being frozen before the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls if the Election Commission is not able to decide which of the two factions of the party commands majority in the organisation. After the split in the party last week, the factions led by Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh had approached the Commission staking claim over the party an
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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:20:56
The department of urban development is mulling over setting up a pilot desalination plant with private participation. Planning to follow Chennai's idea of tapping into desalinated water to meet its water needs for domestic and commercial purposes.
A foreign company that has evinced interest to set up one such plant will visit the city within the next fortnight, said R Roshan Baig, minister for
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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:12:54
Amid the big push being given to digital transactions post-demonetization, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday said cards, ATMs and POS machines would become redundant in the country by 2020.
"....India is in the midst of huge huge disruption in the world of both financial technology and in terms of social innovation (there is) huge huge innovation and this disruption will enable India to l
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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:11:08
Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa today welcomed India to invest in his country, saying it would be received with "open arms" as he fondly spoke of his Indian origin.
Highlighting that Portugal has a "classical position" to access key worldwide markets and is in central zone connecting UK and other European countries, he said, adding it was always open to FDI and "it is a country open to th
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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:07:45
Describing the counter-terrorism cooperation between India and the US under the eight years of Obama Administration as "incredibly successful", a top US official has said this has not only "diminished the threat" of terrorism in the two countries, but also foiled several terror plots.
"I can tell you quite definitively that due to our partnerships, several terrorism plots were foiled. Indian li
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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:06:00
The Imam of a Kolkata mosque today issued a 'fatwa' against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of "bluffing" the people through demonetisation, evoking a sharp reaction from BJP which demanded his arrest.
Syed Mohammad Nurur Rahman Barkati, the Shahi Imam of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Masjid, said, "Everyday people are harassed and facing problem due to demonetisation."
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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 15:02:42
Amid the ongoing power tussle in the ruling family of Uttar Pradesh, Samajawdi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav today asserted that there was "no dispute" in the party.
Mulayam along with Shivpal Yadav this morning met party workers at the SP headquarters here.
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