About 92 per cent of the income-tax refund claims for fiscal 2007-08 will be settled without the taxpayers needing to produce TDS certificates, as the Government has relaxed the criteria in this regard. According the relaxed criteria on settling the ..
New Delhi, June 20 The Utter Pradesh Government today moved the Supreme Court challenging the stay granted by the Allahabad High Court on the demolition of Sahara group's commercial property Shara Sahar.The case will come up for hearing before the ..
Chennai, Jun 19 One of the convicts in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam today moved the Madras High Court seeking to reduce the sentence awarded by the CBI Special Court in the case.The appeal petition was filed by C S Balaji, who was handed dow ..
New Delhi, Jun 19 Taking serious view of the Centre's move to regularise 1400 unauthorised colonies in Delhi, without providing basic amenities like water, power and roads, the Supreme Court today directed the Delhi government to file an affidavit s ..
The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Thiru. T.R. Baalu has approved the merger of Dearness Allowance (D.A.) equivalent to 50% of the basic pay in the pay scale of 1997 level with effect from 1st January, 2007 for the 1015 shore ..
The Allahabad High Court today pulled up the Lucknow Development Authority for demolition of Sahara Sahar during the night without prior notice and asked the Uttar Pradesh government to restore possession of land to the Sahara Group company. Taking s ..
In one of the landmark judgments on patents which would benefit HIV patients, Indian Patent Office on Thursday rejected a patent application filed by multinational pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim on paediatric form of anti-AIDS drug nevirapine. T ..
The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to persistent sexual violence during armed conflict, calling it a war crime and a component of genocide. Approved by all 15 members, council resolution 1820 "demands the immediate and complete cessa ..
The income-tax department has asked two leading film and entertainment companies to pay tax on the income generated from sale of distribution rights even though they are based in tax havens such as Cyprus and Mauritius. The department, in two separat ..
India's collected 71.3 percent more direct tax in the first two months of fiscal 2008/09 from a year ago, the government said on Wednesday, as receipts from individuals and companies grew strongly.The Central Board of Direct Taxes said in a statement ..