ChandigarhWhile everyone is anticipating sops for affordable housing in the next Budget of the UPA government, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has initiated a number of steps to cut on delays in the approval of residential building pla ..
Senior Lawyer Abbas Kazmi, who is representing prime accused in the 26/11 terror attack case Mohammed Azmal Amir Kasab, will get Rs 2,500 per day as remuneration from the Maharashtra Government.The case is heard five days – Monday to Friday &nd ..
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its anguish over the increasing incidents of dowry deaths and suggested that no mercy be shown to those accused of burning women to death over dowry demands.Justice Markandey Katju sitting with Justice Deepak Ve ..
The government will lose Rs 40,000 crore in revenues if natural gas production is given tax breaks, the revenue department in the Finance Ministry has opined, an assessment disputed by experts. Revenue Secretary P V Bidhe met Petr ..
It is nearly five years since the Madras High Court Bench staff here raised a demand to build residential quarters for them, two years from when the State Government allotted 3.67 acres of land near Maattuthavani Integrated Bus Stand and a year since ..
Advocates, including seniors, appearing in the Supreme Court during the ongoing summer vacation are at the receiving end with the vacation bench frequently pulling them up for their perceived misdemeanours and lack of etiquettes. Senior counsel Mu ..
New Telecom and IT Minister Andimuthu Raja said he will "fight for" the extension of tax sops to IT and ITeS firms for another two years in the coming Budget. "I will fight for the extension of STPI scheme beyond March 2010. The schem ..
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has asked the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, to abolish several of the taxes announced by his predecessor. These include the Fringe Benefit Tax, the Minimum Alternate Tax and various surcharges and c ..
Tax authorities from around the world have agreed on a new co-operation plan to encourage compliance and to counter evasion and abusive avoidance, with special focus on wealthy individuals and offshore activities. The pact comes at a time when govern ..
Leading banks have told corporates that there can be no dramatic reduction in lending rates. While the government is nudging banks to cut rates, lenders have told apex industry bodies that rates cannot be lowered to the extent that corporates are dem ..