(PTI) Stepping up probe into the Panama Papers, the Income Tax Department has slapped criminal charges under the new anti-black money Act and launched fresh assessment of stashed offshore income against over half-a-dozen Indian entities in the list, official sources said. They said the department has detected undisclosed assets and stashed funds located in foreign countries in case of seven individuals and entities named in the leaks and the taxman has begun investigations against them under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. Sources privy to the probe said the tax department has ordered…
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(ET) In a major step in spreading the use of green energy, India’s first electric vehicle (EV) charging station was started here on Sunday by Indian Oil Corp , according to the state-run oil marketing company. Indian Oil has partnered with cab aggregator Ola to set up the charging station at an IOC petrol pump here. “Nagpur, being the first city to introduce the electric public transportation model in India, has added one more feather to its cap by by adding the first electric charging station at Indian Oil’s COCO (company-owned, company-operated) fuel station in the city,” an IOC release…
(PTI) The President and the Vice- President continue to get less salaries as compared to the top bureaucrats and service chiefs since the laws are yet to be amended to rectify an anomaly with the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations nearly two years ago. The proposal for enhancement of the salaries of the President, the Vice President and the Governors was prepared by the Union Home Ministry and forwarded to the Cabinet Secretariate more than a year ago for the approval of the Union Cabinet, a home ministry official said.However, no decision has been taken on it yet,…
(AU) सोमवार 20 नवंबर को कांग्रेस पार्टी ने कांग्रेस कार्य समिति (सीडब्ल्यूसी) की बैठक बुलाई है। पूरे देश में संगठनात्मक चुनाव की प्रक्रिया पूरी होने के बाद कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष की अध्यक्षता में यह बैठक बुलाई गई है। सीडब्ल्यूसी कांग्रेस पार्टी की सर्वोच्च ईकाई है और इसमें पार्टी के सामने मौजूद चुनौतियों को देखते हुए पार्टी के वरिष्ठ नेता की भावी दशा-दिशा के संबंध में निर्णय लिया जाता है। विश्वस्त सूत्रों से प्राप्त जानकारी के अनुसार 20 नवंबर को होने वाली इस बैठक में अन्य महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दों के अलावा पार्टी को राहुल गांधी के रूप में नया अध्यक्ष देने पर भी विचार किया जाएगा। हालांकि सीडब्ल्यूसी…
(FE) Hardik Patel’s Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) has reportedly decided to support the Congress in the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Reports say that PAAS leaders will also fight the polls on Congress tickets. The party is yet to announce its first list of candidates. The new development in the state is expected to boost the Congress party’s prospects in the high-octane battle against the ruling BJP in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress campaign is being led by vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who is expected to be soon elected as the head of his party. Earlier, Patel had set a…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reaffirmed his government’s commitment to improving sanitation facilities across the country and hailed all those involved in building toilets. World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day, celebrated on this day to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. In a series of tweets, he said, “On World Toilet Day we reaffirm our commitment towards improving sanitation facilities across the nation”. “I compliment all those individuals and organisations working towards building more toilets in various parts of India. Their invaluable contribution adds solid momentum to Swachh Bharat Mission,” he tweeted.
(FE) Just six months after ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ scheme was launched by Centre to help families of martyred soldiers, it has till now garnered Rs 26 crore in donations. The app of the scheme allows donors to directly give their money to the families of slain soldiers.The website of Bharat Ke Veer was launched by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with actor Akshay Kumar in April this year. Since its launch, the website has got a great response. The main aim of this website is to enable the public to help families by donating money directly through to accounts of next of kin…
(AU) गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए भाजपा ने अपनी रणनीति में बड़ा बदलाव किया है। वर्तमान विधायकों के टिकट काटने के बजाय पार्टी ने उनमें भरोसा जताया है, वहीं जातीय समीकरणों का भी खासा ध्यान रखा गया है। पार्टी ने पटेलों की नाराजगी को थामने के लिए पहली लिस्ट में 14 पटेलों को टिकट दिया है तो उत्तर गुजरात की रणनीति के मद्देनजर ठाकोर और चौधरी बिरादरी को साधने की कवायद की गई है। इस बिरादरी के प्रमुख नेताओं को पार्टी ने पहली ही लिस्ट में टिकट थमाया है। राज्यसभा चुनाव में भाजपा का दामन थामने वाले 8 विधायकों में से पार्टी ने केवल…
(PTI) In a setback to Sharad Yadav, the Election Commission today ruled that the group led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the real Janata Dal (United) and is entitled to use the ‘Arrow’ poll symbol of the party. The JD(U) is a recognised state party in Bihar. The EC, in its order issued today, said the group led by Kumar “has demonstrated overwhelming majority support” in the legislature wing as well as the majority in the national council of the party, which is the apex organisational body of the JD(U). “The group led by Nitish Kumar is hereby…
(PTI) Gold prices fell by Rs 103 to Rs 29,560 per 10 ten grams in futures trading today as participants indulged in profit-booking at prevailing levels even as the metal strengthened overseas. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in far-month February declined by Rs 103, or 0.35 per cent to Rs 29,560 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 100 lots. Similarly, the metal for delivery in December eased by Rs 88 or 0.30 per cent to Rs 29,415 per ten grams in 863 lots. Analysts attributed the fall in gold futures to profit-booking by traders at existing…