Government

Govt raises ceiling on tax-free gratuity from Rs10 lakh to Rs20 lakh

02 Apr 2018

E-way bill mandatory for inter-state movement of goods from tomorrow

31 Mar 2018

Govt more than doubles fertiliser dealers’ margin on urea sales

31 Mar 2018

Share sales to attract long term capital gains tax from 1 April

31 Mar 2018

The tax on long-term gains on share transactions, reintroduced after a gap of 14 years, imposes a 10-per cent tax on gains exceeding Rs1 lakh from sale of shares

SC judge seeks full court sitting to tackle executive interference in judiciary

29 Mar 2018

Opposition ganging up to move impeachment motion against CJI

28 Mar 2018

Cambridge Analytica trashes whistleblowers claims

28 Mar 2018

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says Congress may have been client

28 Mar 2018

Deadline for Aadhaar-PAN linking extended to 30 June

28 Mar 2018

The apex court ordered the extension of the deadline till the five-judge constitution bench delivers its judgment on petitions challenging the validity of the biometric scheme and the enabling law

GST collection falls to Rs85,174 cr in February as only 69% taxpayers file returns

27 Mar 2018

Karnataka elections to be held on 12 May

27 Mar 2018

Employees agitated as govt refuses to raise minimum pay kike

26 Mar 2018

Aadhaar controversy continues to rage

26 Mar 2018

A leading international business technology website has revealed a new data leak hitting Aadhaar, India’s national ID database, which “affects potentially every Indian citizen” subscribed to it

Special court grants anticipatory bail to Karti in Aircel-Maxis case

24 Mar 2018

This is the second bail for Karti Chidambaram, after the Delhi High Court granted him bail in the INX Media case on Friday

Lalu Yadav sentenced to 14 years in jail in fourth fodder scam

24 Mar 2018

A special CBI court in Ranchi on Saturday sentenced Lalu Prasad Yadav to 14 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs60 lakh for his role in the fourth fodder scam

Delhi High Court quashes EC's disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs

23 Mar 2018

Delhi High Court grants bail to Karti Chidambaram

23 Mar 2018

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to former finance minister P Chidamabaram's son Karti Chidambaram, in the INX Media corruption case

Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission

22 Mar 2018

Union cabinet approves 'Modicare' national health scheme

22 Mar 2018

The union cabinet has approved the launch of the government's ambitious health scheme, with budgetary support of Rs16,000 crore for 2018-19 and 2019-20

Government will not tolerate Facebook interfering in 2019 elections: Ravi Shankar Prasad

21 Mar 2018

Lalu Prasad convicted in fourth fodder scam

19 Mar 2018

Currently serving a jail term in Ranchi, former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, Lalu Prasad Yadav has been convicted in the fourth fodder scam

SC extends Karti’s relief from arrest till 26 March

16 Mar 2018

Extending the interim relief from arrest granted to Karti Chidambaram by the Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court said it would clear the "confusion" which has crept in on the Enforcement Directorate’s power of arrest

Urjit Patel seeks more teeth for RBI to police state-run banks

15 Mar 2018

In the wake of the massive fraud at the Punjab National Bank, RBI Governor Urjit Patel said the central bank had "very limited authority" over state-run banks, where ‘dual regulation’ by the state and the RBI is leading to problems

BJP shocked at SP win in Yogi stronghold

14 Mar 2018

The by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar turned out to be a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is in the government in both the states

Maran brothers acquitted in illegal telephone exchange case

14 Mar 2018

Former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran, the owner of Sun Network, have been discharged from the BSNL illegal exchange case