The Income Tax Department has introduced a mobile app, named ‘Aaykar Setu’ which aims to facilitate taxpayers with solutions to a range of tax-related issues. The app which was formally launched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday, will also let people link their PAN with the 12-digit unique identification number, Aadhaar. The app is currently available on the Android […]
» Read moreIntelligence sources have said three to five Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were involved in the attack on Amarnath Yatra that killed seven pilgrims and injured 14 others, including policemen, when they struck at a bus carrying them on Monday night in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to the sources Ismail, a Lashkar operative from Pakistan, was heading the militant group. He […]
» Read moreThe government has approved American e-commerce major Amazon’s proposed $500 million investment in retailing of food products in India, an official said. The proposal was pending before the Foreign Investment Promotion Board which has been abolished. Hence, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion gave the green signal to the proposal. As per the proposal, the company will open a […]
» Read moreKadir Ahmed, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was on Saturday arrested in his native district Bijnore. He was nabbed after a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad and the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad, a police spokesperson said. Ahmed is an accused under TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act). He is alleged to have played a […]
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted searches on the premises of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti and her husband, Shailesh Kumar, in a money laundering case involving shell companies. Searches were also carried out against Mishail Packers and Printers, in which Ms. Bharti, an MP, and her husband are directors. The ED probe pertains to a chargesheet filed […]
» Read moreAjay Singh acquired SpiceJet from Kalanithi Maran for Rs 2 over two years back. According to a recent Delhi High Court judgment on a Singh-Maran dispute, a sale purchase agreement (SPA) was executed between the two in January 2015 where Singh acquired just over 35 crore shares -representing 58.5% stake in the low cost carrier (LCC) -from promoter Maran and […]
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