The I-T Department has issued Vodafone a reminder over its Rs. 14,200 crore tax demand and threatened to seize assets in the case of non-payment, a move the U.K. firm said shows disconnect with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of a tax-friendly environment. The department on February 4, 2016 sent a notice to Vodafone International Holdings seeking Rs. 14,200 crore […]
» Read moreA 13-year-old Indian-origin boy has been honoured in the US for his efforts to improve access to education for underprivileged students in America and around the world through his charity organisation. Ishaan Patel, founder and CEO of Planting Pencils was recently honoured by the Milan Cultural Organisation during the Republic Day celebration in the Legislative Office building in downtown Hartford, […]
» Read moreThree Indian-American legal luminaries may be among the possible candidates whom US President Barack Obama could nominate as a Supreme Court judge following the sudden death of conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia. Within hours of the death of Mr Scalia at a ranch in Texas, the name of Chandigarh-born Sri Srinivasan popped up as the top contender to the post. […]
» Read moreAt least 11 people, eight of them from one family, were killed when a passenger train rammed into a van at an unmanned railway crossing in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. The mishap occurred near Tando Jam late Sunday night at a crossing near Allah Dino Saand railway station, with four people seriously injured in the incident. DSP Latif Pirzada said […]
» Read moreGhaziabad Police on Monday arrested five men in the abduction of a Snapdeal employee Dipti Sharma who went missing on her way to Vaishali metro station last week. Sources said the conspiracy was hatched bysomeone known to the girl and was executed with the help of a well-known criminal Devendra. The police are also suspecting ‘unrequited love’ as a motive […]
» Read moreA 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital at Bahadurgarh in Gurgaon in the early hours of Saturday. According to the police, the woman had delivered a baby through C-section a few hours before the incident on Friday morning and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Brahm Shakti Sanjivami Hospital. The […]
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