2017

New Delhi:- Tightening the noose around tax evaders, the government has asked banks to obtain permanent account number (PAN) or Form-60 if PAN is not available, from all bank account holders by February 28, 2017. "Income-tax Rules have…
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Bengaluru: Castigating the opponents of demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said those terming the government's move as 'anti-people' were the "political worshippers" of graft and black money which were making the economy,…
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New Delhi: With doubts being raised about demonetisation eliminating black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said colour of funds has not changed by merely depositing them in banks as the money has now lost its 'anonymity' and can…
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New Delhi: The CBI has taken over the probe into a Rs 48 crore scam in Haryana in which government funds meant for disbursal as land compensation to farmers were allegedly misappropriated by a former district revenue officer of Panchkula in…
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Mathura: Filmmaker BR Chopra had offered the role of main lead in "Baghban" to his favourite actor, Dilip Kumar, who turned it down as he could not decide on his co-actress, according to Achala Nagar, the author of the novel. The film was…
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London: Oscar-winner Ben Affleck, who shares three kids with estranged wife and actress Jennifer Garner, says he would not much encourage his children from becoming actors. The 44-year-old star says he does not want his kids to follow in…
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New Delhi: Beginning April 1, people living in rural areas need to have Aadhaar under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that mandates 100 days work for a household annually. People registered under the…
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New Delhi: Scrutiny assessments that entail a top-to-bottom analysis of a taxpayers' I-T transactions should be "reduced significantly" for a period of three years, a committee constituted by the CBDT to cut down litigation issues between…
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La Paz (Mexico): Gunmen burst into a hotel in the popular Los Cabos resort area on Mexico's northwestern Pacific coast, killing three men and a woman, authorities said today. The killings took place in a small hotel in San Jose del Cabo,…
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Nicosia: Rival Cypriot leaders resume UN- brokered peace talks in Geneva tomorrow billed as a historic opportunity to end a decades-long conflict on the divided island, but the outcome is far from certain. Both Turkish- and Greek-speaking…
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