New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The government has extended the deadline for filing appeals before the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) to July 31 after representations from stakeholders over technical difficulties caused by a surge in filings on the GSTAT portal, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.The extension applies to appeals filed under Section 112(1) read with Section 112(3) of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, it added.According to the Finance Ministry, the d…
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New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s private letters to the then Finance Minister John Mathai and West Bengal Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy reveal an episode reflecting attempts at addressing issues more in the context of perceptions then historical significance and sensitivities.The correspondence, now accessible through the digitised Nehru archives, exhibits his deep concern about Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy’s alleged tax assessment disp…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) India’s net direct tax collections surged 14.64 per cent (year-on-year) to Rs 5.21 lakh crore in the April 1-June 17 period this fiscal (FY27), according to data released by the Income Tax Department on Thursday.Net direct tax collections stood at Rs 5.21 lakh crore as on June 17, compared with rs 4.5 trillion collected during the corresponding period of FY26.In the meantime, gross direct tax collections increased 12.46 per cent to Rs 6.1 lakh crore from Rs 5.4 lakh c…
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Thursday said the BJP-led government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12-year tenure does not align with the governance legacy stretching from Nehru to Manmohan Singh, and highlights a stark contrast between the foundational philosophies of India’s leadership.The Thackeray camp, in an editorial in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, said that under Pandit Nehru’s leadership, institutions like AIIMS, I…
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a direction to the Income Tax Department to investigate AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami over allegations that he concealed details of his assets and income in his election nomination papers.Palaniswami, who successfully contested the Edappadi Assembly constituency in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and was sworn in as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, h…
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Amid the raging controversy over the exclusion of 80 lakh women beneficiaries from the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday revealed startling discrepancies uncovered during a recent Know Your Customer (KYC) exercise and database verification drive.He was speaking to reporters after the weekly Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday.When the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana was initially launched, the Maharashtra govern…
Bhuj, May 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday directed authorities in Gujarat’s border districts to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards unauthorised encroachments, strengthen action against illegal infiltration and financial crime networks, and closely monitor demographic changes, which he described as the most serious challenge facing border regions. Shah was chairing a high-level security review meeting in Bhuj on issues concerning Gujarat’s border and coastal districts alo…
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) Government Railway Police (GRP), along with Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, seized hawala money worth Rs 1.22 crore and busted a Rs 41.5 lakh drug racket in two separate operations, officials said on Wednesday.GRP and RPF personnel from Secunderabad seized Rs 1,22,70,000 from a man who was allegedly transporting hawala money from Mumbai to Hyderabad on the Devagiri Express.Vijay Ambadas Gupta, a resident of Maharashtra’s Amravati district, was apprehended dur…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at nearly 10 locations linked to Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), its top executives, and Kerala former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan, following a recent Kerala High Court order upholding the agency’s money laundering investigation in the alleged corporate fraud case involving the company.Officials said documents related to investments and bank fixed deposits were se…
Gandhinagar, May 26 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Tuesday cleared a significant financial and policy measure for the cooperative sugar sector while also opening registration for farmers to sell summer moong at the Minimum Support Price (MSP), bringing combined relief measures for more than two lakh farmers and cooperative institutions across the state. Announcing the decision, Agriculture and Cooperation Minister Jitu Vaghani said: “The state government has granted official approval to sugarc…