2 warring IAS officers shunted out of Mysuru

The Karnataka government has shunted out two warring IAS officers Rohini Sindhuri and Shilpa Nag C T, who had indulged in an ugly public spat over the past few days, out of Mysuru. Sindhuri, who......

Kachori seller earning Rs 60 lakh a yr gets tax notice

A small roadside outlet selling kachoris in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh has come under the scrutiny of the commercial tax department after it found that the owner of the shop, which had an annual......

CBI registers enquiry into death of IAS officer D K Ravi

Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday started a preliminary enquiry into the "unnatural" death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer D K Ravi whose body was found hanging at his residence in......

IAS officer death: Centre approves of CBI probe

The Centre on Monday gave its nod for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the mysterious death of IAS officer D K Ravi after Karnataka government fell in line and sent a fresh notification......

No Central Sales Tax from 2009

The empowered committee of state finance ministers on value-added tax is considering a four-year phase out of the central sales tax. Beginning April 1, 2006, the CST could be reduced to 3 per cent......

Why India's pharma cos prefer Gujarat over tax havens

Gujarat has around 3,000 licensees for allopathic drug manufacturing, apart from around seven homeopathic licensees, 500 ayuvedic and 600-700 cosmetics licensees The Goods and Services Tax (GST)......

New SEZ Bill to offer tax sops

The government will come up with a legislation, which will have a fiscal package, including a 20-year income tax holiday for special economic zones, by December end, a top government official said......

Silicon Valley start-up Uber may find India ride bumpy

Since Silicon Valley's transportation tech start-up Uber Technologies launched its Uber Black service in India last October, its travel across the country's cluttered metroscape has been smooth so......