NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha passed by a voice vote a bill to amend the income tax laws to facilitate levy of 60 per cent tax on undisclosed income or investment or cash credit deposited in banks after the November 8 demonetisation. The bill was passed even as the opposition members protested and raised slogans […]
NEW DELHI: Providing yet another opportunity to black money holders to legalise their wealth, government has proposed to tax at 50 per cent the unaccounted demonetised cash that is disclosed voluntarily till December 30, after which a steep up to 85 per cent tax and penalty will be levied on undisclosed wealth that is discovered […]
KOLKATA: Atletico de Kolkata can secure their place in semi-finals of Hero Indian Super League with just a point against Kerala Blasters at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata, on Tuesday. Atletico de Kolkata are placed third with 18 points from 12 matches and will be guaranteed of a top-four finish with a draw against Kerala […]
NEW DELHI: A national body for fishworkers held a protest here today against the Centre’s “large-scale industrialisation proposal” in coastal areas, alleging the move will not only “hurt” them but will also “destroy” the country’s vulnerable coastline. “NDA government is trying to fool the coastal people by proposing unviable projects. And ‘Sagarmala’ will effectively promote […]
KOCHI: Kerala Government has planned to go in a big way in affordable housing sector in next 5 year period. M Sivasankar, Secretary – IT Department, said that 4,27,032 new houses will be constructed across the State by 2021. Presenting the topic on ‘Role of IT in Online Approvals’ at the CREDAI Kerala State Conference […]
MIAMI: Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state television has announced, ending an era for the country and Latin America. Brother Raúl Castro announces on Cuban state television that controversial revolutionary leader has died at age of 90. The revolutionary icon, one of the world’s best-known and most controversial leaders, survived […]
Pix by K Rajesh Kumar KOCHI: Dileep and Kavya Madhavan got married in a ceremony at Kochi on Friday morning. The wedding was kept a secret till hours before the ceremony. The function was attended by selected guestss. The wedding came as a big surprise to the guests as well as the couple’s fans. In […]
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh castigated the government and the Prime Minister over the demonetisation move, saying its implementation was a monumental management failure and a case of organised loot and legalised plunder. Singh, who spoke in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha, said the decision will result in […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following protest by the opposition against the demonetisation measures, LDF called for a hartal in Kerala on Monday, November 28. Banks and essential services have been exempted from the dawn to dusk hartal .The demonetisation reform has hit the functioning and threatened the survival of the co-operative sector in Kerala. The hartal has been […]
BEIJING: Over 40 people were killed today after a platform under construction at a power plant collapsed in east China’s Jiangxi province, the latest industrial disaster in the country. The accident occurred at about 7:00 am when a cooling tower platform plunged to the ground, trapping an unknown number of people beneath it, state-run Xinhua […]