Tribunal upholds tax demand on Congress for 2017–18 over donation irregularities
In a setback to the Congress party, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) dismissed its appeal against a tax demand for the year 2017-18. The party had opposed the...
SBI research sounds alarm on GST overreach amid Karnataka UPI uproar
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) enforcement should be balanced with sensitivity, as aggressive scrutiny based on UPI transactions may drive small businesses back into the informal cash-based economy,...
Dhankhar learns the price of a loose tongue?
It was a total surprise that Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar announced his resignation at 9 pm on July 21. Dhankar was a controversial figure and was accused by the Opposition...
Chanda Kochhar guilty of quid pro quo in Videocon loan case
The appellate tribunal under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, or SAFEMA, has upheld the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) decision to seize assets of former ICICI...
Was Captain Sabharwal a villain or a victim?
On June 12, a catastrophic event shook the nation when Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed moments after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. The tragedy...
Trump again claims he mediated ceasefire using trade threat
US President Donald Trump said "five jets were shot down" during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. However,...
To the Nobel committee,
The word “travesty” or its variation has appeared throughout the history of the Nobel Prizes, often in whispers or headlines surrounding contentious decisions. Of all award categories, the Nobel Peace Prize is most vulnerable to such...
Raid, arrest coincide with Chaitanya’s birthday, agency cites fresh evidence
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, on Friday. The arrest is linked to a money laundering case tied...
Dear Indian people,
China or Pakistan? Bigger, not in terms of land mass but in terms of threat! China, most of you would say! After all, they have a bigger army, bigger arsenal of weapons (both nuclear and conventional), so...
How Rajiv Gandhi’s 1986 programme marginalized Jammu
Yesterday (July 16), I found in my very small archives a copy of the Jammu-based but Kashmir-centric English language daily, Kashmir Times, dated December 31, 1989. I found on its opinion page an...
