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Bengaluru: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Wednesday that decisions on taxation of the digital economy required examining their implications for India, other jurisdictions, and future investment. In her address at an event organised by the International Tax Research and Analysis Foundation (ITRAF) here, the Finance...

Raipur/Jagdalpur: An NIA special court in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur Tuesday sentenced 10 convicts to death in the Jhiram Ghati massacre case, in which 29 people were killed in a Maoist attack on a Congress party convoy May 25, 2013. The ambush targeted the Congress ‘Parivartan Yatra’...

Raipur/Jagdalpur: An NIA special court in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur Tuesday sentenced 10 convicts to death in the Jhiram Ghati massacre case, in which 29 people were killed in a Maoist attack on a Congress party convoy May 25, 2013. The ambush targeted the Congress ‘Parivartan Yatra’...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Wednesday opposed the anticipatory bail plea of YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in a case lodged against him over alleged casteist remarks against Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad. While the counsel for the police contended that the words allegedly used by the accused...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would confine itself to the challenge to the constitutional validity of the definition of forests under the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act of 2023 and made it clear that disputes related to individual parcels of land will be...

New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s recent framework permitting Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified high-value Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions above Rs 2,000, alleging that the move is arbitrary, discriminatory and imposes a...

New Delhi: The government is likely to extend the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme to boost exports, a senior official said Wednesday. The scheme was extended in April this year for six months till September 30. The official said the...

Thimphu: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Wednesday held talks with Bhutan's Foreign Minister Lyonpo D N Dhungyel in Bumthang, reviewing the wide-ranging cooperation between both neighbouring countries. "Delighted to meet FM Bhutan Lyonpo D. N. Dhungyel and jointly review our wide-ranging cooperation. Thank him...

New Delhi: India Wednesday expressed concern over the drone attack near Mecca and expressed hope for early restoration of peace and stability in the region. In response to media queries regarding the drone attack near Mecca, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal termed...

Chennai: The Madras High Court Wednesday questioned the practice of elected legislators resigning their seats, joining another political party and contesting the consequent bypolls from the same constituency, observing that such conduct could insult voters and their original mandate. Justice S.M. Subramaniam said an MLA...