Share buyback tax was not warranted

Levying buyback tax at a flat rate of 20 per cent (plus applicable surcharge and cess), irrespective of the period for which shares are held will be a dampener for equity shareholders who take......

Back to sensible Budgets, at last!

This finance minister has come of age. That’s not condescension. It is a praise, says Omkar Goswami. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s first full-fledged Budget in 2015 was......

HIGHLIGHTS: Union Budget 2017-18

Softening the demonetisation blow, the Budget for 2017-18 on Wednesday halved the tax to 5 per cent on incomes up to Rs 500,000 but proposed a new surcharge of 10 per cent on incomes between Rs 50......

Information Technology: Boost for hardware, but disappointment for IT services

The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products The budget is a mixed for the technology and services sector, as clarification......

PICS: India score stunning win over England in 2nd Test

Images from Day 5 in the second Test between England and India, at Lord's, on Monday. SCORECARD IMAGE: India pacer Mohammed Siraj celebrates dismissing England's Sam Curran in the second innings......

Bangladesh struggling after Gambhir century

- Scorecard: India - Bangladesh, 1st Test Gautam Gambhir became the fourth batsman to hit centuries in five straightTests as India tookcontrol of the firstTest against Bangladesh at the Zohur......