Counselling for post-graduate medical admissions will be done only in online mode now and colleges will have to declare fees for each course beforehand, the National Medical Commission has said......
Democracy in Maldives is at the crossroads. There is need for the international community to put pressure on the incumbent regime in the country, so that it is not able to disrupt elections once......
A delegation of the Progressive Party of Maldives led by its presidential candidate, Abdulla Yamin Abdul Gayoom called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. The PPM delegation’s visit......
India aims to gently encourage moderate and democratic forces in Nepal and Maldives towards building a less fractured polity, writes Shubha SinghThere has been some quiet diplomacy at work by the......
Nasheed’s MDP is currently the largest political party in Maldives, but in the presidential elections it will have to find some allies to take his support to more than 50 per cent since the......
The scheme offers waiver of interest, penalty, and prosecution for settling tax disputes. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Making the direct tax dispute resolution scheme attractive, the Union......
Wooing overseas investors, government on Wednesday decided against challenging the Bombay High Court decision favouring Vodafone in the Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion) tax case and adopt a similar......
US-based technology major IBM is contesting a claim of the revenue department which has increased the company's taxable income substantially to around Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion). "IBM does......
Wipro has been slapped with an over Rs 816-crore (Rs 8.16-billion) claim by tax department, becoming the latest IT company to have got such a notice after Infosys, WNS and iGate. The......
The panel of Parliament examining the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill has almost finalised its recommendations. It wants more taxpayer-friendly measures. With the government expected to bring......
Debutant Negisatty Usha created a flutter on Wednesday, ousting World champion Michaela Cijevschi of Romania in the 57kg class, while two-time champion M C Marykom moved closer to her third title......