The best solution would be the one followed in 2018 -- allow cost indexation until March 31, 2024 -- but exit at any time. The second-best alternative would be to allow time until March 31, 2025 for investors to exit their investments under the old indexation regime, points out Harsh Roongta.
'I want to die with my finger on the click button of the camera,' veteran photographer Pradeep Bandekar, who passed into ages early on Sunday morning, told Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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Heat wave is believed to have contributed to several voters not turning up at polling stations in both the phases.
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Fresh snowfall turned Kupwara district in the Kashmir Valley white.
Chhetri had made his 150th appearance for India in March and scored on the occasion against Afghanistan in Guwahati. India, though, lost that game 1-2.
'I had a great ride all these 19 years. I will go as a fan and support the team wherever the team goes.'
The chamber, however, made a strong case for providing stimulus to the economy in the upcoming budget with a view to increasing capital expenditure. To prop up the slowing down economy, the government came out with three stimulus packages in December, January and in the Interim Budget, providing incentives to various sectors and cutting certain indirect taxes across-the-board.
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They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and Nagar Haveli. If reinforcements from Daman were to reach Silvassa, there was no chance of defeating the Portuguese. They decided that cutting Daman's communication lines would have to be their top priority before attacking Silvassa. A fascinating excerpt from Neelesh Kulkarni's new book, Uprising-The Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
A procession of barges will take nearly 7,000 athletes along the river past Paris's most famous landmarks, while more than 300,000 spectators will watch from the banks.
A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Yediyurappa in the case registered against him under the POCSO Act on March 14 this year.
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Vikram Bhatt's director daughter Krishna wed Vedant Sarda on June 11 in Mumbai.
Yuzvendra Chahal came up with an adorable post to wish wife Dhanashree, while Sanju Samson celebrated his fifth wedding anniversary.
It may be winter but that does not mean their bikinis are far away.
In order to reduce government litigations, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the GST Council has fixed a monetary limit for filing appeals by the tax department before the various appellate authorities. It has recommended a monetary limit of Rs 20 lakh for GST Appellate Tribunal, Rs 1 crore for the High Court and Rs 2 crore for the Supreme Court for filing of appeals by the department before these legal forums, she said after the 53rd GST Council meeting held in New Delhi.
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'I have played two World Cup finals but couldn't win the trophy. That remains my only regret.'
The finance ministry today said that tax exemptions and concessions, which are estimated to cost the exchequer Rs 100,147 crore (Rs 1001.47 billion) this fiscal, should be subject to a sunset clause so as to avoid rent seeking.
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Banks had approached the Reserve Bank of India for such a clause for all BPLR-linked loans, which would have otherwise forced them to administer two types of benchmarks -- base rate and BPLR -- for many years if a borrower refused to switch to the base rate.
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