The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed its first chargesheet in a Delhi court against businessman Gautam Khaitan and others, including two Italian nationals, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in Rajya Sabha by a voice vote, although many parties including the Trinamool Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazagham opposed it citing various reasons, including apprehensions data theft.
Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.
'In their over-enthusiasm to clean up the system, both the banks and the regulator should not forget that the key to the insolvency law is revival of companies -- recovery of bank dues is an offshoot of that,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Will help in reviving the economy and push investment.
To curb mis-selling of policies and rationalise commissions, radical changes have been proposed to help investors.
Tennis was rocked on Monday by allegations that the game's authorities have failed to deal with widespread match-fixing.
Olympic officials have showered praise on South Korea's Winter Games organisers for staging a successful event against the odds, but they have also left it with a warning: don't leave any white elephants behind.
According to the NIPFP, there is the possibility that even if the banking system matures over time, some transactions could bypass the system so as not to pay the BTT.
Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization, predisposing cities to disaster risks
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
Formal negotiations are due to start in Athens on Friday.
The DoT is wrongly asking subscribers to link their mobile numbers to Aadhaar in order to keep them active, says Gopal Krishna.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Minimum taxes on foreign portfolio investors have been removed.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw points out how the adoption of information and communication technologies can provide India with a very effective health care tool.
Government on Monday formed a multi-agency group to monitor exposes in this regard and vowed to take action against all "unlawful" accounts held abroad.
As infrastructure, power hardly deal in cash, its paucity has failed to affect their receivables
China's malfunctioning stock markets remained semi-frozen.
The cricket community in Pakistan has reacted cautiously to reports that the Indian and English Boards were willing to play Pakistan at neutral venues with some asking the PCB not to fall in the "trap".
Few in Zimbabwe dared to anger 'Gucci Grace' as Grace Mugabe was called. Robert Mugabe's wife was ruthless and terrifying, and her ambition clearly provoked the army's coup on Wednesday.
Some eyewitnesses alleged that the victims suffered bullet wounds but district authorities denied that there was any firing by police
Reddy has worked to reform the economy.
Official talks were held between Modi and Seikh Tamim for multi-sectoral partnership and strengthening of Indo-Qatar ties following which the agreements and Memorandums of Understanding were signed on the second day of the Prime Minister's visit.
The intention is to have a model with a single-clearing house.
There are unprecedented political implications of identification based on 'biological attributes of an individual', such as employed by Aadhaar, warns Gopal Krishna.
Going by the experience of the previous years -- when the actual proceeds from stake sale were much lower than the targets -- the government's disinvestment target for 2014-15 appears too ambitious.
Lower interest rates needed to boost manufacturing, officials say.
Its 'failure not just affects the military's effectiveness but could also be politically vulnerable for the BJP,' observes Ajai Shukla.
Here is some interesting information released by the government in response to questions posed by MPs in Parliament on Tuesday.
Vadra is expected to be questioned again on either Friday or Saturday.
Communist China has recently developed a great expertise in 'soul reincarnation', feels Claude Arpi
Stepped up public expenditure must be accompanied by focused policies, advises Vinayak Chatterjee.
'Kofi Annan will be remembered more for his Nobel Prize and related glory rather than Rwanda and Volcker,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan with whom he worked in the UN.
"I never think it's helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation," May said.
Markets recovered in late trades, amid firm European cues, led by rebound in financials and gains in IT shares.
Mark Tully on the India he loves.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 214 points at 27,890 and the 50-share Nifty closed up 52 points at 8,430.
With digital technology, the I-T department's ability to catch tax evaders has increased many times.
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