In a significant development, the Supreme Court Friday recalled its April 10 verdict by which it had held that duty free shops at arrival and departure terminals at international airports are......
A body massager cannot be categorised as an adult sex toy and hence cannot be included in the list of items prohibited for import, the Bombay high court has said. Image only for representation.......
What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
Security and intelligence agencies will soon be provided with a new platform which is technologically advanced, secure and helpful in dealing with new age criminals and anti-social elements,......
IMAGE: An outside view of DGP T K Rajendran residence, where CBI conducted searches in connection with the Gutkha scam, in Chennai, on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo Tamil Nadu's top police......
The Central Excise has reversed its stand on levying service tax on the Comptroller and Auditor General saying it does not come under the business support service ambit.The new circular issued by......
The Supreme Court has said that selling land or property is not a service under the Finance Act, 1994, so such sales cannot be charged with service tax. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The......
The government has sacked these officers ranging from the ranks of principal commissioner to assistant commissioner, some of whom were already under suspension. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
The first arrest of a service tax defaulter in the country has been made after government got the powers recently to crack the whip on people evading this tax. A courier company owner was arrested......
To get what it thinks are its dues, its brass have directed; construction, realty, renting of property, personnel supply, security & goods transport among those under lensThe next time you organise......
The Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ordered the Board of Control for Cricket in India to pay Rs three crore towards service tax dues for the period 1999-2000 to......
A policeman walks past a logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during a governing council meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. Photograph:......