With audits and greater emphasis on anti-evasion measures, more tax demands will lead to more litigation. So, it is a bit early to start celebrating. GST is still work in progress.
Olive oil is believed to help reduce the risk of cancer.
Show cause notices have been issued to the publishers of The Hindu, 'Star Dust', 'Overdrive' and cigarette manufacturers -- ITC, Gold Flake and Phillip Morris - for violation of the Tobacco Products Act, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
IIP down due to poor show by manufacturing, mining and power sectors
On retirement, you will draw a lesser amount as pension.
England's stars want to blow a gaping £100million hole in the FA's finances by refusing to co-operate with their commercial activities.
Narain Karthikeyan may never figure on Doordarshan channels because of the government's ban on anything related to tobacco.
India's exports grew marginally by 0.88 per cent.
Jaswinder Singh Sekhon, 27, now a Finnish national, used 200 stolen credit card numbers to defraud Wells Fargo Bank of $ 500,000.
Honda will name their new team for 2006 in agreement with future sponsors.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar has already held telephonic talks with leader of the opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad.
But the finance ministry has justified the action saying laws can be amended retrospectively through 'validating legislation,' which is legally permissible.
"At present, there are two main rate slabs under which sa majority of goods are covered -- five per cent and 12.5 per cent -- which will now increase to three (five per cent, 12 per cent and 18 per cent).Will this result in multiple litigations is anybody's guess."
The Union health minister has announced that the government is considering a ban on scenes showing smoking on screen.
The 50-share NSE Nifty stayed in the positive zone and retook the 9,900-mark to hit a high of 9,905.05 as buying paced up towards the fag end. It settled higher by 72.45 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 9,899.60.
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Tobacco major, ITC Ltd on Friday reported a 17.26 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 572.33 crore (Rs 5.72 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as compared to Rs 488.07 crore for the year-ago period.
BEL closed a good quarter but is getting expensive
With a view to keeping inflation under check, essential items including food, which presently constitute roughly half of the consumer inflation basket, will be taxed at zero rate.
Let's take a quick look at what could become more expensive and what will cost lesser now.
Tobacco major ITC is weighing legal options in the wake of Centre's move to demand Rs 450 crore (Rs 4.5 billion) from it in connection with excise evasion after arming itself through an ordinance with power to modify past excise rules.
The attack took place outside the chief minister's chamber on the third floor when he was leaving for lunch.
In a move that is seen as a major setback to tobacco major ITC, the government has armed itself through an ordinance with powers to modify past excise rules in an apparent attempt to recover arrears of Rs 803 crore.
Jenson Button's BAR Formula One team has been put up for sale -- but only to allow a new joint venture between engine partners Honda and majority owners British American Tobacco to buy it back.
Actors and sportspersons are increasingly blacklisting products like colas and fairness creams. Urvi Malvania explores what lies behind the concern among endorsers over brands they promote and how will it impact both.
Popular American cigarette brand Marlboro will be soon imported and sold in the country by Anchor group company Nivedit Tobacco Co.
The sale of gutka would be booked under non-bailable sections regarding the offence
