Service tax rate raised by two percent (Lead)
March 16th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday proposed to raise the service tax rate from 10 percent to 12 percent, expecting to mop up an ... Read more...
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Order reserved on excise commissioner’s bail plea
March 2nd, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Friday reserved its order on the bail plea of Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava allegedly involved ... Read more...
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Court takes note of graft charges against excise official
March 1st, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A special CBI court here Thursday took cognizance of a charge sheet filed against an official of the central excise and others, and paved the ... Read more...
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Excise official, middleman sent to day’s CBI custody
January 16th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday sent a central excise official and a middleman, arrested in a corruption case, to ... Read more...
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Bribe case: Excise official sent to judicial custody
January 10th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A court here Tuesday sought the CBI's reply on the anticipatory bail plea of central excise commissioner A.K. Srivastava in a corruption case and sent ... Read more...
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Bribe case: CBI custody of excise official extended till Jan 10
January 7th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody of a central excise official and an alleged middleman were Saturday extended till Jan 10 by a special ... Read more...
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Bribe case: Excise official, middleman sent to CBI custody (Lead)
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A central excise official and an alleged middleman were Tuesday remanded to four days' custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by a ... Read more...
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Excise official sent to police custody
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Tuesday remanded to four days judicial custody a superintendent of Central Excise along with a middleman for ... Read more...
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Mizoram holds first ever investors’ summit
May 31st, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, May 31 (IANS) Mizoram Tuesday organised its first ever industry summit to harness the resources of the state in a bid to woo investors to set up projects in ... Read more...
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Bhajii evades tax; department issues notice
May 13th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana (Punjab), May 13 (IANS) Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is busy with the ongoing fourth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), has been sent a notice by the central ... Read more...
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Some exemptions to continue in GST system
March 7th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The central government is willing to continue with some exemptions and threshold limits to ensure early implementation of the proposed goods and services tax ... Read more...
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Budget will hurt households: Naveen Patnaik
February 28th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (IANS) The general budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has failed to address the core concerns of the people and will hurt households, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen ... Read more...
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Indirect tax collections up 42 percent in eight months
December 15th, 2010 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Revenues from indirect taxes in India jumped up 42.3 percent to Rs.2,07,756 crore in the first eight months of the current fiscal (2010-11), led by 67 percent ... Read more...
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States reject draft bill on pan-India goods, services tax regime (Roundup)
August 4th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The finance ministers of state governments Wednesday rejected a draft bill to amend the Constitution for introducing a pan-India goods and services tax regime in a ... Read more...
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Let’s all back uniform goods, service tax regime: Mukherjee
August 4th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday made a plea to all political parties to help implement a pan-India goods and services tax from April next year by ... Read more...
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High courts’ bid to curb litigation worries government
June 6th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) High courts may be referring inter-governmental disputes to central panels for resolution in order to reduce litigation, but this is giving rise to constitutional problems, ... Read more...
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‘No mechanism to keep tab on illegal mining in Goa’
April 3rd, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 3 (IANS) There is no mechanism in Goa's only major port to keep tabs on illegal iron ore being exported out of the state, a senior official said Saturday.
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CBI arrests Ahmedabad-based company’s MD for causing Rs. 1.07 crore loss
February 27th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested a Ahmedabad-based company's Managing Director for causing loss to the government exchequer to the tune of Rs. 1.07 ... Read more...
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Revoke duties, excise on diesel: Karunanidhi
February 27th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) A day after appreciating the union budget, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Saturday requested the central government to revoke the basic duty reimposed on diesel and ... Read more...
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Kashmir government gets 10-year extension of tax package
February 9th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 9 (IANS) The Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday scored a major victory when it got another ten-year extension of the central excise package and refund on ... Read more...
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Punjab moves court on fiscal sops to neighbouring states
December 24th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Punjab government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the federal government's fiscal sops to industries since 2002 for setting up shop in the neighbouring ... Read more...
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Fake deodorants worth millions seized in Chennai
November 27th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Nov 27 (ANI): Fake deodorants worth 20 million rupees were seized by Customs department officials here on Thursday.Acting on a tip off, the Docks Intelligence unit of Customs and the Central ... Read more...
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Time for pink revolution in meat and poultry processing: Sahai
November 4th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Saying that the time has come for a "pink revolution" in the country's meat and poultry processing industry, Food Processing Industries Minister Subodh Kant Sahai Wednesday called ... Read more...
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Couple killed in Patna, love affair likely cause
October 26th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 26 (IANS) A man and a woman were killed in Patna, police said Monday, adding that a love affair between the two victims was the likely cause of the murders.
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CBI accused of slowing proceedings against Subhas Bhowmick
September 2nd, 2009 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) Lawyers of famed soccer coach Subhas Bhowmick Tuesday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of going slow on bribery and corruption cases filed against the former Indian ... Read more...
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Tax authorities hopeful of meeting revenue targets
March 12th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is hopeful of achieving its revenue estimates from excise, customs and service taxes this fiscal, a top official said here ... Read more...
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Goa chief minister’s office accused of casino licence scam
February 25th, 2009 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) Goa's Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar Wednesday alleged that members of the chief minister's office and the chief secretary of being part of a multi-million scam involving granting ... Read more...
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Subhas Bhowmick returns as East Bengal coach
December 24th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Subhas Bhowmick Wednesday returned as coach of East Bengal replacing Stanley Rozario, who was sacked after the club bowed out of the Federation Cup in the semi-final stage.Bhowmick, ... Read more...
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Two Ahmedabad Customs officials caught accepting bribe
November 17th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Two senior Customs officers were caught Monday evening by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) allegedly accepting a bribe.The CBI sleuths laid a trap on R.C. Parmar, assistant ... Read more...
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Rs.21 bn tax evasion by lottery distributors detected
March 13th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by admin
Bangalore, March 13 (IANS) Two Tamil Nadu-based paper lottery distributors have evaded service tax of about Rs.21 billion ($52.5 million) in the last five years, officials here said after detecting what they ... Read more...
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CCEA approves consolidation of CBEC IT infrastructure
November 30th, 2007 - 8:48 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi , Nov 30 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval to the revised proposal from Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) for providing quality services ... Read more...
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Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana to continue in XIth Plan
November 14th, 2007 - 1:56 am ICT by admin
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