Regulation

Black Money: Yash Birla Among Seven Indians Having Swiss Bank Accounts

They have been given 30 days by the Swiss tax authority to file their appeals to avoid details being shared with India.

May 27, 2015

Income Tax Department Working on Linking PAN to Aadhaar

The Income Tax Department is looking at introducing online Aadhaar number authentication facility while allotting PAN.

May 25, 2015

Taj Mahal, Sarnath and Other Major Tourist Spots to Get Wi-Fi Service Soon

Taj Mahal, Sarnath, Bodh Gaya are some of the places that will get a Wi-Fi facility soon, said Union IT minister.

May 22, 2015

David Cameron fails to distract from immigration figures embarrassment with crackdown claims

David Camerons major policy speech on immigration was overshadowed after official figures showed that the prime ministers net migration target of tens of thousands had moved an order of magnitude out of reach.

May 21, 2015

Political Times: Business leaders warn of Brexit and Ukip civil war ceases

Senior politics reporter Ian Silvera rounds up the week in Westminster.

May 20, 2015

India Adds France, Canada and 29 More Countries to e-Tourist Visa Scheme

With the latest addition, the total number of countries under the scheme stands at 76.

Apr 30, 2015

Edmund Shing: Grexit Today, Brexit Tomorrow?

How much longer can the Greeks struggle on before default and the dreaded Grexit?

Apr 21, 2015

Ricci perfumes heiress found guilty in HSBC tax fraud case

A Paris court found the heiress of the Nina Ricci perfume and fashion business guilty of tax fraud on 13 April, in a high-profile trial prompted by leaked lists of people who used the services of HSBC bank in Switzerland.

Apr 14, 2015

Arun Jaitley Says Passing of Land Bill will Benefit 30 Crore Landless People

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a bank with a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore.

Apr 8, 2015

RBI Keeps Repo Rate, CRR Unchanged

The central bank lowered its January 2016 inflation forecast to 5.8 percent from 6 percent earlier.

Apr 7, 2015

Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Planning Hike in Call Rates, Reduce Data Charges

The plan to consider reducing data charges stems from the fact that more users are preferring data-high usage plans, enabling operators to bring down costs.

Mar 30, 2015