Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Two private life insurers – HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company and Max Life Insurance Company Ltd – on Monday said they have agreed to sign definitive agreements for amalgamation of two…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill will go a long way in helping states, support small entrepreneurs and also curb the menace…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The demand for reducing the indirect taxes and hiking direct taxes is not practical, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Lok Sabha on Monday. “There is a demand…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Parliament on Monday passed the historic GST Bill with the Lok Sabha adopting the legislation, which was last week passed by the Rajya Sabha. The bill was passed by two-third…
Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) Global chip maker Intel would pay Rs 16.5 crore by August 28, as directed by the Karnataka High Court, to the city’s civic corporation towards property tax arrears, an official said…
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Chemical-based multi-business entity SRF Ltd on Monday said it has decided to invest production facilities in Gujarat at a total outlay of Rs 345 crore. In a regulatory filing in BSE,…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at the Congress, saying the 18 per cent cap on Goods and Services Tax (GST) was suggested by the party when the…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has signed an MoU with the Manipur government to provide improved hospitality and tourism services to their customers by making “joint use of…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met at his residence here the village pradhans (heads) from his Varanasi parliamentary constituency. The Prime Minister encouraged the village heads to work towards…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India’s next round of spectrum auction is set to begin on September 29, Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak announced here on Monday in what the government hopes will be the largest-ever…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Idea Cellular standalone net profit for the first quarter of 2016-17 dropped 36.1 per cent, a company statement said here on Monday. The company posted net profit of Rs 497.1…
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Positive global cues, along with hopes of parliamentary approval for a major economic legislation and higher crude oil prices, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Monday. Both the key indices closed…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (IANS) Edelweiss Group, a diversified financial services conglomerate, has extended help to sprinter Dutee Chand, the first Indian woman to compete in the 100-metre event at Rio Olympics after almost 36 years….
Kochi, Aug 8 (IANS) Startup Village, which had launched the world’s first digital incubator for students SV.CO last month has joined hands with social media giant Facebook, which will provide access to its developer teams…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Goods and Services Tax Bill was a “very big and important step” towards getting the country rid of “tax terrorism”. Participating…
Gurgaon, Aug 8 (IANS) Supporters of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the main opposition party in Haryana, held a march here on Monday to protest against the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. They claimed…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Global networking leader Netgear on Monday launched its ReadyNAS 210 Series of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices for home and office networks with new two- and four-bay models in India….
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the Goods and Services Tax Bill was “a very big and important step” towards getting the country rid of “tax terrorism”. Participating…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Reiterating its demand that the GST should be capped at 18 percent so that it doesn’t become “inflationary”, the Congress on Monday said that the NDA government should have done…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India’s next round of spectrum auction is set to begin on September 29, Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak announced here on Monday in what the government hopes will be the largest…