Ahmedabad: Principal chief commissioner of income tax, Gujarat, Satish Sharma on Wednesday said the new Income Tax Act, 2025, implemented from April 1, will make tax compliance simpler and more transparent for taxpayers.He said the I-T department will conduct 18 outreach programmes across 14 districts in Gujarat to create awareness about the new law among…
Mumbai/Thane: In the last seven weeks, cyber fraudsters have duped more than 130 Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) piped gas consumers and applicants of around Rs 3 crore by tricking them into downloading malicious APK files that enabled remote access to their phones and then theft of banking data, police said.A 52-year-old assistant officer from State…
Mumbai: Three in five girls seeking admission to BTech programmes at IIT-Bombay this year will be able to access free education. Over the next two years, the premier institute aims to expand this financial support further to cover 100% girls admitted to their BTech programmes.What began as an initiative by an alumnus and his wife…
Kolkata: Several major centrally sponsored rural development schemes stalled in Bengal for years are set to resume, state panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh announced on Thursday. He further announced that there were 11,154 vacant posts across different tiers of the panchayat structure — of which 6,536 will be filled in the first phase.Ghosh…
NEW DELHI: Amid easing of sanctions on Iran, India and Tehran on Thursday discussed enhanced cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri met his Iranian counterpart Mohsen Paknejad days after the US-Iran MoU to end the West Asia conflict and amid the possibility of Iranian crude returning to the market following a 60-day…
Many businesses are passing on the rise in packaging prices to final product costs that the customer shells out for Pune: The sharp spike in raw material costs for plastic packaging has affected kirana stores, restaurants, bakers and several consumer-facing business owners.“Prices for the plastic that we use to pack chikki are up by almost…
Oil prices fell slightly on Friday as hopes for a ceasefire in the Middle East faded following Hezbollah’s rejection of a US-backed proposal in Lebanon.Brent crude slipped 0.22% to $95.24 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 0.11% to $92.94 a barrel in early trade.Despite Friday’s decline, both benchmark contracts were on…
Kolkata: The state has plans to set up two dolphin parks along the Hooghly in coordination with the central govt as part of efforts to conserve aquatic biodiversity and develop eco-tourism in the state. “The state govt has come up with plans to develop dolphin parks. One of them has been planned to come up…
Vanrai police have registered a case of rash driving and negligence against the driver Mumbai: A 67-year-old woman, crossing the road with her relatives, suffered serious injuries after being hit by a speeding motorist in Goregaon (E) on Monday and subsequently died in a hospital. Vanrai police have registered a case of rash driving and…
Veteran actor Mammootty added another prestigious honour to his illustrious career as he received the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award. The award was presented by President Droupadi Murmu during the second Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 23. This special occasion marked a proud milestone not only for…
