-The Indian Express Saradha group CMD Sudipta Sen and executive director Debjani Mukherjee were questioned together for the first time by police today. Sen broke down in front of the interrogators when Mukherjee blamed him for the company going bust, police sources said. Mukherjee, who has been "cooperating" with the police since she was arrested, is likely to become an approver. Officials earlier said that Mukherjee could become approver only after the police...
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UN Special Rapporteur visits Manipur, weeps-Iboyaima Laithangbam
-The Hindu Imphal: Rashida Manjoo, U.N. Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, broke down and wept for a few minutes uncontrollably on Sunday during a consultative meeting here. It was attended by about 200 human rights defenders, families of victims and civil society organisations. The frail mother of Manorama Thangjam, who was arrested, raped and shot dead allegedly by some personnel of 17 Assam Rifles on July...
More »Tax officials told to crack down harder on black money -Lubna Kably
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Tax authorities will intensify their efforts to crack down on unaccounted-for money stashed overseas by seeking information from their counterparts in other countries. A recent letter issued by the Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) bears testimony to this intention. To ensure that Indian tax authorities have access to information from other countries and can thus tackle the menace of black money and tax avoidance, several...
More »Right to Homestead Bill: Task force to finalise draft-Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Draft Bill to be discussed on Tuesday After legislating the Right to Information and Education — and making a stab at the Right to Work and Food through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Food Security Act respectively — the government’s next step seems to be aimed at legally upholding the right to a home of your own. On Tuesday, a task force set up by the...
More »It's time to give women more tax sops -Prabhakar Sinha
-The Times of India It isn't just foreign investors who would have remembered the last Budget as a tough one. Even women lost out as the government withdrew tax benefits that were introduced in the form of higher tax exemption limit in 2000-2001. In 2000-01, Yashwant Sinha, the then finance minister, had introduced a special provision under which the basic tax exemption limit for women was pegged higher than that for men....
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