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Arun Jaitley, the Finance Minister, was given additional charge of Defence Ministry when Manohar Parrikar became Goa CM in March this year. (Photo: PTI)

Last day rush for tax filing slows down GSTN portal: Jaitley to...

Finance Minister says GST Network has capacity to handle 1 lakh returns per hour.

21 Sept 2017 10:08 AM IST

The CBEC has now notified the dates for filing the GST returns forms.

22 lakh GST returns filed till 6 pm, deadline ends midnight

Nearly 45 lakh businesses had filed returns in July fetching a revenue of Rs 95,000 crore to the exchequer.

21 Sept 2017 9:49 AM IST

Jaitley rules out cut in excise on petrol, diesel despite soaring...

While a litre of petrol in Mumbai on Wednesday sold for Rs 79.63, the same was selling for Rs 73.10 in Chennai.

20 Sept 2017 7:01 PM IST

TRAI Chairman R S Sharma on Wednesday dismissed charges of non-transparency in its decision to cut call connect rate.

IUC rate cut debate simmmers: TRAI says math correct, not favouring...

Telecom regulator on TRAI on Tuesday slashed call connect charges by more than half to 6 paise a minute.

20 Sept 2017 6:18 PM IST

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved payment of productivity linked bonus (PLB) to eligible non-gazetted railway employees. Photo: PTI/Representational

Good news for railway staff as Cabinet okays 78 days...

This does not include the Railway Protection Force and The Railway Protection Special Force personnel.

20 Sept 2017 5:44 PM IST

Jaitley says 'proactive govt' will take additional measures to boost...

The minister said an announcement with regard to the additional steps will be made after consulting Prime Minister...

20 Sept 2017 5:17 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will take additional measures to bolster economic growth. Photo: Twitter| ANI

Govt will take additional measures to bolster economy: Jaitley

He also said that the government has approved the merger and modernisation of 17 Government of India Presses.

20 Sept 2017 4:42 PM IST

Reliance Jio free 4G services have reduced profit of Airtel by more than half, lowered Vodafone Indias profit and pushed Idea Cellular into first ever quarterly loss.

Airtel, Vodafone slam TRAI for IUC rate cut, claim it will benefit Jio...

Vodafone, the country's second largest operator, has termed Trai's decision as 'retrograde regulatory measure'.

20 Sept 2017 12:38 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at an event. (Photo: File/PTI)

Low GDP, rising inflation, CAD: Jaitley meets officials to take stock...

The prime minister is expected to take a call on the key points of the discussion later.

20 Sept 2017 11:25 AM IST

The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Thursday stayed trading restrictions imposed on suspected shell companies JKumar Infraprojects and Prakash Industries.

Crackdown on shell companies: Govt makes public names of debarred...

Earlier, the government had said more than 1.06 lakh directors will be disqualified for their association with shell...

20 Sept 2017 10:45 AM IST

The CBEC has now notified the dates for filing the GST returns forms.

GST hits small businesses hard

The pan-India trend, according to a study conducted by ICICI Securities, indicates that organised sector is the key...

20 Sept 2017 1:05 AM IST

The trouble started after the SBI account holders had to wait for hours to do their banking work as there was a mammoth rush at the bank. Mr. Talha Kaseri, an account holder along with other account holders staged a protest in front of the bank.

Shore up spending, says SBI

Without higher spend, SBI says economy likely to slow down further.

20 Sept 2017 12:59 AM IST