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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on finance has pulled up the finance ministry for locking a whopping Rs 9.85 lakh crore (Rs 9.85 trillion) in appeals only for direct taxes.

I-T collection up 13 per cent in Bengal and Sikkim in April-January

Target for 2017-18 is Rs 41,891 crore and department has been able to collect 69 per cent of target till now.

11 Jan 2018 12:42 PM IST

Coal India hikes non-coking fuel price; stock soars over 3 per cent

Coal India sources indicated that the average price hike could be around 10 per cent.

9 Jan 2018 10:16 AM IST

Investors at BSE check changing share prices. (Photo: PTI)

Listings on BSE SME platform likely to rise sharply in 2018

The SME IPO Index has given a good return of over 80 per cent last year.

6 Jan 2018 12:00 PM IST

NITI Aayog, along with Nasscom and telecom operators, will also be launching a helpline for all digital payments-related queries soon. (Photo: Representational Image)

NPCI's digital payments platform transactions jump in December

Transactions on UPI rose exponentially post July last year, when the number was 11.44 million.

5 Jan 2018 11:14 AM IST

Triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahans lawyer Nazia Elahi Khan joins BJP. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

After Ishrat Jahan, lawyer of triple talaq petitioner joins BJP in...

The announcement of Nazia Elahi Khan joining BJP was made by party state president Dilip Ghosh in Kolkata.

4 Jan 2018 5:53 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gestures at the media after meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Triple talaq bill defective, BJP playing petty politics: Mamata...

She accused BJP of trying to 'do politics' with the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which was...

3 Jan 2018 7:45 PM IST

Coal India e-auction fetches 76 per cent premium in Q3 FY'18

Till December, Coal India had offered around 80 million tonne of coal through spot and forward e-auctions.

3 Jan 2018 10:23 AM IST

Triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan was felicitated by the Howrah (West Bengal) BJP unit on Saturday and inducted into the party. (Photo: ANI)

Never got help from Mamata Banerjee; will work for women's right:...

Ishrat Jahan said she was happy that the PM introduced the triple talaq bill and that is why she has joined BJP.

1 Jan 2018 4:59 PM IST

Language shouldnt be barrier but facilitator to promote love for science: Modi

Language shouldn't be barrier but facilitator to promote love for...

The Prime Minister also asked the scientists to use their fundamental knowledge to help the general public in today's...

1 Jan 2018 3:01 PM IST

Bandhan Bank MD and CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh.

Bandhan Bank to offer 11.9 crore shares in IPO

The equity shares are proposed to be listed on the BSE and NSE.

1 Jan 2018 2:21 PM IST

Ishrat was one of the five petitioners in the triple talaq case. Her husband had divorced her over the phone from Dubai in 2014 by uttering talaq thrice. (Photo: File | PTI)

Triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan forays into politics, joins BJP

Sources said Ishrat was felicitated by the Howrah BJP unit on Saturday and inducted into the party.

1 Jan 2018 8:09 AM IST

Police in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra have arrested a 45-year-old school principal for allegedly asking a student to do 500 sit-ups for not completing project work. (Photo: Representational/File)

WB Police rescues teenage runaway girl after sex workers give refuge

The teenager had run away from home for poor scores in selection of class 10 boards and was given refuge by a sex...

29 Dec 2017 4:49 PM IST