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CBDT task force gets 2 month extension to draft new direct tax code
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) task force an extension of two months to draft a new Direct Tax Code which will simplify complex income tax laws.
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Jaitley does not attend Cabinet, meets officials at home
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday did not attend the Union Cabinet meeting held in the evening as he was reportedly unwell.
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Opposition dismisses exit polls predictions
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 20 (ANI): With exit polls predicting a comfortable victory for the BJP-led NDA, opposition parties on Monday rejected the projections calling it "erroneous" and an attempt to create a fake "Modi wave".
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Voters no longer willing to trust 'coalition of rivals' : Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 20 (ANI): Buoyed by the exit poll predictions, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that voters are no longer willing to trust a 'coalition of rivals' and do nol elect a hung Parliament where ugly and untenable coalitions have a role to play.
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'Scary' Opposition scenario will be routed in LS polls: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The "frightening and scary scenario" that the Opposition promises as an alternative will be responsible for its rout in this year's Lok Sabha elections, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.
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Classic case of breakdown of constitutional machinery: Jaitley on Kolkata
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday lauded the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaigning in West Bengal and called violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow a "classical case of breakdown of the constitutional machiner
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Will Rahul Gandhi oust 'Guru' Sam Pitroda for his 1984 remark: Arun Jaitle
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 10 (ANI): Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday asked whether Congress president Rahul Gandhi will oust party's Overseas chief Sam Pitroda for his comment on the 1984 Sikh genocide that "It (riots) happened in 1984, so what?"
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Former naval chief dismisses Modi's charge on Rajiv Gandhi using warship f
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai/New Delhi [India], May 09 (ANI): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi stirred a controversy by alleging that former PM Rajiv Gandhi used warship INS Viraat as a "personal taxi" for a vacation with his Italian in-laws, former Navy Chief, Admiral (retd.) L. Ramdas said that the charge was "c
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Pradhan writes to Jaitley suggesting measures for economic revival of cycl
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday wrote a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley outlining measures for banks and insurance companies to provide adequate service in cyclone-hit areas and seeking his intervention for the same.
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'Desperate' Congress has now discovered BJP's role in Rajiv Gandhi assassi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said a "desperate Congress" has "discovered" Bharatiya Janata Party's role in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi 28 years after the incident.
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Jaitley calls Congress 'Cry Baby', says tendency developed to allege MCC v
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Calling the Congress Party as a 'Cry Baby' in the elections, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that a tendency has developed among the political parties to excessively allege violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by their opponents.
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'Boxer' Modi gave blows to coach Advani after entering 'ring': Rahul in Bh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhiwani (Haryana) [India], May 6 (ANI): Speaking from the land of boxing, Congress President Rahul Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a boxer who punched his coach Lal Krishna Advani and coileagues Nitin Gadkari and Arun Jaitley instead of fighting issues like unemployment,
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