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Govt. clarifies status of political parties under Income Tax Act
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, and Central Board of Direct Taxes on Saturday issued a joint statement giving a clarification on status of political parties under Income Tax Act, 1961.
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I.T. department issues clarification of status of political parties under
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.17 (ANI):There have been some newspaper reports which seem to wrongly suggest that there cannot be any scrutiny of Income-tax returns of political parties registered with the Election Commission in the context of deposits of old currency notes. This inference seems to
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Political parties not exempted from depositing old notes, clarifies Financ
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): Putting an end to all speculations over political parties being exempted under the Income Tax law to deposit old notes, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said there was no such provision against anybody.
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Deve Gowda upset over disruptions in Parl., says none concerned about comm
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): Extremely upset with the disruptions in the month-long Winter Session, former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Friday said that he had not witnessed such scenes in Parliament in his political career so far, adding it was extremely unfortunate that various p
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Madhesi Leaders stress on Amendment Bill before election
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec. 14 (ANI): After reports that three major political parties of Nepal are considering to keep the Constitution Amendment Bill inactive till the polls, Madhesi leaders have called the move as an attempt to bring catastrophe.
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Eight parties to continue House obstruction until Constitution Amendment B
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec. 13 (ANI): A joint meeting of eight political parties including, the main opposition Communist Party of Nepal (UML) have decided to continue the House obstruction and intensify their protests until the Constitution Amendment Bill is withdrawn.
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PM Modi, MPs pay floral tribute to 2001 Parliament terror attack bravehear
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the Members of Parliament and leaders from different political parties on Tuesday paid homage to the bravehearts who sacrificed their lives while defending Parliament from a terror attack in 2001.
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BJD for monitoring of political parties funding as EC seeks major clean-up
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): With Election Commission asking the Income Tax Department to stop giving exemption to political parties that do not contest elections as many of these outfits could be fronts to siphon off black money, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Jay Panda on Thursday said that
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B'desh President to hold talks with political parties on EC formation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 6 (ANI): Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid will be holding talks with all registered political parties of the country on the formation of a new Election Commission (EC).
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Nepal President urges all parties to prepare for polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec. 5 (ANI): Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari has urged all the political parties to work towards ending the current stalemate over the constitution amendment bill for the sake of implementing the charter by holding the elections.
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Govt. to constitute CMs' panel on implementation of digital payment s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 30 (ANI): Aiming to boost the adoption of digital payments systems by people at the grass-root levels and small businesses, the government has decided to constitute a committee of Chief Ministers representing different political parties to examine and implement measur
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Opposition pretending to be economists don't understand demonetisatio
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, [India] Nov. 19 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said the political parties pretending to be economists must understand that the people of this country are with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a crucial time when demonetisation is a fight against corruption and for
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