Sources said the above exercise, conducted by the tax authorities, is called "survey", not search or raid as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Such surveys are routinely conducted and are not to be confused to be in the nature of a search/raid, said sources.
In a major crackdown against ISIS sympathisers, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) early Wednesday morning started raids at multiple locations across Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in two separate blast cases under investigation, sources said.
The Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted a survey at BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai in view of the British public broadcaster's "deliberate non-compliance" with the Transfer Pricing Rules and its vast diversion of profits, said sources.
The UK government took note of the reports of tax surveys conducted at the offices of the British public broadcaster BBC in India and said they are monitoring it.
The sources added the IT officials impounded some mobile phones and laptop and desktops of persons working with account and finance department of the British public broadcaster, will hand it back after taking backup of the devices.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Karnataka to inaugurate the 14th Aero India in Bengaluru, met film stars, sportspersons, and those from the StartUp world on Sunday evening, sources said.
BJP Chief's visit will be a part of the 'Pravas' campaign, launched by the party to strengthen its organisation in "difficult" 160 Lok Sabha seats across the country, said party sources.
Sources told ANI that the southpaw is going to miss the side's first match. Mandhana suffered a finger injury during India's warm-up game against Australia on Monday
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday carried out searches at multiple locations in Mumbai and Bengaluru against some suspects having links with global terror outfit ISIS and Al-Qaeda, sources said.
Sources also said that the central government is yet to receive any input or report from Himachal Pradesh tax authorities on the inspection conducted on Adani Wilmar's depot in Parwanoo.