CCI's first chairman Dhanendra Kumar dies in fire at south Delhi home; AC blast suspectedFormer Competition Commission of India Chairman Dhanendra Kumar passed away after a fire at his Hauz Khas residence. The blaze was possibly...
28 May, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
GRAP-1 imposed in Delhi-NCR: Full list of restrictions, bans and permitted activitiesDelhi-NCR has entered Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality dropped to the 'poor' category with an AQI of 208. T...
19 May, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
New Income Tax law aims to build transparent, tech-driven ecosystem for taxpayers: OfficialPune's Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Vivek Wadekar, announced the new Income Tax Act, 2025, aims to simplify compliance and f...
12 May, 2026, 10.52 PM IST
Who is IITian Manoj Agarwal, West Bengal’s new chief secretary, and why is the opposition criticising his appointment?Senior IAS officer Manoj Agarwal has been appointed as the new chief secretary of West Bengal. This appointment has sparked controversy, wi...
12 May, 2026, 09.20 AM IST
West Bengal Chief Election Officer Manoj Agarwal appointed state's chief secretaryManoj Agarwal, the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, has been appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary. A 1990 batch IAS officer,...
11 May, 2026, 09.32 PM IST
Bihar govt transfers 11 IAS, 16 IPS officers in major bureaucratic reshuffleBihar's NDA government has conducted a significant administrative overhaul. Eleven IAS and sixteen IPS officers have been transferred. Key ...
10 May, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
UP govt issues protocol order asking officials to welcome MPs, MLAs by standing upUttar Pradesh officials must now strictly follow protocol for elected representatives. Legislators and ministers will be welcomed standing ...
09 May, 2026, 11.11 PM IST
Maharashtra targets Rs 30 lakh crore inflows to become a global investment hubMaharashtra targets ₹30 lakh crore in investments to become a global hub. The state is focusing on infrastructure, logistics, and clean ene...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
Kapil Sibal slams Centre, EC over Bengal polls, alleges ‘gross abuse’ of state machineryKapil Sibal criticizes the massive deployment of security personnel for the West Bengal assembly polls. He alleges a gross abuse of state m...
22 Apr, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
New I-T Act will increase voluntary compliance: OfficialThe Income Tax Act, 2025 will boost voluntary compliance by simplifying provisions and reducing complexity, a senior official said. The rev...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.49 PM IST
Is tax clearance mandatory before foreign travel? What the Income-Tax Act, 2025 saysThe introduction of Form 157 and Form 159 under the Income-Tax Rules, 2026 has sparked confusion over whether tax clearance is now mandator...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
Set up mechanism for grievance redressal in registration applications: CBIC to central GST officersThe CBIC has directed central GST officers to establish a grievance redressal mechanism for GST registration applications, requiring monthl...
02 May, 2025, 11.07 PM IST
CBDT seeks to widen net for appointment of members, makes younger officers eligible for postTill a couple of years ago, only officers of the rank of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (PCCIT) were eligible for being conside...
19 Nov, 2019, 02.10 PM IST
Income Tax department has become service-oriented, says Ashu Jain"The I-T department has evolved from being an administrative and tax laws implementation department to a service-oriented department," said...
05 Dec, 2018, 02.25 PM IST
People want some clarity on some tax-related issues: DS Saxena, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income TaxPeople are asking questions and we have the feeling that they are waiting, they are waiting for some more time because they want some clari...
28 Jul, 2016, 03.15 PM IST
CBDT constitutes committee to fine tune transfer policyThe restructuring has brought about largescale changes in the jurisdiction of I-T officers and also changes in the assessment ranges for a ...
16 Aug, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
IRS officers brought on top secretary pay scale; on par with IPS, IASThe step was much awaited as the IRS had made a long time demand to bring their seniormost officers on par with those in the IAS and IPS.
28 Mar, 2014, 03.48 PM IST