Karnataka: Pralhad Joshi fears taxes on EVs will derail India’s emission targetsUnion Minister Pralhad Joshi criticized Karnataka's decision to withdraw road tax exemptions for electric vehicles, warning it could increa...
03 Apr, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
Karnataka withdraws exemption, to slap lifetime tax on EVs, except two-wheelersKarnataka has withdrawn lifetime road tax exemptions for electric cars, jeeps, buses, and private vehicles, except for two-wheelers. The mo...
02 Apr, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
What’s the right way to gift my share of land to my sisters, gift deed or relinquishment deed?ET Wealth Reader's Query: I want to give my share in a plot of land, in Karnataka, to my sisters. I want to know if I need to draft a relin...
20 Jan, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Karnataka HC refuses relief to bike aggregators; Nasscom warns state govt of huge job lossesThe division bench of acting chief justice Kameswar Rao and justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar on Friday directed Ola, Uber and the transport d...
13 Jun, 2025, 10.26 PM IST
Bike taxis: Karnataka in no mood to relent on its stand, say sourcesBike taxi operators expect a likely relief either from the government or the courts after the Karnataka High Court extended its deadline to...
01 May, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
Vehicle registration fees hiked in KarnatakaKarnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot had given his nod to the Karnataka Motor Vehicle Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2024, on March 6. The law...
18 Dec, 2024, 11.02 AM IST
FM Sitharaman blames milk, fuel price increase for spike in Karnataka’s inflation beyond national averageFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accused Karnataka's Congress regime of causing higher state inflation by raising prices of essential go...
28 Jul, 2024, 06.47 PM IST
High-end EVs to cost more in Karnataka as govt to levy additional taxKarnataka government introduces a 10% lifetime tax on high-end electric vehicles to control the rise of luxury EVs. It is estimated that by...
09 Mar, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
Rs 17 crore for a single dose: Why Zolgensma is world's most expensive medicineThe high cost of Zolgensma, a one-time gene therapy used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in children under two, is to limited patien...
08 Nov, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
Preity Zinta plans movie night with family after 3 years, can't stopping gushing about 'The Kashmir Files'The actress was bowled over by the Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri-directorial.
25 Mar, 2022, 07.21 PM IST
'The Kashmir Files' crosses lifetime collection of 'Sooryavanshi', enters Rs 200-cr clubThe Anupam Kher-starrer has become the pandemic's highest-grossing Hindi film.
24 Mar, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
View: India's planned electric vehicle journey has many dead ends. Here's how to navigate themShifting to EVs will not be automatic or problem-free. Fiscal incentives will be needed, and they should be implemented efficiently. On bal...
13 Nov, 2020, 11.46 PM IST
States to get Rs 22,700 crore windfall from rupee plunge, crude spikeAn increase of $1 a barrel in crude price translates to Rs 1,513 cr revenue gain to all major 19 states.
11 Sep, 2018, 07.32 PM IST
Protect tobacco farmers' interest in GST laws: FAIFALast week the GST Council had approved tobacco cess to be kept as a mixture of Rs 4,170 per 1,000 sticks or ad valorem of 290 per cent.
20 Mar, 2017, 01.35 PM IST
World No Tobacco Day: 15% Bengaluru PU students consume tobaccoIn Karnataka, 30% of the adult population, estimated at 1.5 crore is addicted to some form of tobacco.
31 May, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
High Court slams government for collecting tax but not providing motorable roadsJustice Ramesh mentioned that there were 156 road humps between Bengaluru and Mysuru and, the government was more worried about increasing ...
31 Jan, 2015, 12.18 PM IST
Outsiders campaign on Facebook against life-time tax imposed on non-Karnataka vehiclesTransport Commissioner Rame Gowda said the vehicle owners could always collect refund of life-time tax paid when they are permanently leavi...
26 Jan, 2015, 11.09 AM IST