India weighs $1 billion aid for private electric buses, trucksIndia is considering incentives worth more than $1 billion to encourage private operators to adopt electric buses and trucks as part of eff...
20 May, 2026, 07.02 AM IST
Delhi to adopt fully digital system for traffic challan disposalDelhi is set to introduce a fully digital and time-bound traffic challan system. Violators will face mandatory timely resolution of fines. ...
03 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
Earnings vs signals: Q4 results may matter more than they lookThe March quarter earnings season arrives at an inflection point, with stable numbers masking underlying economic shifts. Escalation of the...
15 Apr, 2026, 03.59 PM IST
Transport Strike March 5: Why drivers are protesting, how it may affect you and what we know so farMaharashtra Transport Strike March 5: Maharashtra transport unions announced a statewide strike on March 5 due to grievances over e-challan...
04 Mar, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
Meet ‘KGF Babu’: Karnataka neta fined Rs 38 lakh for dodging road tax on Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan’s luxury carsYusuf Sharif, also known as 'KGF Babu,' faces a hefty fine of Rs 38.26 lakh for unpaid road tax on luxury cars previously owned by Amitabh ...
23 Jul, 2025, 10.08 PM IST
What you pay is what you got: The thing about Finland's pioneering income-based finesFinland's income-based fines for traffic violations ensure penalties are proportionate to offenders' earnings. The system, in place since 1...
19 Sep, 2024, 05.57 AM IST
Soon, Delhiites could earn Rs 50,000 for giving old vehicles to kabadiwalaThe Delhi government plans to offer a subsidy of up to Rs 50,000 in road tax on new cars with better emission standards. The revised draft ...
24 Jan, 2024, 03.57 PM IST
Luxury buses of other states plying in HP without permit to be charged Rs 5,000 per day: Deputy CM Mukesh AgnihotriHowever, Agnihotri, who holds the transport portfolio, said buses running in the industrial belt of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh would be exem...
06 Sep, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
60-day limit to pay fines for traffic violationsIn case the violators fail to pay within the 60-day window, the traffic police or the transport department officials won't process anything...
11 Feb, 2020, 09.55 AM IST
U'khand jeweller gets 2-year jail for hiding Swiss bank accountI-T department had received a written complaint in 2012 which claimed that Verma had a personal account in HSBC's Geneva branch in Switzerl...
19 Apr, 2017, 01.15 PM IST
Congestion tax waits while other steps lag behindIn 2013, the urban development ministry at the Centre had asked it to identify the most congested areas in the city and consider imposing a...
05 Dec, 2015, 12.57 PM IST
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia to seek industry views on tax policiesRevenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia will meet industry chambers today to seek their suggestions to fine-tune tax policies for boosting investme...
29 Sep, 2015, 03.29 PM IST
Bihar truckers, bus operators put off April 30 strike due to earthquakeThe BMTF president said the strike was against the Transport Safety Bill, 2014 and to protest against collection of toll tax on 49 bridges ...
28 Apr, 2015, 04.48 PM IST
- Tolls still make transporters' ride bumpy
Mega road and highway projects notwithstanding, jerky issues of toll and fuel remain nightmares for the road transport sector. The industy ...
15 Feb, 2010, 03.54 AM IST
- Budget 2009-10: Packaged software exempt from 8% excise & countervailing duty
Government decides to exempt packaged software from 8% excise & countervailing duty.
07 Jul, 2009, 06.37 AM IST
- Samsung's ex-chief gets 3 years in jail for tax evasion
Former Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee was given a 3-year suspended jail sentence for tax evasion.
17 Jul, 2008, 02.07 AM IST
- Overhaul motor vehicles act for quality transport
Our Motor Vehicles Act (MVA) 1939 was reviewed by the government in 1988, to take into account the changes in road transport technology, pa...
03 Apr, 2007, 03.43 AM IST