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In 1979, Oregon family sold 1,843 acres, IRS demanded tax, then mostly lost: How a ruling changed tax-deferred property exchangesBack in 1967, an Oregon family's sale of their 1,843 acres of timberland sparked a major dispute with the IRS. The case ended up in the Nin...
Power ministry issues compensation guidelines for transmission line right of wayNew guidelines issued by the power ministry will help establish compensation for landowners affected by interstate transmission lines. Stat...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made $18 million last year, middle of the tech CEO packDario Amodei made $18 million last year as CEO of Claude AI developer Anthropic, the company's IPO filing shows, putting him in the middle ...
- Bengal, count plants, not promises: The real test of its industrial comeback
In a bid to enhance industrial investment in West Bengal, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta plans to overhaul outdated land use regulations....
SC stays coercive action against Tata Chemicals over environment damage to marine sanctuaryThe Supreme Court granted Tata Chemicals relief from coercive actions while reviewing a Gujarat High Court verdict. Senior advocate Abhishe...
Woman wants to quit 'cosy IT job' to join Farah Khan’s YouTube crew. How did the director react to her viral job pitch?Content creator Ashima Sahni expressed her interest in joining Farah Khan's YouTube production team. She shared a video explaining her desi...
US couple awarded thousands of dollars after logging crew cuts more than 1,000 trees from their Mississippi land; how photos, stump records and a survey helped them winA Mississippi couple won thousands of dollars judgment after a logging company working on neighbouring land crossed the property boundary a...
UK Green Party adopts anti-Zionist stance, Israel bars leader Zack PolanskiThe UK Green Party has formally adopted an anti-Zionist position at its recent conference in 2026. This decision has led to Israel barring ...
Owner denied insurance claim after car catches fire from a puncture on highway, insurer ordered to pay Rs 70.75 lakhA car owner whose vehicle caught fire after being parked on a highway following a tyre puncture was denied an insurance claim over the vehi...
Bengaluru homebuyers paid Rs 1.15 crore, waited over 20 years without possession; builder ordered to pay Rs 1.51 crore including full refund with 9% interestBuyers of a stalled Bengaluru housing project moved the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission after waiting more than two decades...
Tamil Nadu scraps plans for greenfield airport in Parandur, risks falling a decade behind rival aviation hubsTamil Nadu, a $400 billion-plus economy with more than 10% annual growth, lacks an airport that matches its economic scale. Chennai’s Meena...
Bengal FM pushes to scrap 1976 Urban Land ActWest Bengal's finance minister Swapan Dasgupta emphasized the need to repeal the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act from 1976. He note...
Man books retiring room through IRCTC by paying Rs 333 for western bathroom, ends up with Indian toilet in the room; court orders Rs 20,000 compensationChandigarh State Consumer Commission increased the compensation for a senior citizen after inadequate toilet facilities were provided. The ...
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu calls for concerted effort to expand coffee cultivation in the stateKhandu said the State Government had introduced several interventions and schemes under agriculture and horticulture over the past five to ...
West Bengal finance minister says Urban Land Act has to goSwapan Dasgupta highlighted the need to repeal the Urban Land Ceiling Act for development in West Bengal. Developers expressed challenges i...
CREDAI says unable to build affordable homes due to high input cost, taxes; seeks govt sopsCREDAI has raised concerns about the lack of affordable housing being built because of rising costs. The organization's President, Shekhar ...
Bengal weighs pooling closed PSUs, sick firms for land bankWest Bengal is preparing to create a land bank from closed Central PSUs, State PSUs, and sick industries. Several parcels of land have been...
Employee goes from $80K analyst to $95K team lead in 8 months, then tells his boss he wants a $100K base salary at the next review; now fears he may have ‘soured’ their relationshipA 26-year-old employee says he went from an $80,000 analyst role to a $95,000 team lead position in just eight months, then told his boss h...
Man left BMW on highway after puncture, found it burnt next morning; insurer denied Rs 70 lakh claim; he fights back and wins claim money with 7% interestAccording to the insurer, the BMW owner made multiple policy violations. Specifically, he failed to immediately notify the police and the i...
In 1969, Dick Fuld joined Lehman Brothers and amassed 10.8 million shares. 39 years later, its bankruptcy turned a stake once worth over $900 million into almost nothingBy early 2007, Dick Fuld held 10.8 million shares of Lehman Brothers. With the stock trading above $85, his personal equity stake crossed $...