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The Italian tax police recently raided Amazon‘s Milan headquarters. A report by the news agency Reuters, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, claimed that the raid was part of a new tax-evasion investigation into the e-commerce major. Italy’s tax police are reportedly investigating whether the US-based tech giant maintained an undisclosed permanent…
NEW DELHI: Ordering routine curbs on postings and transfers ahead of assembly polls in four states and a UT, Election Commission on Tuesday asked their chief secretaries to shift all poll-related officers posted in their home districts or completing three out of four years in their present district on or before May 31 (In case…
Forest officials arrested a seven-member gang and seized tiger skin, claws, and teeth during an operation in the Kannur district of Kerala. The arrests followed secret intelligence inputs about an attempt to sell tiger body parts.Acting on the tip-off received on Friday night, forest officials launched a joint operation and tracked down three suspects near…
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday told officials any death in the state caused by banned Chinese kite strings (manjha) should be treated as murder.The CM’s directive comes after a sharp rise in Chinese manjha-related deaths in the state. At least eight people lost their lives in…
DEA Secretary Anuradha Thakur NEW DELHI: Senior govt officials on Tuesday said finalisation of the India-US trade deal removed a key source of uncertainty for businesses and was expected to support exports and manufacturing, especially after months of pressure from higher tariffs.Anuradha Thakur, secretary, department of economic affairs, said the govt welcomed the finalisation of…
On Sunday morning, firing took place outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s Mumbai home. While fortunately nobody was hurt in the firing, the initial investigations have now indicated alleged links to Lawrence Bishnoi gang Shubham Lonkar, who is also an accused in the Baba Siddique murder case, police officials said according to PTI. The four were among…
BENGALURU: The circumstances that led Confident Group owner Roy Chiriankandath Joseph, popularly known as CJ Roy, to take his life are still under investigation, even as his family has blamed income tax officials from Kerala for his death.Roy’s brother, CJ Babu, who owns WhiteGold, told the media that a team of I-T officials from Kerala…
NEW DELHI: The US State Department released a compilation of gifts presented by PM Modi and other Indian government officials to US leaders. The Office of the Chief of Protocol, Department of State, submitted this comprehensive listing of “gifts received from foreign government sources” for the calendar year 2024. Under law, federal employees must file…
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged when it meets in the coming week, holding firm despite President Donald Trump’s pressure to slash levels as it guards against threats to its independence.The central bank has cut rates three consecutive times since September as the jobs market weakened, bringing them to…
Bangladesh cricketers on Thursday held a meeting in Dhaka with sports adviser Asif Nazrul and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam to discuss the team’s participation in the T20 World Cup, a day after the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected BCB’s request to shift its matches out of India.Players present at the meeting included…
