Meira Kumar files nomination papers for Presidential Election

Meira Kumar files nomination papers for Presidential Election

New Delhi, June 28 : Meira Kumar, the Opposition nominee for the Presidential Election 2017, filed her nomination papers on Wednesday morning at the Parliament House in New Delhi in the presence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Ajay Maken and Opposition leaders. CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and TMC’s Derek O’Brien were […]

Aadhaar-PAN linking must from July 1, govt notifies rules

Aadhaar-PAN linking must from July 1, govt notifies rules

New Delhi, June 28 : The government has made it mandatory to link existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN of taxpayers with effect from July 1. Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrolment ID a must at the time of application of […]

3 killed in Australian plane crash

Canberra, June 28 : Three people were killed and another injured after a light plane crashed near Australia’s Mount Gambier region on Wednesday, a media report said. The plane, identified by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) as a TB10 Tobago, crashed into a paddock just outside the regional centre at around 10.30 am, Xinhua […]

Google fined $2.7 bn in antitrust case

Google fined $2.7 bn in antitrust case

Brussels, June 27 : EU antitrust regulators hit Alphabet unit Google with a record 2.42-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine on Tuesday, taking a tough line in the first of three investigations into the company’s dominance in searches and smartphones. It is the biggest fine the European Union has ever imposed on a single company in an […]