Taxpayer declared Rs 1.79 lakh in ITR, faced Rs 11.22 crore income addition on large cash deposits, unsecured loans; ITAT grants him chance to substantiate case with condition he plant 500 trees

The taxpayer has now received what could be described as a rare opportunity to substantiate his case and contest the Rs 11.22 crore addition. Your income tax return comes under scrutiny and you are given a chance to present your case before ITAT as part of your appeal you propose planting trees. A Haryana resident…

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Airfares During Festive Season: Goverment rules out airfare cap during festive season, urges airlines to keep prices reasonable

File photo: Civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu (PTI Photo) The government will not impose a cap on airfares during the upcoming festive season but will advise airlines to keep ticket prices at reasonable levels, civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Tuesday.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the signing of pacts for…

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Heavy corrosion in LHB train coach bogies despite improved materials worries railway engineers; toilet leaks, cleaning chemicals and saline air blamed, Railway Board orders special safety checks

The report identified several other factors that can contribute to severe corrosion India made the switch from ICF design to LHB coaches in 2003 when the first such German-technology coaches were imported. Since then it has increasingly indigenized the coaches and now manufactures only LHB passenger coaches apart from train sets.But, recently senior railway engineers…

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Gold prices surge 60% from Rs 98,000 to Rs 1.57 lakh per 10 grams in a year; Ganesh Chaturthi sales fall 15% as buyers switch to lighter jewellery, also buy coins

Jewellers remain hopeful that the moderation in demand will prove temporary as the festive calendar progresses. A huge rise in gold prices from the same time last year has led to a drop in gold sales this Ganesh Chaturthi. Gold sales have declined by around 15% year-on-year in volume terms, with consumers either reducing the…

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