Goods and Services Tax (GST) NEW DELHI: Goods and services tax (GST) collections rose 16.4% to Rs 2,01,050 crore in May, the fastest pace of expansion since Oct 2022, on the back of a jump in taxes on imports.Latest data estimated that during May (for transactions in April), GST collections from imports rose 25.2% to…
Mumbai: Ten Nepal nationals were arrested at the city airport in the past week, throwing up a pattern in immigration that begins with an illegal border crossing in Bihar. All 10 were trying to fly to Gulf countries on forged papers. Police said they allegedly paid Rs 2.5 lakh each to agents back home. Two…
New Delhi: The effectiveness of Delhi’s monsoon preparedness has come under serious question with a few unexpected heavy rain days catching it unawares.Officials claim that preparations have been intensified amid forecasts of an early monsoon. These include the development of additional drainage systems at Minto Road and ITO (towards Vikas Marg), as well as structural…
Pune: Residents of Sus Road on Sunday braved light rain spells to conduct a silent protest against the impact of the local garbage processing plant on their quality of life, asserting that their complaints have long been falling on deaf ears. The protesters highlighted that as soon as one enters Pashan-Sus Road from the Pune-Mumbai…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated 17 paise to settle at 85.40 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (May 19, 2025), on a weak U.S. dollar index and a decline in crude oil prices. Forex traders said global investors were also cautious as global rating agency Moody’s downgraded U.S. investment grade…
UPI transactions hit new high in May but cash still thriving MUMBAI: Even as the country hurtles toward a digital future with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) clocking 60 crore transactions a day, a curious contradiction persists: cash is thriving.In the month of May, UPI transactions hit a a record 1868 crore transactions for Rs…
Mumbai: This vacation turned out to be a stressful one. The daughter-in-law of a retired police officer was cheated of Rs 1.6 lakh after paying for hotel booking and air tickets for a trip to to Pattaya-Bangkok. She had done the bookings for herself and her husband through a website which turned out to be…
New Delhi: Pakistani Hindu refugees from various Delhi settlements, fearing eviction, held a large panchayat to discuss their future. These Sindhi Hindu families, who fled religious persecution in Pakistan and were granted Indian citizenship last year, now feel betrayed.They live in five camps across Delhi, including part of Majnu Ka Tila near the Yamuna floodplain.Though…
Pune: There is no space to walk in Bavdhan, said Sujata Gokhale, a resident of the locality for the last 14 years, adding, “Crossing has become a nightmare, too.”According to the businesswoman, “More than three-fourths of available footpaths in this area are occupied by food vendors or hawkers and their customers — the rest is…
Foreign Institutional Investors bought equities worth 8,831.05 crore on May 16, 2025, according to exchange data.. File | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark BSE Sensex dropped by 271 points on Monday (May 19, 2025), marking the second straight day of losses due to selling in IT and banking stocks and a weak trend in global markets…
