Tax authorities have ordered Samsung and its executives in the country to pay ₹5,156 crore in back taxes and penalties for dodging tariffs on import of key telecoms equipment. File
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India slaps Samsung with tax demand of ₹5,156 crore for telecom imports

Tax authorities have ordered Samsung and its executives in the country to pay ₹5,156 crore ($601 million) in back taxes and penalties for dodging tariffs on import of key telecoms equipment, a government order showed, for one of the biggest such demands in recent years.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta presents ₹1 lakh crore ‘historic budget’; women empowerment, infrastructure key focus areas

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) presented ₹1 lakh crore FY26 Budget with ten focus areas, including Yamuna cleaning, economic empowerment of women, infrastructure, water, and connectivity, asserting that it is a roadmap for making the national capital self-reliant.

Russia says new Black Sea deal is possible with certain conditions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) that talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia on Monday (March 24, 2025) focused on the safety of shipping in the Black Sea and that a new deal on the subject was possible.

Your insecurity has not only made you bitter but blinded you: Kangana, Hansal Mehta spar over Kunal Kamra remark

Disgracing anyone in the name of comedy is in bad taste, actor and MP Kangana Ranaut said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) as she weighed in on the ongoing controversy over comic Kunal Kamra’s remarks on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s political career.

SC to hear pleas for implementation of 2006 verdict on police reforms in May

The Supreme Court said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) that it will hear in May pleas seeking implementation of its 2006 verdict on police reforms that recommended steps like separation of investigation and law and order duties. Later, the top court also passed another set of directions that included no ad hoc or interim appointment to the post of Director General of Police (DGP) by the State governments.

IPL 2025 RR vs KKR | Royals, Knight Riders keen to bounce back after early reversals

There isn’t much time for licking your wounds at the IPL. Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders may not actually mind that, though: both will be keen to push behind them quickly their comprehensive loss in their respective openers. They face off at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Madhumita Shukla murder case: SC dismisses plea challenging premature release of Amarmani Tripathi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) dismissed a plea challenging the premature release of former Uttar Pradesh Minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani in poet Madhumita Shukla murder case. The Uttar Pradesh prisons department had in 2023 issued an order for the premature release of Tripathi, citing the State’s 2018 policy on remission, since they have completed 16 years of imprisonment.

Mark Ruffalo condemns detention of Palestinian filmmaker by Israeli military: ‘Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner’

Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo has condemned the detention of Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal by the Israeli Defense Forces. Ballal, one of the co-directors of No Other Land, a non-fiction film that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the recent Academy Awards, was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area in Southern West Bank on Tuesday. He was later arrested by Israeli forces. 

Supreme Court disposes over 20-year-old PIL for conservation, restoration of Red Fort

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) disposed of an over-two-decade-old PIL seeking the restoration and conservation of the 17th-century Mughal-era monument, Red Fort, saying that its expert panel has complied with most of the directions.

India losing 3% of GDP annually due to road accidents: Gadkari

India is losing 3% of its GDP due to around five lakh road accidents annually in the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). The Minister for Road, Transport and Highways made the remarks while addressing AMCHAM’s Technology Interventions For Road Safety: U.S.-India Partnership in the national capital.

Disha Salian case: Father seeks FIR against Aaditya Thackeray and others

Satish Salian, father of former celebrity manager Disha Salian, on Tuesday (March 25, 2025), submitted a complaint to the Joint Commissioner of Police demanding the registration of a case against Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and others in connection with his daughter’s death in 2020.

Party is not yours but that of your husband: Nitish Kumar in fresh spat with Rabri Devi

The Bihar Legislative Council on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) witnessed yet another spat between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition Rabri Devi who was told by the former that she was inconsequential, for being the wife of RJD president Lalu Prasad.

Parliament to discuss new Income Tax Bill in Monsoon Session: Nirmala Sitharaman

The new Income Tax Bill will be taken up for discussion in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025).