NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was set to address group of ministers (GoM) in a key meeting here on Wednesday, where upcoming reforms to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure are to be deliberated upon.

MUMBAI: The Indian benchmark indices on Tuesday opened on a positive note, amid market enthusiasm regarding the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms.

MUMBAI: In the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate rationalisation, the Centre is expected to lower the tax on passenger vehicles (PVs) and two-wheelers, making them more affordable ahead of Diwali.

NEW DELHI: The announcement of next-generation GST reforms as a “Diwali gift” is a major step towards improving tax efficiency, enhancing compliance, and simplifying processes, according to industry chambers.

NEW DELHI: The arrest of notorious arms supplier Salim Pistol is a major shot in the arm for the Indian security agencies. Pistol, who was in Nepal, was arrested and brought to New Delhi in a joint operation by the Delhi Police Special Cell, Indian Intelligence agencies, and Nepal police.

RANCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday launched a fresh crackdown in the Rs 800 crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) scam, conducting raids at six locations across Ranchi.

NEW DELHI: India Test captain Shubman Gill is amongst the three nominees for ICC Men's Player of the Month award for July 2025. Apart from Gill, England skipper Ben Stokes and South Africa all-rounder Wiaan Mulder have been nominated for the monthly honour.

CHANDIGARH: In a significant move to institutionalise tax enforcement, Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday announced the proposal to establish a State-Level Special Fraud Detection Unit (SFDU) headquartered at Patiala. He said that this dedicated unit will streamline the detection and bring consistency in investigating complex cases involving Goods and Services Tax (GST) violations.

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CHANDIGARH: Congress Member of Parliament and Punjab’s former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Friday alleged that jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuriya has issued a threat to kill his son.

CHANDIGARH: Based on specific intelligence, Central GST Ludhiana in Punjab on Thursday said it has conducted investigation against multiple firms in the field of audio-video productions and unearthed GST evasion of Rs 62 crore and arrested two people.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Premier League 2025-26 season, Kyle Walker explained his decision to join Burnley and his desire to guide younger players, saying he will try to be a leader on the pitch to mentor the next generation players.

MUMBAI: Shraddha Kapoor’s brother and actor Siddhanth Kapoor has opened up about his intense role in the series “Mandala Murders,” where he plays a gangster.

BENGALURU: Amid the political face-off between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP over the issue of GST notices to small traders and shop owners demanding exorbitant tax payments, traders across the state have launched a three-day agitation starting Wednesday.

KOLKATA: Bihar-based gangster Onkarnath Singh a.k.a. Sheru, who is currently behind bars at a correctional home at Purulia district in West Bengal, reportedly planned the murder of his opponent, Chandan Mishra, in a hospital in Patna with the help of the latter's family associate.

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NEW DELHI: In a swift and decisive operation, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Crime Branch, Delhi Police, has arrested a budding gangster Shivam alias Laddu, foiling a possible gangwar incident in the capital’s Jahangirpuri area.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing, Ravneet Singh Bittu, on Sunday launched a fierce attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, accusing it of complete failure in maintaining law and order and allowing gangsterism to flourish unchecked. He appealed to the people of Punjab to defend themselves from rising criminal threats, claiming they could no longer rely on the Bhagwant Mann-led state government for protection.

CHANDIGARH: Presenting a comprehensive overview of the state's revenue landscape since the implementation of GST on July 1, 2017 during the first meeting of the Group of Ministers on analysis of revenue from Goods and Services Tax (GST) held in New Delhi, Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema emphasized on bringing structural changes in the GST regime and proposed policy recommendations for revenue augmentation, including food grains under the GST framework, reducing or nullifying the inverted duty structure, and making e-way bill generation and e-invoicing mandatory.

CHHATTISGARH: In a significant breakthrough, the Madhya Pradesh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested coal trader Zafar Sheikh from his residence in Marwahi, Chhattisgarh, in connection with a staggering Rs 512 crore GST (Goods and Services Tax) fraud.

JAIPUR: Two criminals, gangster Salman Khan and his aide Rakesh Kumar, have been arrested in Rajasthan, and a huge cache of illegal arms has been seized from their possession, police said on Wednesday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab has recorded a record breaking 44.44 percent growth in Net GST collections for June 2025 and a substantial 27.01 percent growth for the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26, marking the highest-ever GST revenue growth in a fiscal quarter and for the month of June in the state's history.

NEW DELHI: India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection for the financial year 2024–25 touched a record high of Rs 22.08 lakh crore, marking a 9.4 per cent increase compared with the previous year, the government announced on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: Notorious jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria’s mother Harjit Kaur was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in Punjab’s Batala town, police said on Friday.

PHAGWARA: The Nakodar City police have arrested two gangsters on the charge of extortion and criminal conspiracy.

It is most striking to note that while catching the bull by the horns, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the gross misuse in the application of Gangsters Act in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Lal Mohd & Anr. vs State of U.P. & Ors. in Criminal Appeal of 2025 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No (s). 6607 of 2023) and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2025 INSC 811 that was pronounced recently on May 14, 2025.

GANDHINAGAR: The Bhupendra Patel-led government has issued the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, introducing significant changes to the Gujarat GST Act, 2017.

LUDHIANA: Top young golfers of the country including Order of Merit leader Rajesh Kumar Gautam of Lucknow will continue their quest for a ticket to the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) in the fifth event of the 2025 PGTI NexGen season, which will be played at the magnificent Imperial Golf Estate in Ludhiana from June 17 to 19.

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) kicked off a nationwide ‘GST Pakhwada’ on Monday which will continue till June 30, as part of the upcoming GST Day celebrations on July 1.

CHANDIGARH: In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Punjab apprehended close aide of Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria in connection with the sensational shootout took place at Ghuman in Batala, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.

MUMBAI: The makers of “Maalik” have released the much-anticipated teaser, unveiling Rajkummar Rao in a never-seen-before avatar.

MUMBAI: In a shocker, the Maharashtra GST Department raided and detected cash, silver bars worth Rs 10 crore, plus a business turnover of a staggering Rs.1,764 crore from an office measuring just 35 sq.feet -- smaller than a home toilet.

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested two superintendents in CGST and Customs Excise department, Bhopal, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant.

ETAH: Former Samajwadi Party legislator Rameshwar Singh Yadav has been booked under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act for grabbing government land.

CHANDIGARH: With newly constituted Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) swinging into action, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab V.K. Bhawra on Monday gave a clarion call to the people of the state to join hands with the police against the anti-social elements trying to disrupt the peace and harmony.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra state GST Department has arrested a businessman for generating fake bills of Rs 102 crore to make bogus input tax credit claims of Rs 14 crore, an official said here on Saturday.

CHANDIGARH: Showing zero tolerance towards gangsterism, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday asked the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) to stamp out gangsters from the state in order to repose people’s full faith and confidence in the law and order machinery.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday asked the Commissioners of Police (CPs) and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) to play a frontal role in war against gangsters by personally conducting operations and interrogations.

MUMBAI: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has been left mighty impressed with the performance of young Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Varma in IPL 2022, especially with the wide range of shots in the repertoire of the young left-handed batter.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to wipe out gangster's network operating across the state so as to create a sense of security amongst the citizens, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday directed DGP Punjab VK Bhawra to establish a full-fledged Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) headed by ADGP rank officer.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to wipe out gangster's network operating across the state so as to create a sense of security amongst the citizens, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday directed DGP Punjab VK Bhawra to establish a full-fledged Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) headed by ADGP rank officer.

CHADIGARH: In a bid to wipe out gangster's network operating across the state so as to create a sense of security amongst the residents, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday directed Punjab DGP V.K. Bhawra to establish a full-fledged Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), headed by an ADGP-rank officer.

NEW DELHI: India's GST collection touched a record high in March 2022 at Rs 1,42,095 crore, official data showed on Friday.

NEW DELHI: Three gangsters of Lawrence Bishnoi and Virender Pratap a.k.a. Kala Rana syndicate were arrested here on Thursday after a brief exchange of fire, the police said.

CHANDIGARH:  Following the formation of Aam Adami Party (AAP) government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, as many as nine non-official office bearers of various boards/corporations have resigned.

PATNA:The Nitish Kumar government's clean image has suffered a jolt after senior RJD leader Bhai Virendra on Wednesday alleged that more than 1,800 contractors associated with the rural development projects did not make GST payment to the government.

AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Kejriwal has claimed that Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is losing from both constituencies, Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur.

MUMBAI: After the registration for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 player auction ended on January 20, the tournament said in an official advisory that 1,214 players have registered for the two-day event.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government wants the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation regime to be extended by two more years, Governor R.N.Ravi said.

NEW DELHI: India's GST collection rose 13 per cent in December 2021 on a year-on-year basis to Rs 1,29,780 crore.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will raise the demand to withdraw the increased tax on textiles from earlier 5 per cent to the proposed 12 per cent in the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council meeting on Friday.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal today asked Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to come clean on whether his Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has had a close door meeting with the family and close links of the country’s premier gangster , Mukhtar Ansari

MEERUT: The 25 odd accused in Sotiganj car-breaking and stolen auto-parts racket, will now be booked under the Gangsters Act.

CALGARY: Nine alleged gangsters of Indian origin were among those arrested and charged by law enforcement in two Western provinces in Canada, in coordination with federal agencies, as they busted a major drug trafficking ring.

CHANDIGARH: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) cash collection in November, 2021 grew by 32 per cent to Rs 1845-crore in Punjab- the second highest since the Central tax regime came into force. This collection is second only to that in April, 2021 but also the growth rate experienced is third highest in the country across the major States after Odisha and Kerala.

BHUBANESWAR:Odisha has recorded 64 per cent growth in GST collection in November compared to the same month of the last fiscal, officials said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: India's GST collection rose on both sequential and year-on-year basis in November.The gross GST collection rose to Rs 1,31,526 crore last month, and it was the second straight month when the gross GST collection crossed Rs 1.30 lakh crore.

MUMBAI:Maharashtra, which contributes the highest to the Centre's GST kitty, has the maximum amount outstanding for the past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, a RTI reply has revealed.

CHANDIGARH:Scripting history to weed out the menace of Tobacco usage, Punjab has created a new milestone with secured a place in Lowest Tobacco Use Prevalence as per latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data.

BANGA:Giving an unprecedented push to development of the Banga assembly segment, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs 132 crore for constituency including a Government college and an integrated sports stadium.

NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday targeted the Prime Minister after he announced the withdrawal of farm laws and said that 'in fear of losing elections he will now admit all his blunders'.

CHANDIGARH/MOGA:Punjab Police on Monday arrested two persons from outside the Moga District Court Complex for making an attempt to take a criminal away from the police custody. Notably, the Moga Police was to produce Harjinder Singh alias Raju of Moga in the Court for hearing.

CHANDIGARH/MOGA:Punjab Police on Monday arrested two persons from outside the Moga District Court Complex for making an attempt to take a criminal away from the police custody. Notably, the Moga Police was to produce Harjinder Singh alias Raju of Moga in the Court for hearing.

NEW DELHI: Based upon specific intelligence, officers of the Anti Evasion Branch of Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi (East) have unearthed a case of availment/utilisation and passing on of inadmissible input tax credit (ITC), through bogus GST invoices without actual movement of goods, of about Rs 34 crore.

NEW DELHI:In what would facilitate execution of work contracts by companies away from their registered place of operation, the Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that no separate GST registration in Karnataka is required for the supply of service by companies and they can raise invoice by charging IGST from their registered offices.

VARANASI: Atul Rai, the jailed Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP from Ghosi and one of his accomplices, have now been booked under the Gangster Act.

PATNA: An international criminal wanted in over a dozen cases of heinous crimes including murder, kidnapping, extortion, and bomb blasts was arrested by the Bihar Police on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police has today arrested the Haryana-based man whose credentials and documents were used to hire a flat for the hideout of slain gangsters-turned-drug smugglers Jaipal Bhullar and Jaspreet Singh alias Jassi in Kolkata. The arrested person has been identified as Sumit Kumar, a resident of Meham in Haryana.

NEW DELHI: Amid calls for lower levies on items and medicines required in Covid-19 treatment, the GST Council on Saturday decided to slash rates of several Covid-relief items to 5 per cent from existing 12-18 per cent levels, although it kept the much talked-about tax rate on vaccines unchanged at 5 per cent.

CHANDIGARH: Stating that the COVID-19 crisis is a once in a century calamity, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Saturday stated that the GST’s Group of Ministers (GoM) should stop acting like a shahenshah of yesteryears and instead let compassion speak through its decisions.

CHANDIGARH: While most governments across the globe have been pilloried for their stark Covid data inconstiencies, Punjab has set high standards in pandemic data reliability and efficiency.

CHANDIGARH: Most wanted drug smuggler and gangster, Jaipal Singh Bhullar s/o Bhupinder Singh r/o Ferozepur and Jaspreet Singh @ Jassi s/o Ravinder Singh r/o Kharar, SAS Nagar, who had rewards of 10 Lakh and 5 Lakh rupees on their head have been neutralized by the STF West Bengal Police on Wednesday afternoon, after they fired on the STF Police party, when they raided their apartment.

GORAKHPUR: (Uttar Pradesh): A dreaded gangster and accused in the murder of a BSP leader, who had been operating from Nepal, has been shot dead by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in an encounter.

HOSHIARPUR: A notorious gangster of Doaba and Malwa area along with two accomplices has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Tilhar city and a huge cache of weapons and ammunition seized from them by the local police in its weeks' long investigation and three-day special operation.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police has arrested two of the main accused in the sensational killing of CIA Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs), Bhagwan Singh and Dalwinderjit Singh, who were gunned down in cold blood in Jagraon Grain Market on May 15.

NEW DELHI: The supply of food items under government schemes to Industrial training institutes (ITI) will be treated at par with supply of mid-day meals to schools and not attract GST.

NEW DELHI: Amid calls for full exemption of goods and services tax (GST) on vaccines, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that a complete waiver may lead to a rise in their prices, impacting the common man.

CHANDIGARH: Quickly acting on the disclosures of Gangster-cum-Drug Smuggler Gavi during his interrogation, the Punjab Police on Saturday, have managed to bust the entire part of his module active in Punjab with the arrest of his five accomplices. A close aide of wanted gangster Jaipal, Gavi Singh @ Vijay @ Giani was arrested from Sarai Kila Kharsawa district in Jharkhand on April 26, 2021 during a joint operation by the Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) of Punjab Police and SAS Nagar Police.

NEW DELHI: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the government over the goods and services tax (GST) on vaccines, saying the lives of can be lost but the Prime Minister's tax collection should not be lost.

NEW DELHI: In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Central Government has exempted IGST or integrated GST on import of such goods received free of cost for free distribution of Covid relief.

NEW DELHI: As the Covid crisis and the resultant lockdowns impact business, the Centre has come up with several relaxations regarding timelines for GST compliance norms.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab has earned the revenue of Rs. 1481.83 crores from GST during the month of April 2021 which is the highest ever revenue from GST for any particular month since the introduction of GST in the country during July, 2017.

NEW DELHI: India's gross GST revenue collection reached a new record high of over Rs 1.41 lakh crore in April 2021, beating all expectations of lower collections in wake disruptions clauses by fresh wave of Covid-19.

MUMBAI: Even with the new wave of Covid-19 resulting in 'lockdowns' in 15 parts of the country and impacting business all across, the country's GST collections, the barometer of economic activity in India, is likely to cross the Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the sixth time in as many months in April, a SBI Ecowrap report said on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The government has provided relief to GST taxpayers from a physical visit to tax office for verification of digital signature required on return forms.

CHANDIGARH: The Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) of Punjab Police, in a joint operation with SAS Nagar Police, have arrested Gavi Singh @ Vijay @ Giani, a close aide of Gangster Jaipal, who had fled the State following police pressure and was absconding. He was involved funding of the gang by running a drug cartel, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta said here on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to the Prime Minister and asked him to exempt the medicines and equipment required for Covid-19 treatment and Rs 6,000 should be transferred every month in the accounts of those who are eligible.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police in a joint operation with Himachal Pradesh Police arrested a close aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who played the prime role in the planning, execution as well as providing shelter to killers of Youth Congress leader “Gurlal Singh Bhalwan” on the directions of Lawrence Bishnoi and Canada based Goldy Brar.

NEW DELHI: GST rates are unlikely to witness any major changes during the extended run of the pandemic as the Centre and the states have agreed not to disturb the country's indirect tax structure in wake of the current economic situation where growth has contracted and industrial activity is just about reviving after coming to a standstill during the lockdown.

NEW DELHI: India's gross GST revenue collection reached a new record high of over Rs 1.23 lakh crore in March 2021.
The GST revenues during March 2021 are the highest since the introduction of the tax.

CHANDIGARH: In a major break-through, Special Task Force (STF) of Haryana Police has arrested a criminal, associated with Sampat Nehra, a close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi from Kurukshetra district. Police has also recovered an illegal pistol and five cartridges from his possession.

NEW DELHI: Kuldeep Maan alias Fajja, a gangster who had escaped police custody following a shootout at GTB Hospital three days back, was killed in an encounter late Saturday night at Tulsi apartments in Rohini's Sector 14, the Delhi Police said.

NEW DELHI: In a big victory for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed transfer of gangster-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to Banda jail in UP.

CHANDIGARH: The coordination meeting of Director Generals of Police (DGsP) of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh was held at Panchkula on Thursday, to prepare devise strategy and Action Plans against gangsters & criminals who have been operating in these states.

NEW DELHI: While debating the Finance Bill 2021 in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sushil Modi explained the reason behind not bringing petrol and diesel prices under the GST.

CHANDIGRH: Officers of the investigation wing of Punjab State GST today arrested 5 persons for creating and operating a bogus billing network across various states including Punjab, Delhi and Haryana and availing & passing on fraudulent ITC to the tune of more than Rs. 122 Crore to various firms without due payment of tax to the Government.

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and the CGST Commissionerates have so far arrested 357 persons, including 12 chartered accountants, one company secretary and an advocate, in the ongoing nationwide drive against fake GST invoice frauds since mid-November, 2020.

NEW DELHI: Finance Ministry has released the 19th weekly instalment of Rs 2,104 crore to the states to meet the GST compensation shortfall.

MUMBAI: In a major swoop, the Mumbai Police's Anti Narcotics Cell, Kandivali, has seized Charas worth Rs. 2.80 crore from a Nepali gangster, an official said.

AHMEDABAD: As soon as the fourth and final Test between India and England finished and the presentation ceremony was over here on Saturday, batsman K.L. Rahul went to the pitch on which the final Test was played and started smashing a few balls.

NEW DELHI: Consumers can be spared from a rally in retail prices of petrol and diesel if the two auto fuels are brought under the GST regime, but lack of political will and hesitancy to let go a major source of revenue for governments is keeping the product prices one of the highest in the world, economists at SBI said on Thursday.