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Know of a 'benami' transaction or property? Inform the taxman and you could pocket as much as Rs 1 cr
•The 'Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme' has also been amended under which a person can get reward up to Rs 50 lakh for giving specific information about substantial evasion of tax on income or assets in India, which are actionable under the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Black money: Attack on benamis fine, but why is Narendra Modi silent on linking political donations to Aadhaar?
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •The Modi government’s seriousness to fight black money will be questioned on account of its reluctance to make political funding transparent.
Benami deal scam: I-T dept issues attachment order for properties of Lalu Yadav, family
•The Income Tax Department has issued a final attachment order against some assets in connection with its benami deal probe against Lalu Prasad and his family.
Demonetisation: Have all old Rs 500, Rs 1,000 bills come back? It’s critical RBI ends surprise now
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •Chagan Bhujbal's 'benami' assets worth Rs 300 crore attached by I-T department
•'Benami' assets worth Rs 300 crore of NCP leader Chagan Bujbal and his family have been attached by the Income Tax Department, which has slapped charges under a newly enacted criminal law against them.
Sushil Modi attacks Lalu Prasad Yadav over benami deals, calls him 'Robert Vadra of Bihar'
Ians •The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday attacked RJD chief Lalu Prasad over alleged benami land deals, calling him the "Robert Vadra of Bihar".
Benami land deal: BJP demands sacking of Lalu Prasad Yadav's sons from Bihar government
•BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday demanded sacking of Lalu Prasad Yadav's sons – Tejashwi and Tej Pratap – from Bihar government, a day after the Income Tax Department charged six family members of the RJD chief under anti-benami assets act in connection with its probe into alleged land deals worth Rs 1,000 crore.
Telangana land scam: KCR's denial of corruption is laughable as ACB raids highlight murky deals
Tssudhir •While Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao claims there's 'no land scam' in the state, investigations show that politicians, the office of registrar and private players have been working together to grab government lands
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh meets Rahul Gandhi to discuss tainted minister, cabinet expansion
•Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and is learnt to have discussed expansion of his cabinet.
Raids against Karti Chidambaram and Lalu Prasad's family not political vendetta: Arun Jaitley
Ians •Arun Jaitley has said that recent raids against Karti and Lalu Prasad were not done out of political vendetta and said investigative teams work on evidence