Amnesty

There are currently more than 450 death row inmates in Indonesia, with convicted drug traffickers accounting for around 60 per cent, including 88 foreign nationals from 18 countries.

New IT Rules: 17 bodies issue joint statement slamming govt over fact checking regulations

This comes at a time when the recent amendment to the IT Rules have come under heavy criticism with many claiming that its provisions were in 'violation of freedom of speech and expression'

Myanmar frees Australian economist as part of 6,000 prisoner amnesty

Former British envoy Vicky Bowman and her husband were among those released, along with U.S. citizen Kyaw Htay Oo and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota.

Realty sector welcomes Maharashtra govt's Budget proposals focusing on infra development

The Budget has also proposed an amnesty scheme for buyers by increasing the time period from one year to three years for set-off of stamp duty.

Shared values between India-US are discrimination, bigotry, hostility towards refugees: Amnesty

Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner as well as senior officials of his administration, landed in Ahmedabad on the first leg of his two-day visit to India.

Court closes sedition case against Amnesty India

The complaint relates to an event the Amnesty India had held as part of a campaign to seek justice for alleged human rights violations in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

BS-IV norms delay will be a cost disadvantage for us: Bajaj Auto

If the norms are delayed then companies who have been complacent would get the cost/price advantage, said Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Auto.

EPFO amnesty scheme on for firms to enrol staff with Re 1 fine

Encouraging firms to enrol their workers under schemes run by retirement fund body EPFO, a 3-month campaign has been launched beginning January 1 where employers will get amnesty and pay just Re 1 as damages for not registering their employees earlier.

Amnesty to builders: At what cost and for whose benefit?

Contrary to the general perception that the business environment is getting tougher for the builders, due to activism from home buyers and the media and judicial intervention, there have been many instances of amnesty &#82

Indians declare Rs 3770cr under black money amnesty scheme

A total of Rs 3770 crore in undisclosed income has been declared under the government's black money compliance window which was left open between July to September.

Ahead of black money law rollout, evaders warned to comply

Indian Revenue Secretary Shakti Kantadas says there will be no delay in rolling out the provisions of the act or operationalizing or putting into effect the provisions of the Black Money Act.

Service tax amnesty scheme yields Rs 5,500cr

The government expects 36 percent growth in service tax collection target this fiscal to Rs 1.80 lakh crore.

Bhopal tragedy: Decision to summon Dow big, says Amnesty

Commenting on court's decision to summon Dow Chemicals for the Bhopal gas tragedy, Amnesty International said that it was a big and an important step.

Saudi Arabia extends foreign worker amnesty to November 3

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has extended an amnesty for foreign workers to obtain legal status in the country, until the end of the Islamic year on November 3, extending it from the previous deadline of July 3, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday.

Chidambaram warns tax dodgers, rules out amnesty

In a warning to tax-dodgers, finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday warned said that a huge amount of data was being mined to go after offenders and ruled out any amnesty scheme for defaulters.

Should India take the amnesty path to recover black money?

Prof Daniel Fischer, senior partner in Swiss law firm Fischer & Partners, in an interview with CNBC-TV18's Menaka Doshi suggested that India should take the amnesty route in order to recover Indian black money from Swiss accounts.