Iceland`s `Pirates` eye power in snap vote after Panama Papers scandal
Voters are expected to punish the incumbent coalition after the Panama Papers revealed a global tax evasion scandal that ensnared several senior politicians and forced former prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson to resign.
Oct 30, 2016, 00:28 AM IST
Iceland votes in snap election after Panama Papers scandal
Icelanders voted on Saturday in a snap election that could see the anti-establishment Pirate Party form the next government in the wake of the Panama Papers tax-dodging scandal and lingering anger over the 2008 financial meltdown.
Oct 29, 2016, 15:00 PM IST
Iceland votes in snap polls after Panama Papers scandal
Determined to put the Panama Papers scandal and the 2008 bankruptcy behind them, Icelanders will vote on Saturday in a snap election that could see the anti-establishment Pirate Party form a new centre-left coalition.
Oct 29, 2016, 09:10 AM IST
Nawaz Sharif responsible if 'third-force' steps in Pakistan: Imran Khan
"One person will be responsible if democracy is derailed," Imran, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman said while referring to Sharif as he addressed the media outside his Bani Gala residence here.
Oct 23, 2016, 18:29 PM IST
To fight tax dodging, Denmark will buy leaked Panama Papers
Denmark's taxation minister on Wednesday said authorities will buy leaked data from a Panamanian law firm that helped customers open offshore companies to avoid paying taxes.
Sep 08, 2016, 00:12 AM IST
Pak tax authority sends notice to Nawaz Sharif's family members
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued notices on a day when Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf party organised a huge rally in Lahore.
Sep 04, 2016, 02:21 AM IST
Panama papers: Supreme Court grants 2 more weeks to Centre to file reply
The leak of Panama Papers contain an unprecedented amount of information, including more than 11 million documents covering 2,10,000 companies in 21 offshore jurisdictions.
Aug 29, 2016, 17:49 PM IST
Panama Papers panel rues `damage` done by Joseph Stiglitz exit
The Panama Papers scandal burst into the media earlier in April, based on a leak of millions of secret client documents from a Panama law firm`s servers.
Aug 09, 2016, 03:46 AM IST
Joseph Stiglitz quits Panama Papers committee over transparency row
Nobel-winning US economist Joseph Stiglitz and Swiss anti-corruption expert Mark Pieth have said that a dispute over transparency had prompted them to quit a panel on reforming Panama's finance sector.
Aug 07, 2016, 16:41 PM IST
`Transparency row` drove Joseph Steglitz to quit Panama Papers committee
The so-called Panama Papers scandal erupted in April, when media outlets around the world published details of murky offshore financial dealings gleaned from 11.5 million leaked documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Aug 07, 2016, 01:20 AM IST
Panama seeks to punish countries that blacklist it as 'tax haven'
The government of Panama on Tuesday announced a bill that would take a range of steps against countries that put it on their blacklists of "tax havens" in the wake of the Panama Papers revelations.
Aug 03, 2016, 11:37 AM IST
Panama papers: SC seeks Centre, RBI's response in four weeks
The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre and RBI to file their response in four weeks on a plea seeking CBI inquiry against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers.
Jul 25, 2016, 19:41 PM IST
Panama papers: SC seeks Centre, RBI's response in four weeks
A Multi-Agency Group (MAG) of various investigative agencies has been formed by the government to go into the disclosures made in the list which includes about 500 Indian entities.
Jul 25, 2016, 18:14 PM IST
Russian editors 'fired over stories that irked officials'
A former editor of a Russian media group described how he and colleagues were pushed out over reporting that angered officials, in the first public account of the taming of Russia`s last big news organisation willing to take on the Kremlin.
Jul 13, 2016, 11:39 AM IST
Panama Papers: I-T dept approaches dozen nations to widen probe
Faced with resistance in disclosures by those named in the Panama Papers, the Income Tax department has made foreign references to about a dozen countries in order to obtain actionable evidence against such Indian entities.
Jul 10, 2016, 17:56 PM IST
Tax department must trust assessees: Arun Jaitley
Making a case for increasing the taxpayer base, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government's intention is to keep taxation rate "moderate" and emphasised that tax department needs to start trusting the assessees.
Jul 03, 2016, 19:56 PM IST
Govt pursuing black money very aggressively: Jayant Sinha
Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said more "sources of black money" will come to light as India is pursuing such cases very aggressively in many areas including the Panama papers.
Jun 27, 2016, 18:45 PM IST
Multi-agency group submits 3 reports on Panama leaks to govt
The government had in April formed MAG to investigate whether the money deposited in tax haven Panama are legal or illegal.
Jun 22, 2016, 12:12 PM IST
Panama Papers controversy: Company Amitabh Bachchan denied link to acquired ship from his brother Ajitabh
It has been reported that soon after Amitabh Bachchan was appointed director, one of the four companies, Tramp Shipping Limited (Bahamas), acquired a ship from another Bahamas company, co-owned by his brother Ajitabh Bachchan, in 1994.
Jun 13, 2016, 17:34 PM IST
Switzerland to ease tax info exchange norms on stolen data
Switzerland on Friday said it will relax norms for providing information to foreign nations seeking banking details about their citizens on the basis of 'stolen data', a move that would benefit India in its fight against the black money menace.
Jun 10, 2016, 20:20 PM IST
