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Annual value of second self-occupied property is now zero. (Image Source: Freepik)
Be tax smart with a second home

Income tax laws now allow two self-occupied properties, making a second home a tax-saving and capital appreciation opportunity, especially for…

Sensex up 227 pts on JPC news

Much like in the previous week, the market got off to a good start on Monday with the benchmark indices…

Case file

Case begins in Bombay High Court, Kasab appears on screen through video conference

All systems go

Tamil Nadu launched its own biotech policy in 2000 much before the Indian government?s National Biotechnology Policy 2005.

Thank God for politics

Just a 90-minute interaction between the prime minister and the captains of electronic media in the country turned our entire…

PaperLess

The logical next step, after the Telgi fake stamp paper scam was exposed, would have been to abolish the use…

FE Editorial : Touch act to follow

Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave will be a tough act to follow. In a short time span, of just three years, Bhave…

Column : Strengthening surveillance

With an increasing number of trades and deceptive patterns adopted by manipulators, there is a need to have advanced technology…

Column : Trashing Brand India

The news that China has overtaken Japan to be number 2 in the GDP ranks elicited the usual responses. People…

FE Editorial : Price these in

The release of the new consumer indices by the Central Statistical Organisation is a landmark event in the evolution of…

Unrest in West Asia may hit trade

The tensions in the West Asia has had minimal impact on trade and shipping between the region and the Indian…

Motion for JPC on Tuesday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a surprise appearance at an all-party meeting convened by the Speaker Meira Kumar to resolve…