tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917432.post3125313587540868329..comments2023-10-30T17:07:19.996+05:30Comments on Don't trust the Indian Media!: The FallKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06885651813993966354noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917432.post-89137202475251439662008-03-29T18:23:00.000+05:302008-03-29T18:23:00.000+05:30hey guys...whatever has been said...Caught a glimp...hey guys...whatever has been said...Caught a glimpse of News X...looks neatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917432.post-88250334885526384812008-03-21T14:32:00.000+05:302008-03-21T14:32:00.000+05:30Interesting Reading: STAR TV to shell...Interesting Reading:<BR/> <BR/><BR/>STAR TV to shell out more money to IT Department<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>The channels of Star Television India Private Limited will have to shell out more money to the Income Tax (IT) Department than it has offered to pay. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday admitted the appeal filed by the IT Department against the order of the Settlement Commission allowing Star Group to pay Rs 1,300 crore and settle the matter.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Mohan Parasaran and Beni Chatterji, counsel for IT, said that the Star Group disclosed Rs 150 crore later. Hence their first application was not true and did not give full disclosure, said Chatterji.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>“If their entire revenue was considered then their dues would be over Rs 2,600 crore plus interest plus penalty. Hence the matter should not be settled by the Settlement Commission,” argued Chatterji.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>There were numerous litigations pending against the Star Group with the IT Department with regard to taxable income of the 11 channels. The channels have not paid the income tax, stating that all of them are registered in the British Virgin Islands.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>However, the IT department claimed that monies were being transferred from India. The Indian unit is collecting revenue to be transferred abroad, which ought to have been deducted as TDS as per the IT Act.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>The group approached the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), which upheld the claim of the IT Department. The group approached the HC against the order of the ITAT.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, the group made an application before the Settlement Commission to settle the entire issue by offering to pay tax, which was 29 per cent of the revenue that was sent abroad.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>According to Star, they had transferred Rs 5,000 crore abroad in July 2007 and were willing to pay Rs 1,300 crore. The Settlement Commission admitted the Star’s application, whereby the group would be let off after paying a little over Rs 1,300 crore.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Blog at WordPress.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917432.post-5985140424585831822008-03-21T14:28:00.000+05:302008-03-21T14:28:00.000+05:30Wow Soft Launch for NewsX already? That was quick ...Wow Soft Launch for NewsX already? That was quick specially after all the exits, thought they would take a year to recover from that. Any idea what avirook, nag and all are doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917432.post-19697458340979728862008-03-21T12:15:00.000+05:302008-03-21T12:15:00.000+05:30Too much is being made out of MJ Akbar's episode. ...Too much is being made out of MJ Akbar's episode. The picture that is being presented is far from the actual truth. The whole episode of how he got the news of his removal through as SMS is a ploy that everyone plays so as to achieve what can be termed as a 'dramatic ending'. <BR/><BR/>Akbar himself was trying for the Rajya Sabha membership from Bihar and Nitish Kumar 'almost' made sure that he got through but as they say 'there is many a slip between the cup and the lip'. Akbar was one time a staunch Congressi and now he also shifted his loyalty to BJP. <BR/><BR/>Much less is reported and made out of the actual behind the scene show. As for Nidhi Razdan, being good looking always helps but it's more helpful if your father is the CEO of India's premier news agency.Abhinandan Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132902569649976031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917432.post-66567759469916002442008-03-21T01:48:00.000+05:302008-03-21T01:48:00.000+05:30Lingerie. Utah, Ohio, Aussies. March 29th.Lingerie. Utah, Ohio, Aussies. March 29th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917432.post-56550650682551640032008-03-20T18:06:00.000+05:302008-03-20T18:06:00.000+05:30It's great that you highlighted the father-son def...It's great that you highlighted the father-son defence of MJ Akbar. How can journalists tomtom successes in circulation during the Emergency -- and Akbar's help in achieving that -- as some sort of heroic deed? newspapers were gagged, oppositio jailed without trial and this father-son duo choose instead to castigate the Jains for what happened thereafter? Were either Illustrated Weekly or Readers Digest (which they edited respectively) were hardly beacons of fearless journalism. And Akbar should cringe at the idea that he was forged from this metal....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com