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Indian cities could learn from Zohran Mamdani’s ‘pied-à-terre tax’ plan for New York City
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push for a “pied-à-terre tax” on luxury second homes owned by the ultra-rich is a fiscal idea Indian cities should pay close attention to. New York State lawmakers passed Mamdani’s tax proposal in May A pied-à-terre tax is a surcharge on high-value residential properties that are not primary residences. In…
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Where did your father vote in 2003? Why demand for legacy documents under SIR has no legal basis
A 33-year-old man in Patiala – resident at the same address since birth, with his mother registered as a voter at that same address for decades – is being asked by his Booth Level Officer to produce proof of where a qualifying relative was registered as a voter in 2002. The Election Commission’s enumeration form…
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Talks underway for Congress, NCP(SP) merger: Report
Talks about a merger between the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the Congress are underway, Maharashtra Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar was quoted as saying by NDTV on Tuesday. “Those who subscribe to the secular ideals of the Congress and Sharad Pawar are always welcome in our party,” the former leader of Opposition in the…