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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said if intra-party elections are not held in a political party it severs its...

Under the income tax laws, an individual is taxed based on the residential status. A residential status can either be resident or non-resident. Further, a Resident is categorised into Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR) or Ordinarily Resident (OR) depending on his/her physical presence in India during the previous financial years. Read on to know how it impacts individual.

WASHINGTON — We are rapidly approaching our 250th birthday as a republic. And, the nation is in need of a tune-up. With just a few tweaks of our Constitutio

With just a few tweaks of our Constitution we can put the nation on a path that would allow it to go another 250 years. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, but we, the people, can add to it whenever we want.

Members of Congress and the president and vice president of the United States would be subject to a personal fine of up to 15% of their adjusted gross income (jointly filed taxes if married). By using the AGI, it would treat the member of Congress who is living paycheck to paycheck the same as the mega-millionaire member of Congress. Carrots and sticks - the carrots part is simple. Members of Congress should be paid more. Fresh out of law school, first-year associates at major law firms make mor...

Members of Congress and the president and vice president of the United States would be subject to a personal fine of up to 15% of their adjusted gross income (jointly filed taxes if married). By using the AGI, it would treat the member of Congress who is living paycheck to paycheck the same as the mega-millionaire member of Congress. Carrots and sticks - the carrots part is simple. Members of Congress should be paid more. Fresh out of law school, first-year associates at major law firms make mor...

America’s experiments with prohibition have proven to be catastrophic failures that make a mockery of the law, skew police priorities and enrich the black market.

The 18th Amendment, better known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, 1919. It became the law of the land one year later, leading to an array of social consequences.

Oh, if these walls could talk. This historic Detroit home was built just as prohibition began in the US and served as an illegal whiskey still.

Jeff Cook