When I met the Queen of England

Dancer-choreographer Astad Deboo met Queen Elizabeth, William and Kate at Buckingham Palace on Monday at the launch of India-UK year of Culture. He tells Archana Masih/Rediff.com that the Queen......

'Smart' database soon to check Income Tax evasion

A new ‘smart and intelligent’ database is being set up in the Income Tax department to help check tax evasion, a ‘menace’ that is ‘spoiling’ compliance culture,......

Check your new I-T assessment range before filing returns

With Income Tax returns filing season commencing soon, taxpayers have been advised to re-check their new assessment ranges as the I-T department has carried out a large-scale restructuring and......

Ministry mulls third-party help to trace tax evade

In a bid to placate Ramdev and Anna Hazare, who have started an anti-corruption campaign against the government, the finance ministry has set up a committee to find ways to recover income tax in......

'We are working to make life easy for taxpayers'

The CBDT is working to create an atmosphere where a taxpayer's life becomes so ‘easy’ that they are never compelled to visit an I-T department office and the hassle of paying taxes is......

The Satish Kaushik You Never Knew

'I did a small role in Masoom.''Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?''I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.''He had no......

Squad review

Squad drags from scene to scene like a lifeless sloth with no destination in mind, sighs Sukanya Verma. Between traveling from Georgia and Minsk, battling Herzegovinian soldiers and radicals in......

Ankita pays tribute to Sushant at Zee Rishtey Awards

Telly folk attended the Zee Rishtey Awards 2020 on December 5, looking glam on the red carpet. Kudali Bhagya won the maximum awards, including the top prize, the Favourite Show award.  ......

Diana explores a new culture, Varun-Aditya work out

Bollywood's mid-week was far from blue. Bollywood celebrities live an exciting life, with a lot of gym sessions thrown in. Here's what we are talking about:   Diana Penty explores New......