Participants of a mega rally, including prominent film personalities and rights activists, held a night-long sit-in in Kolkata till 4 am on Monday, demanding justice for a doctor who was......
'Ajit Pawar's speech leaves no room for reconciliation.' IMAGE: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar addresses the meeting of his faction of Nationalist Congress Party leaders in Mumbai,......
'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?' IMAGE: Newly sworn-in Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar with Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, July......
Union home minister Amit Shah asserted on Sunday that the Centre would not stop until all refugees in the country are granted citizenship under the amended Citizenship Act and accused the......
For the first time in our political history, Pakistan has become centre stage of the incumbent's campaign, points out Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In the years I used to......
Average monthly GST collection rose from Rs 90,000 crore during the first year of its implementation -- 2017-2018 -- to Rs 1.68 trillion during 2023-2024, representing an 87 per cent rise.......
Packed frozen 'paratha' is not 'roti or chapatti' as it requires further cooking before consumption and despite wheat flour being the 'common thread' there are other ingredients used in making......
Deciding the goods and services tax rate on fryums papad could be a messy affair with the Appellate Authority for Advance Rulings (AAAR) of Gujarat now ruling that the ready-to-eat product would......
Charitable trusts are liable to pay 18 per cent GST on grants and non-philanthropic donations received by them, the Maharashtra AAR has ruled. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Jayshankar......
The Appellate Authority for Advance Rulings (AAAR) of Gujarat has held that papad fryums would not attract any goods and services tax (GST) as they are similar to traditional round papads in all......
'If this is how the audience likes me, I will continue doing it.'Jagdeepsaab, in a Rediff.com interview, 22 years ago. The twinkle has faded a little, the face is lined, but the voice is as nasal......
V K Murthy worked on almost all the Guru Dutt films, with the exception of Baazi.An excellent cinematographer, his lighting techniques inPyaasa,Kaagaz Ke Phool and Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam crafted......
A Ferrari drives during the Indian F1 Grand Prix in 2012. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images The Indian Formula One Grand Prix is expected to return in 2016 as a "fruitful" meeting between F1......