SC refuses to transfer Kolkata rape-murder case outside Bengal

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to transfer the rape and murder trial pertaining to a doctor in Kolkata outside West Bengal. IMAGE: Women take part in a protest rally against RG Kar Medical......

SC repeats order: No publishing RG Kar victim's details on social media

The Supreme Court on Monday reiterated its earlier order that no intermediary is allowed to publish the name and photo of the victim in RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case. IMAGE: Junior doctors take......

Kolkata rape: SC expresses concern over missing autopsy document

The Supreme Court on Monday voiced concern over the absence of a key document that was needed for the postmortem of the medic raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, and asked......

Dadra And Nagar Haveli: How The Portuguese Were Defeated

They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and Nagar Haveli. If reinforcements from Daman were to reach Silvassa, there was no chance of defeating the......

ITR Filings Hit Record 72.8 Million

The platform recorded a peak rate of 917 filings per second on July 17 and 9,367 filings per minute on July 31. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   A record 72.8 million income-tax......

Advance Tax Deadline Today: Who Should Pay?

Everyone (with some exceptions) whose estimated tax liability is Rs 10,000 or more in a financial year must pay advance tax. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The final deadline for paying the......

'60% of taxpayers will shift to new tax regime'

'Personal income tax is growing by 27 per cent and most refunds have already been issued.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Suppose you are a taxpayer and you have been filing returns and......

Tighter seat belt rules work better for rider safety than alarm: Carmakers

A strict enforcement of seat belt norms for rear passengers would be more effective than making an alarm go off when people do not belt up, according to officials at car manufacturers.......

Slow Down Rohit!

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma has been served several traffic challans for speeding. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters   Rohit Sharma is known to step on the accelerator to gun down big chases with......

Harbhajan's Hummer 'challaned' by traffic police

Controversies and Harbhajan Singh seem to travel together.The off-spinner was on Tuesday challaned by the Chandigarh Traffic Police for plying his recently-imported Hummer vehicle without a......