'The 3G money raised may be more than estimated'

There is scepticism in some quarters that the Budget for 2010-11, while spreading cheer, may be skating on thin ice. For instance, some of its assumptions will give way if the non-tax revenue......

North Block rejig ahead of Budget

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's core team for the Budget will witness a crucial change on February 1. With the government announcing the appointment of Sunil Mitra as revenue secretary, the......

Fin ministry seeks Idiot's tip for Budget blues

As the ministry of finance gets into the Budget mode, its officials perhaps want to tell themselves, "All is well". So, they have none other than Aamir Khan, alias Rancho of recent Bollywood......

Infra firms may get MAT relief

The government is likely to ease the incidence of minimum alternate tax, or MAT, on infrastructure companies. The department of revenue plans to change the proposed direct tax code to exempt these......

Message from Bollywood: 'DON'T GIVE UP!'

'Once you choose hope, anything is possible.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shruti Haasan/Instagram Like Shruti Haasan's goth look?   Photograph: Kind courtesy Juhi Chawla/Instagram Juhi Chawla......

Madhuri sends out a message of love

Surbhi cleans her home... Kavita does some yoga... Photograph: Kind courtesy Madhuri Dixit/Instagram Madhuri Dixit shares a picture with husband Dr Sriram Nene and tells everybody to 'hold your......

Guess where Nargis is off to?

Raashi goes to Italy... Evelyn goes to Sydney... Photograph: Kind courtesy Nargis Fakhri/Instagram 'Bye Bye Los Angeles, Hello New York City. - Just planning my next Trip. Where shall I go? Road......

Review: Chalk N Duster has good intent but clumsy execution

Mistaking intent for quality, Chalk N Duster’s greatest drawback is that it tries to take the high moral ground without substantiating its material or projecting the least bit of......

Murtaza shines on debut for UP

Suresh Raina struck a fluent century and Ali Murtaza made a memorable first class debut, scoring a polished half century, to help defending champions Uttar Pradesh gain a 95-run first innings lead......

Haryana crush champions UP

Haryana's pace bowlers ripped through the Uttar Pradesh batting line-up to bowl them out for a lowly 178 in the second innings and win the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match by an innings and 88 runs......

Karnataka take first innings lead against UP

Karnataka gained the uppper hand against defending champions Uttar Pradesh after taking the first innings lead on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super Leaguematch in Kanpur on Sunday.......

Kaif guides UP to safety

Mohammad Kaif shrugged off his omission from the Indiasquad to hit a valuable 91 and help defending champions Uttar Pradesh reach a respectable 249 for eight on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy......

Ashish Nehra earns Delhi first innings lead

Left-arm medium-pacer Ashish Nehra grabbed a five-wicket haul to help Delhi gain a slender but a vital first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group 'A' clash against reigning......