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SC refuses to hear PIL on Maha Kumbh stampede

Terming as 'unfortunate' the January 29 stampede at Maha Kumbh where at least 30 people were killed, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) for guidelines......

Import duties on 25 critical minerals, 36 drugs removed

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced the removal of import duties on 12 critical minerals, lithium-ion batteries scrap, cobalt products, LED, zinc and 36 drugs for cancer and......

Kumbh Mela: Pilgrims Struggle To Leave

IMAGE: A devotee carries his mother during the Maha Kumbh Mela a day after the deadly stampede in Prayagraj, January 30, 2025. Photograph: Sharafat Ali/Reuters Following the stampede at the Maha......

Health budget up by 11%, daycare cancer centres announced

The Union health ministry has been allocated Rs 99,858.56 crore in the Budget 2025-2026, an around 11 per cent hike over the Rs 89,974.12 crore in the budget (revised estimates) of 2024-2025 with......

Nirmalaji Releases The Nuclear Genie

'If the BJP detoxifies the nuclear liability law, it will bring economic, environmental and, most of all, strategic benefits.''Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that this Budget promise is......

Budget focuses on domestic consumption amid global uncertainties

The Budget 2025-26 meets the expectations of fiscal consolidation, maintaining capital expenditure, and boosting consumption through tax cuts. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo There are many......

Budget: Auto cos eye 10m beneficiaries of no-tax rule

According to experts, even if an additional 5 per cent of people opt to buy new vehicles, it may bring a huge boost to the sector. Illustration: Rediff.com Makers of two-wheelers and passenger......

Import duties on 25 critical minerals, 36 drugs removed

What Indian taxpayers want from CBDT

An Income-Tax Department internal committee reviewing the old direct tax law to pave the way for a new one has "largely" received suggestions for "simplifying" the language, better "structuring"......

'No Plan To Phase Out Old I-T Regime'

'Going forward, the encouragement would be to move to the new tax regime.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post Budget media conference, February 1, 2024. Photograph: Rahul......

Deva Review: Shahid Is Pushpa-fied!

Shahid's heft is the only thing that keeps up the momentum in a mediocre rehash, dumbed down by flimsy motive and mindless bravado, sighs Sukanya Verma. Just when you thought Shahid Kapoor's......

Dominic And The Ladies Purse Review: Mammootty Keeps The Mystery Afloat

The Mammootty-starrer is a passable procedural, let down by half-baked ideas that don't necessarily come together, observes Arjun Menon. Gautham Vasudev Menon is a filmmaker prone to 'ideas'. When......

'I Want To Make Serious Films That Are Also Cheesy'

'In Mumbai, isolation is a very different isolation.''It's not about actual physical loneliness.''It's the loneliness in the company of others, and I felt that that is a very Mumbai thing.''You can......

Fateh Review: Saved By Sleek Action

Dark, disturbing and full of gore, Fateh is gung-ho in its efforts to make this stylised action yarn as brutal as possible, observes Mayur Sanap. Post Animal, there's a shift in Bollywood action......

Game Changer Review: Ram Charan Saves The Train Wreck

Game Changer is underwhelming in the sense that you see the potential being squandered away by timid filmmaking, observes Arjun Menon. Shankar's films don't aspire for scale, they demand it. After......

Konstas heads home but not out of Test team's plans

According to Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian selectors "have chosen to send Konstas home early so he can play" in the first round of Shield games after the Big Bash League, as he has......

'A strict, strong response from Indian cricket authorities'

'A strict, strong response from Indian cricket authorities basically admitting they have let discipline of their national team slip badly.' IMAGE: The BCCI has come out with a slew of new......

Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa crushes Mendonca; jumps into lead

IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa in action against Leon Luke Mendonca at the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess 2025......

Rohit to challenge BCCI's family travel rule?

Rohit Sharma seems to have reservations about certain clauses in the 10-point disciplinary guidelines prepared by the BCCI at the behest of head coach Gautam Gambhir and India skipper is set to......

Aus Open PIX: Swiatek crushes Lys; Keys stuns Rybakina

Images from Day 9 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday. IMAGE: Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her fourth round match against Germany's Eva Lys. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters A......

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SC refuses to hear PIL on Maha Kumbh stampede

Import duties on 25 critical minerals, 36 drugs removed

Kumbh Mela: Pilgrims Struggle To Leave

Health budget up by 11%, daycare cancer centres announced

Nirmalaji Releases The Nuclear Genie

Budget focuses on domestic consumption amid global uncertainties

Budget: Auto cos eye 10m beneficiaries of no-tax rule

Import duties on 25 critical minerals, 36 drugs removed

What Indian taxpayers want from CBDT

'No Plan To Phase Out Old I-T Regime'

Deva Review: Shahid Is Pushpa-fied!

Dominic And The Ladies Purse Review: Mammootty Keeps The Mystery Afloat

'I Want To Make Serious Films That Are Also Cheesy'

Fateh Review: Saved By Sleek Action

Game Changer Review: Ram Charan Saves The Train Wreck

Konstas heads home but not out of Test team's plans

'A strict, strong response from Indian cricket authorities'

Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa crushes Mendonca; jumps into lead

Rohit to challenge BCCI's family travel rule?

Aus Open PIX: Swiatek crushes Lys; Keys stuns Rybakina

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