Sipping his tea thoughtfully, Rakesh Patel says the support of Patidars is critical to win the Unjha constituency that includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hometown Vadnagar. IMAGE: Prime......
Barring occasional interviews with the news media, he works rather quietly in his election war room or is seated obscurely among throngs of party workers and leaders listening intently to them.......
The Narendra Modi government on Monday announced the prestigious Padma awards for 2021. In all 119 Padma awards were announced, of which the Padma Vibushan, the second highest civil award in......
This time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing, saying the data was being collated and would be available later. IMAGE: People show their......
Noted educationist and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya was on Monday posthumously conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee.......
The income tax department has extended the date for filing audit report for 2023-24 by 7 days till October 7. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In a circular, the I-T department said......
GST taxpayers will be required to reverse by November 30 the input tax credit (ITC) claimed in the last fiscal in case their suppliers fail to deposit the due tax by September 30, the finance......
The government has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies, including SFIO, CCI and NIA, a move that will expedite nailing of......
GST officers can now launch prosecution against offenders in cases where the amount of evasion or misuse of input tax credit is more than Rs 5 crore, the finance ministry has said. Illustration:......
A 5 per cent GST rate kicked in on Monday on pre-packed and labelled food items such as cereals, pulses and flour weighing less than 25 kg. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs......
When a movie doesn't do well, a lot of fairly good things about it are overlooked or quickly forgotten. Save for euphonious exceptions like Bombay Velvet and Mirzya, most delightful songs fade away......
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......
Bollywood gets together for a special screening. After taking Manto to Toronto, Nandita Das brought her film to India and screened it for her friends and colleagues. Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui in......
Sukanya Verma lists her top 15 songs of the year. At the risk of sounding like one of those perennially discontent oldies frowning upon all things new, I will admit that the Hindi film music scene......
The Star Parivaar awards saw quite a few television actors walk the red carpet in Mumbai over the weekend. Some of them may not have won an award but no one was left behind in the fashion race.......
Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the......
Chirag Jani bags five as Saurashtra in control against Jharkhand IMAGE: Saurashtra’s Harvik Desai (54*) and Sheldon Jackson (37*) stitched an unbeaten 81-run stand. Photograph: Kind......
A round-up of Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals on Friday.Karnataka rout Uttarakhand, enter semis IMAGE: Karnataka's players celebrate winning their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match against......
IMAGE: Bengal's Sudip Kumar Gharami and Manoj Tiwary celebrate winning the Ranji Trophy match against Baroda. Photograph: Cricket Association of Bengal/Instagram Senior batter Manoj Tiwary......
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir moved to 18/1 in the second innings after Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh led from the front with the bat on Day 3 on......