In a major victory for mineral-rich states, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed them to seek dues from April 1, 2005 on royalty and tax on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land from the Centre......
States must evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer even among the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes and deny them the benefit of reservation, Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai said......
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes, which form a socially heterogeneous......
The legislative power to tax mineral rights vests with the states and the royalty paid on minerals is not a tax, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a landmark judgement which will give a huge......
Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios: ......
The Supreme Court verdict on mining royalty case will give a further jolt to the Indian mining industry and will have very large financial implications, as arrears may work out to the tune of more......
The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the RBI's decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation. Photograph: ANI Photo A......
The reasons why these company bosses often functioned as employees rather than owners was that their compensation was not linked to performance. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Illustration:......
Quite a few film folk attended the prayer service of veteran photographer Pradeep Bandekar, who passed into the ages on August 11. Mr Bandekar has been contributing photographs to Rediff.com since......
The Web series Bambai Meri Jaan has put the spotlight back to the dark days when the underworld overran Mumbai. The gangster saga is a popular subject with film and serial makers, particularly when......
Anil Kapoor, now aging gracefully into older gentleman roles, has had quite a chequered career. Luckily for popular actors, audiences have short memories and forget their screen missteps, or he......
Wrestlers Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal on Wednesday challenged in the Delhi High Court the exemption granted to Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia for the Asian Games trials, demanding a fair......