Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stoutly defended Amit Shah from the Congress' charge that he insulted B R Ambedkar in his speech in the Rajya Sabha, asserting that the Home Minister in......
Sections of our media and elite take Western reports/judgements at face value and are ready to condemn the targets without understanding the deeper power linkages behind such actions, asserts......
Pronouncing 'tankhah' (religious punishment) for Sukhbir Singh Badal and other leaders for the 'mistakes' committed by the Shiromani Akali Dal government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017, the Sikh......
'If Trump wins the election, there's not going to be much turmoil.''But if he loses, he will not accept the results.''And if it is close, which I think it's going to be, he's going to contest......
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar chief Sharad Pawar turned the heat on his estranged nephew and deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Tuesday, virtually accusing him of breaking the family for his......
The GST rate is also proposed to be cut on food delivery platforms like Swiggy and Zomato, to 5 per cent from the current 18 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The GST Council, in......
Term life insurance policies, and senior citizens' health insurance premium are likely to be exempted from GST as most members of a state ministerial panel favoured cutting taxes to benefit the......
The Group of Ministers (GoM) on goods and services tax (GST) rate rationalisation, which convened in Goa on Wednesday, reviewed the GST rates for over 100 items, including textiles, handloom goods,......
'With technology advancing, we should go all out and put up solar, wind, pumped storage, and battery, and make India go green.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Avaada Group Avaada group Chairman Vineet......
Of the two rate structures on the table, one suggests tax slabs of 8 per cent, 16 per cent, and 24 per cent.The other proposes tax slabs at 9 per cent, 18 per cent, and 27 per cent. Illustration:......
'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his......
IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......
People turn a corner and overhear secrets, men change stripes so as to acquire shades of villainy most convenient to advancing the plot, secondary characters confess to past sins just so that the......
Ishq Vishk Rebound is a drab romance and dull comedy that even the intended teen audience might have a hard time keeping up with, sighs Mayur Sanap. Years ago, when Shah Rukh Khan's Rahul......
Kolkata Knight Riders produced a remarkable performance against the Delhi Capitals with the batters smashing a massive 272 for 7 at the ACA-VDCA cricket stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, April......
IMAGE: DC skipper Rishabh Pant will look to pick their maiden win this season when they take on Rajasthan Royals. Photographs: BCCI Skipper Rishabh Pant will look to overcome his rustiness as......
IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty outclassed Malaysia's Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in straight games on Tuesday. Photograph: SAI Media/X India's star doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj......
IMAGE: Pullela Gopichand believes the Indian men’s doubles pair will enter the Paris Olympics as the favourites. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters Chief national badminton coach Pullela......
IMAGE: P V Sindhu was beaten by Japan's Aya Ohori in straight games in the first singles of the Badminton Asia Team Championships semi-final on Saturday. Photograph: BAI/X Indian women shuttlers'......