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Income-tax rules 2026 notified: Govt tightens compliance, enhances disclosures

New Delhi, March 20 -- The government on Friday notified the Income-tax Rules, 2026, setting the stage for the rollout of the new Income-tax Act, 2025 from April 1, 2026, with a sharper focus on trans... Read More


Union minister Jayant Chaudhary receives death threat, caller traced to Bengal's Murshidabad

New Delhi, March 20 -- Union minister Jayant Chaudhary allegedly received a death threat from an unknown caller, triggering a review of his security and a police probe based on a complaint lodged in t... Read More


Flipkart Group CFO Sriram Venkataraman steps down; Nishant Verman rejoins as SVP

New Delhi, March 20 -- E-commerce major Flipkart on Friday said its Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sriram Venkataraman will be stepping down from his role. Venkataraman will remain with the compa... Read More


UK visa fee hike up to 25%: What students, workers, visitors will pay

New Delhi, March 20 -- The United Kingdom on Thursday raised immigration and visa fees by 6 to 25 per cent, with the new charges set to take effect from April 8, 2026. The changes, announced by the UK... Read More


Hotel chef held for RK Puram burglary: Cops

NEW DELHI, March 20 -- A 22-year-old chef working night shifts at a five-star hotel has been arrested for allegedly burgling a house in southwest Delhi's RK Puram using a master key, police said. Cash... Read More


PM Modi greets Thai PM on re-election

New Delhi, March 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Anutin Charnvirakul on his re-election as the prime minister of Thailand and said he was looking forward to working closely ... Read More


US EXIM announces USD 10 billion support to Essar's Mesabi Metallics by Sagar Kulkarni

Washington, March 20 -- The United States has announced support of up to USD 10 billion to Mesabi Metallics, an Essar Group company, for a major minerals and manufacturing project in Minnesota. The US... Read More


IRGC spokesperson Brigadier Gen Naeini killed in US-Israeli strikes

New Delhi, March 20 -- Iranian state media Press TV said on Friday that the spokesperson of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini was killed in US-Israeli strike... Read More


Delhi Police seals news agency UNI's office, cites Del HC order

New Delhi/Kolkata, March 20 -- Delhi Police on Friday sealed news agency UNI's office here, citing a high court order, even as the media organisation termed the action an "unprecedented atrocity and a... Read More


BJP faces protests in Salt Lake HQ over candidate selection

Kolkata, March 20 -- Discontent within the BJP over its candidate selection for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections spilled onto the streets on Friday, as party workers staged protests at the stat... Read More