Income tax disputes: Govt drops 23,467 appeals under higher tax-effect limits; what taxpayers need to know

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The government has withdrawn 5,978 departmental income-tax appeals and decided not to file another 17,489 after raising the monetary limits for pursuing tax disputes before appel... Read More

Kapurthala police crack youth's murder with duo's arrest, 2 pistols recovered

Kapurthala, Aug. 15 -- Three days after two motorcycle-borne men allegedly shot dead a 24-year-old youth over personal rivalry in Kapurthala's Bishanpur Jattan village on Tuesday night, police arreste... Read More

Warring, jathedar, SGPC chief condemn police action in Ambala

Chandigarh/Amritsar, Aug. 15 -- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday condemned the Haryana Police for using force against protesters in Ambala who were demanding the releas... Read More

Barnala CI incharge gets prez medal for distinguished service

Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- Inspector Baljit Singh, posted as in-charge of the crime investigation agency (CIA), Barnala, has been awarded the President's Medal for Distinguished Service on the eve of the ... Read More

Preserve memories of partition tragedy, include it in national curriculum: Khattar

India, Aug. 15 -- Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday called for the horrors of the Partition to be preserved in history and included in the national curriculum, str... Read More

Sandip Roy: Why Bhutan is about more than Gross National Happiness

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Wi-Fi password at the hotel was "happiness." But of course. What else would it be in Bhutan, the country that gave us the idea of Gross National Happiness (GNH)? I was invi... Read More

Independence Day: 8 decades, 18 Lok Sabha polls - How Indian elections have evolved

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- India adopted universal adult franchise from the beginning. The first general election, held in 1951-52, was an extraordinary democratic experiment for a newly independent, large... Read More

Independence Day: 8 decades, 18 Lok Sabhas - How Indian elections have evolved since 1947

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- India adopted universal adult franchise from the beginning. The first general election, held in 1951-52, was an extraordinary democratic experiment for a newly independent, large... Read More

From cinema halls to social media: How Nepali films are facing a new piracy threat

Kathmandu, Aug. 15 -- When Suman Giri, one of the producers of Nepal's third-highest grossing film 'Gauthali', came across a YouTube channel that had been continuously posting pirated clips of his mov... Read More

Jatin Mehta: the quiet fugitive behind a billion-dollar vanishing act

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Jatin Mehta knew exactly when his game was up. Between August and November 2012, he quietly stepped down from his key companies, Forever Precious and Winsome Diamonds & Jewellery... Read More

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