Legal doyen Fali Nariman passes away

Legal doyen and veteran advocate Fali S Nariman died here on Wednesday at the age of 95. Photograph: ANI Photo He was suffering from multiple ailments, including cardiac issues. Born on January......

'I don't act under pressure'

'Whatever duties I have to dispense off as a Speaker, I will do the needful in accordance with the provisions of the law.' IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Maharashtra Deputy......

'Speaker's only option is to disqualify the 16 MLAs'

'The Speaker has to act in an impartial way and in accordance with what the Supreme Court has laid out in its judgment.' IMAGE: Rahul Narvekar, after his election as Maharashtra assembly speaker......

'Deadly for democracy': Ex SC judge tears into Rijiju

Former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman has slammed Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for his "diatribe" against the collegium system for appointment of judges, and said the government......

Net direct tax collection grows 19% so far in FY24

The net direct tax collection so far this fiscal rose 19.41 per cent to Rs 14.70 lakh crore, reaching about 81 per cent of the full-year target, the income tax department said on Thursday.......

Budget 2022: Phasing out of some tax exemptions likely

FinMin also exploring the option of rationalising capital gains tax rates. Arup Roychoudhury reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Centre is considering a gradual phasing out of......

Shrinking screens: Is cable TV dying in India?

For years it has been evident that fibre and DTH would give tough competition to cable in India where regulatory overload has mutilated an already warped industry structure. OTT added fuel to the......

Google tax: India likely to face US trade action

The US launched an investigation, focusing on whether the tax in India and other countries discriminated against American companies, were retroactive, and reflected unreasonable tax policy.......

What is Bollywood reading?

Welcome to the Bollywood Book Club! When not shining on the red carpet or in the movies, film folk are happy to bury themselves inside a good page-turner! From self-confessed bookworms to book club......

What makes Sacred Games different

'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for other examples -- gets made when an international audience is as much a target as the desi viewer, should......

'One can see a lot of Chetan Bhagat in his books'

Sharman Joshi provided a lot of laughs in Style and Golmaal, and made us love him in Rang De Basanti. Now, he is back in Atul Agnihotri's film adaptation, called Hello, of Chetan Bhagat's......

IPL and the great Indian sporting revival

And no, the commercial sporting leagues didn't cause the drought, says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: The opening game of IPL 9 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, April 9, 2016: Ishant Sharma celebrates......