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EWS quota eating the field meant for general category, says SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday posed a slew of queries to the Centre on the grant of 10 per cent quota in admissions and government jobs to the EWS category, saying the ”slice of cake”......

Noida wall collapse: 18-year-old student's dream to don Army uniform dashed

Amit dreamt of donning Army fatigues and was preparing for the next recruitment process, while pursuing his college education and also working as a labourer. IMAGE: Search and rescue operation......

4 workers dead as housing society wall collapses in Noida

A portion of a housing society's boundary wall collapsed in Noida on Tuesday morning, killing four construction workers and injuring eight, police said. IMAGE: National Disaster Response......

Gujarat riots: SC rejects Zakia Jafri's plea against clean chit to Modi

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and 63 others in the 2002 riots in the state and dismissed a plea......

UP poll: How parties are preparing for virtual campaigning

With the Election Commission imposing restrictions on poll rallies till January 15 in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, political parties in Uttar Pradesh are gearing up for virtual campaigning.......

Google Ireland gets tax relief on Rs 8.6K crore it got from India arm

An income tax tribunal held that the amount received by Google Ireland from Google India towards marketing and distribution rights of the AdWords programme is not royalty, and hence, cannot be......

4 reasons why Jefferies has downgraded ITC

ITC stock slipped over 4 per cent on Thursday (February 8) after British American Tobacco (BAT) said it could sell some of its stake in the company, recovering partially in trade. Image: Sanjiv......

I-T notifies 'Angel Tax' rules for valuing investments in startups

The income tax department has notified rules for valuation of equity and compulsorily convertible preferable shares issued by startups to resident and non-resident investors. Illustration: Uttam......

Investment trusts, ETFs exempted from capital gains tax in GIFT City

The government has exempted units of investment trusts and ETFs issued by entities based in GIFT City or traded in exchanges there from capital gains tax. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters The Central......

CA, CS handling client money in PMLA ambit; FinMin notifies rules

To further tighten its control of practising accountants, the Centre has brought within the ambit of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) their “financial transactions” such as......

OMG 2 Review: Goes Round In Circles

Akshay Kumar looks cool in that trippy get-up and adds his charisma to the film that is otherwise a lot of verbiage, observes Deepa Gahlot. The play Kanji Viruddh Kanji by Bhavesh Mandalia,......

Gangubai Kathiawadi Review

Something in Alia has surely changed after Gangubai.Her entire performance is about proving to herself and not to the world what she can do, feels Sukanya Verma. A Ghalib ghazal fills the rotten......

PIX: Mouni Roy, Kishwer Merchant dazzle at an award function

Gorgeous ladies, coming up! The 17th Indian Television Academy Awards saw a galaxy of stars on the red carpet. We saw the stylish couples. Now, it's time to look at the sexy solo appearances.......

Review: Katiyabaaz is electrifyingly real

Katiyabaaz is as riveting and gritty as it is wildly funny at times; a must watch, says Sonil Dedhia.Power cuts aren't really new for Indians but the middle class tolerates them with characteristic......

Sports Shorts: Asiad gold medallist Panghal nominated for Arjuna

IMAGE: India’s Amit Panghal celebrates after defeating Olympic and Asian champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan at the Asian Games. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Asian Games gold......

Sports Shorts: Five Indian shuttlers in top-20 of BWF men's rankings

IMAGE: :India’s Kidambi Srikanth in action. Photograph: Facebook Five Indians find themselves in the top-20 of the BWF men's singles rankings issued on Thursday. H S Prannoy was the biggest......

Sports awards function on Aug 31; no Khel Ratna for Poonia

The Sports Ministry confirmed on Thursday that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of being......

Ronjan Sodhi named for Khel Ratna; Arjuna for Kohli, Sindhu

Trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, the first Indian to win two back-to-back World Cup gold medals, was recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, while star cricketer Virat Kohli is among the......

Anju to spearhead athletics challenge

Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George and sprinter Pinki Pramanik will spearhead India's challenge in track and field at the 15th Asian Games in Doha. The Athletics Federation of India on Wednesday......

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