When I met the Queen of England

Dancer-choreographer Astad Deboo met Queen Elizabeth, William and Kate at Buckingham Palace on Monday at the launch of India-UK year of Culture. He tells Archana Masih/Rediff.com that the Queen......

Names can be revealed in public interest: Govt on black money

Holding out no assurance of an absolute confidentiality to those disclosing foreign assets on their own, the government on Tuesday said details of information provided during the one-time......

'We are working to make life easy for taxpayers'

The CBDT is working to create an atmosphere where a taxpayer's life becomes so ‘easy’ that they are never compelled to visit an I-T department office and the hassle of paying taxes is......

Check your new I-T assessment range before filing returns

With Income Tax returns filing season commencing soon, taxpayers have been advised to re-check their new assessment ranges as the I-T department has carried out a large-scale restructuring and......

PAN-based database of taxpayers in the works

Database to contain taxable financial transactions and history of any tax-paying individual. The government is working on a permanent account number (PAN)-based online repository to enable......

When Suchitra Sen Got Upset With Dev Anand

'Suchitra Sen threatened to leave, with the film only 80 per cent complete.' IMAGE: Suchitra Sen and Dev Anand in Bombai Ka Babu. Raj Khosla made several blockbusters like CID (1956), Woh Kaun......

'Ishaan Has Been Advised To Do Herogiri'

'When Shahid, Ishaan and I are together, it is a madhouse because we are all performers.' IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor with his mother Neelima Azeem. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Kapoor/Instagram "I......

Bhumi Wants To Thank You For...

Film and telly folk came to a special screening of the week's release, Thank You for Coming. Directed by first-timer Karan Boolani and produced by his wife Rhea Kapoor and Ekta R Kapoor, the sex......

The Satish Kaushik You Never Knew

'I did a small role in Masoom.''Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?''I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.''He had no......