'Ajit Pawar can't escape from BJP's cage'

'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?' IMAGE: Newly sworn-in Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar with Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, July......

Won't stop until all refugees get Indian citizenship: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah asserted on Sunday that the Centre would not stop until all refugees in the country are granted citizenship under the amended Citizenship Act and accused the......

How Modi walked into his own Pakistan trap

For the first time in our political history, Pakistan has become centre stage of the incumbent's campaign, points out Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In the years I used to......

Kejriwal to go on indefinite fast from March 1 for full statehood to Delhi

Raising the pitch on the issue of statehood for Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said on the floor of the assembly that he will launch an indefinite hunger......

Now, ready-to-eat fryums papad to draw 18% GST

Deciding the goods and services tax rate on fryums papad could be a messy affair with the Appellate Authority for Advance Rulings (AAAR) of Gujarat now ruling that the ready-to-eat product would......

18% GST on grants, non-philanthropic donations received by trusts: AAR

Charitable trusts are liable to pay 18 per cent GST on grants and non-philanthropic donations received by them, the Maharashtra AAR has ruled. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Jayshankar......

It's official, Fryums won't attract any GST

The Appellate Authority for Advance Rulings (AAAR) of Gujarat has held that papad fryums would not attract any goods and services tax (GST) as they are similar to traditional round papads in all......

Contrary advance rulings on GST leave industry perplexed

In addition to this confusion, classification issues, revenue biases in rulings, delays in disposing of applications, and lack of senior officers in AARs have made the advance ruling mechanism......

'Guru Dutt attempted suicide thrice'

V K Murthy worked on almost all the Guru Dutt films, with the exception of Baazi.An excellent cinematographer, his lighting techniques inPyaasa,Kaagaz Ke Phool and Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam crafted......

Indian F1 Grand Prix set to return in 2016

A Ferrari drives during the Indian F1 Grand Prix in 2012. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images The Indian Formula One Grand Prix is expected to return in 2016 as a "fruitful" meeting between F1......