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Govt notifies new Lokpal search committee rules

The government has notified new Lokpal search committee rules, giving it more freedom to recommend names for chairperson and members of the anti-corruption body outside the list provided by the...

Biker dies after falling into 15-feet-deep pit dug by DJB in Delhi

This incident comes weeks after the death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned after his car fell into a waterlogged pit near a construction site in Noida Sector 150 on the...

Biker death: Sub-contractor held for failing to report fall

If any DJB officials are found guilty during the inquiry, cases will be registered against them as well. Legal action is also being taken against the contractor for negligence, said Delhi minister...

PM-led panel to pick information commissioners tomorrow

A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is likely to meet on Wednesday to decide the next Chief Information Commissioner...

ED seeks CBI probe against Mamata after raid disruption

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Calcutta high court, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the role of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, senior police...

Key changes in the new Income Tax Bill

The new Income Tax Bill, passed by Lok Sabha on Monday, has retained the provisions regarding ITR filing for TDS claims and tax exemptions for anonymous donations made to all...

I-T Bill Restores Tax Benefits For Religious Trusts

'If a charitable or religious trust sells a capital asset -- such as land, buildings, shares -- and makes a capital gain, it can avoid paying tax on that gain if it reinvests the proceeds in...

CBI books Anil Ambani's RCOM for Rs 2,000-cr bank fraud

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against Reliance Communications and its promoter-director Anil Ambani, for an alleged bank fraud that caused a loss of over Rs 2,000 crore to...

Bank of India tags RCom, Anil Ambani as frauds

After the State Bank of India, Bank of India has classified the loan account of insolvent Reliance Communications as fraudulent and named its former director, tycoon Anil Ambani, citing alleged...

New Sebi chief will get Rs 5.6 lakh salary per month

The government on Monday invited applications for the post of chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The current SEBI chairperson...

ED raids premises of Dulquer Salmaan, Prithviraj in luxury car smuggling case

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided premises linked to actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Dulquer Salmaan, Amit Chakkalackal and some other persons across Kerala and in Tamil Nadu as part of...

National Sports Governance Act Rolled Out

Sports Governance Act: Tier System for Athletes, Convicted Ineligible. IMAGE: Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. The ministry mandates at least four Sportspersons of Merit, two of them...

What's behind Balaji's exclusion from Davis Cup squad

'He is a core member of the Indian team and could very well be considered for the next tie, if fit.' IMAGE: Doubles specialist N Sriram Balaji has been left out of the Indian squad for the Davis...

Will New Sports Bill Be A Game Changer?

The most talked about feature of the Bill is the National Sports Board, that will have overriding powers to grant or suspend recognition of all National Sports Federations and even "collaborate"...

BCCI To Stay Outside The Ambit Of RTI ACT!

The RTI has been a thorny issue for the BCCI, which has steadfastly opposed coming under it as the Board is not dependent on government funds unlike a majority of other National Sports Federations....

German Olympic biathlon champion dies in Pakistan

"It was her wish to leave her body behind on the mountain in this case. This is also in line with the wishes of her relatives." IMAGE: Laura Dahlmeier, a double Olympic biathlon champion, died...

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