Lingayat seer says he will take on Union minister Joshi in Dharwad

Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math, a prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer, on Monday said he has decided to contest as an independent candidate from Dharwad segment in the......

BJP's 5th list: Kangana Ranaut fielded, Varun Gandhi dropped

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named 111 more Lok Sabha poll candidates, dropping Union ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V K Singh, and MP Varun Gandhi, while fielding actors Kangana......

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

'Education played the most significant role in entrenchment of Hindutva ideology in coastal Karnataka.' 'Teachers of most of the schools, junior colleges, degree colleges and universities are......

Meet the 24 newly inducted ministers in Siddaramaiah's expanded cabinet

Within a week of assuming power, the Congress government in Karnataka has expanded its cabinet on Saturday, filling all posts. IMAGE: Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot with state CM......

'Flats sold after getting OC not liable for GST'

Rama Krishna Sangu, partner, Manohar Chowdhry & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and a member of the Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI, fielded readers’ questions on GST on Rediff Chat.......

'Concept of MRP is not present in GST'

Appearing on Rediff Chat, G Srikanth, partner in GSV Associates, Chartered Accountants, Chennai, and member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, answered readers' queries on the......

Banks increasing service charges

Uttara Kapur, a resident of New Delhi, was in for a shock when she received her bank statement for January. She has a regular savings account with HDFC Bank.She often transacts through the branch......

'I get cranky when I'm not on a film set'

'Acting is probably the most wonderful profession anyone can have because you make every film set with 200 people, so you make 200 new friends every four months, and you learn so many things from......

'Buddhadeb was the god of cinema'

'I have the qualification every actor would love to have: A Buddhadeb actor.' Nawazuddin Siddiqui feels privileged to have worked with Buddhadeb Daspupta in one of the director's final films.......

Buddhadeb Dasgupta passes away

Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepti Nabal/Instagram Eminent film director Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who had been battling kidney ailments for quite some time, died at his residence in Kolkata early on......

What is Priyanka missing?

SRK on KKR... Madhuri on SRK... Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra posts a throwback pic with Nick Jonas and gushes, 'Miss you so much my love'.  ......