Women take it to the mat at an all-women wrestling event in London.
From playing to the Sikh vote bank because Punjab elections are round the corner, to ensuring that a discordant 'us versus them' note was struck, whatever could be done to exploit every last drop of communal appeal, was done, observes Jyoti Punwani.
The government will come out with new guidelines to revive export hubs, special economic zones (SEZs), which have lost sheen after imposition of certain levies and proposal to take away tax incentives.
The industry employs about 10 million workforce.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced that Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) has been abolished. The commodity transaction tax (CTT) has also been abolished. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will come into effect from April 01, 2010, Mukherjee said.
The villagers have pinned their hopes for development on Ravi, whose success has much to do with the sacrifices and moral guidance of one man -- his father Rakesh Kumar Dahiya.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
Tax department sends notices saying they are liable to pay MAT.
IT companies are dependant on headcount for their revenues and fringe benefits forms a part of the compensation payable to employees.
An advocate of body positivity, Jessamyn Stanley believes in yoga for all sizes.
'He destroyed many of our tanks, and finally, it was just the two of us left facing each other with our tanks just 200 m apart.' A tale of valour excerpted from Rachna Bisht Rawat's 1971: Charge Of The Gorkhas And Other Stories.
Decoding four important provisions in the Finance Bill 2018.
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Yogeshwar Dutt says it was not a difficult decision to quit the mat since he did it for his favourite student Bajrang Punia, who he thinks can go on to become India's first wrestler to win an Olympic gold.
The rally is being fuelled by across-the-board buying.
Fitness instructor Namrata Purohit offers a simple workout routine to get a fit and fab body.
The postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic may have opened the door for dope-tainted Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav to realise his dream of winning an Olympic medal. Yadav was handed a four-year doping ban just hours before his first bout at the Rio Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) won its appeal against an earlier exoneration.
And the fine actor also celebrates 25 years in the movies...
Bollywood is doing everything it can to busy themselves during the national lockdown. And some of them are adding a touch of humour too.
Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels has shot down reports of a deal with Manchester United coach Louis Van Gaal to join the Premier League club, saying they were invented.
Simona Halep has been in red-hot form and the absence of top-ranked Australian Ash Barty, who won her maiden Grand Slam in Paris last year, and US Open champion Naomi Osaka, will boost her chances further.
Simran Dhir's very readable debut novel Best Intentions portrays the colours as well as the privilege and politics of Delhi life.
Gaurav Chawla, Corporate Executive Chef at First Fiddle Restaurants, shares three recipes from his specially curated menu at Tamasha, Mumbai.
'We know the ball is going to swing and it was important to control the swing and be accurate with our line and length.'
You can imagine the standard of Pagalpanti's humour when characters are named Wifi, Bully and Tully, a hospital placard reads Dr Trump and bitter gourd is mistaken for poison to evoke laughs, warns Sukanya Verma.
Senior officials say the government might come up with an incentive package for the SEZs following the release of Foreign Trade Policy.
Reduction in corporate tax rate: In view of the fact that the present Budget is expected to be intermediate in nature, insofar as it would pave the way forward for DTC, it will be commendable if CTR in FY 2012-13 is brought down at least to match the proposed rate of flat 30 per cent in the DTC.
He has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after knocking off some established global stars in the 57kg but hardly shows any emotion.
Images from Day 5 in the second Test between England and India, at Lord's, on Monday.
The International Yoga Day will be celebrated on June 21.
Reaction to Novak Djokovic's disqualification from the US Open for striking a line judge with a ball during his match against Pablo Carreno Busta on Sunday.
Special Economic Zones are likely to be central to realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Make in India agenda.
The Delhi Police has asked commuters to avoid Rajpath and its connecting roads on Friday morning as nearly 30,000 people are expected to throng the Red Fort on the occasion of International Day of Yoga, traffic officials said.
Frequent sanitisation of the entire parliament complex will also be carried out, while arrangements have been made to sanitise various parliamentary papers as well as footwear and cars of MPs, officials said.
The 55 teams have been divided into 10 groups of five or six, and the top two teams in each qualify directly.
Sajan Bhanwal became the first Indian to win back-to-back medals at the Junior World Wrestling Championship after he secured a silver in the 77kg Greco Roman category in Trnava, Slovakia.
Radhika Bose turned her love for travel and fitness into a way of life.
The consistent attacks from both the wrestlers in the fast-paced final bout had the fans on the edge of their seats as close to 1500 gathered at IGI stadium to watch their favourite star in action.
Leon Goretzka's 86th minute goal gave Bayern Munich a 2-1 victory over visitors Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, meaning they need to win just one of their last three matches to secure the Bundesliga title.
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