'In the new Bollywood, where success can translate, like a chain reaction, into gains in related fields, mere appearance on the screen is no longer a guarantor of fame,' says Vikram Johri.
In simple terms, it refers to a deduction allowed in income tax, irrespective of expenses incurred or investment made by assessees.
The actress, best known for playing Princess Leia Organa in the massively popular space saga, died four days after suffering a cardiac event on a flight from London.
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'The book has immense value because it reveals the inner workings of the think-tank which appears to provide facts and insights to Modi, though he himself takes the final decisions and articulates them in his characteristic rhetorical style,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Jailed dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will "not allow" any film or book on the murder of their daughter Aarushi and anyone taking up such a venture without their consent will face legal action, their lawyer said on Sunday.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is known for her love for her dogs and on Monday it emerged just how much.
The Income Tax department has informed the Delhi High Court that Nokia India and Nokia Corporation owe it Rs 21,153 crore (Rs 211.53 billion) as total tax liability (existing and anticipated), including penalty during a seven-year period from 2006-2013.
Print media will not benefit from the Budget.
Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups.
Conservation group Coast and Country said that it has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Queensland for a judicial review.
The loans taken have come down and hence the net capital inflow has reduced.
For 2011-12, there were 7,56,741 foreign remittances made from India with money worth Rs 3,56,461 crore (Rs 3,564.61 billion) going out of India
'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.' 'Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'
Accompanied by a large entourage, including the kids, the couple reached Varanasi by a private plane in the afternoon.
The federal court in August had revoked the original approval.
Adani, which estimates its project will generate more than A$22 billion ($15.6 billion) in taxes and royalties, has yet to line up funding but is sticking to a late 2017 start date.
R-Power, Essar could be hit as state mulls benefit-sharing levy for ecology loss.
The world's biggest superstars landed in Paris and enjoyed a game of soccer.
Adani described the meeting as warm and productive.
"I am proud to announce the project has Final Investment Decision (FID) approval which marks the official start of one of the largest single Infrastructure -- and job creating -- developments in Australia's recent history," Gautam Adani said.
Sebi splits CMD post and has directed listed companies to have at least six directors and at least one of them needs to be a woman.
Google has a lot of experience with legal troubles over intellectual property.
US-based technology major IBM is contesting a claim of the revenue department which has increased the company's taxable income substantially to around Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion).
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 46 points at 26,360 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points at 7,891.
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The company moved the income-tax appellate tribunal and its appeal is pending there.
'What is the purpose of your visit?' the immigration officer at London Heathrow asked Deborah Das.
RIL had drawn 58.67 bcm of gas from four wells.
Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration zones to mining companies this year
After setting up a committee under N Rangachary last year to look at taxation issues regarding the sector, the government has issued several notifications in the last eight months.
Rimple and Harpreet, the designers for the lead cast of Padmavati, tell Rediff.com's Archana Masih that it will be quite a task to replicate the fragile and elaborate costumes.
The challenge for BMW is to overtake Mercedes-Benz, which bounced back three years ago to become king of the hill.
Was Adani able to clinch this loan merely as a result of his proximity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Coast and Country challenged Adani's plans to build biggest mine in the Galilee Basin.
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Adani has blamed opposition to its mine for delays in moving the $7 billion project to the construction phase
Union budget was mildly for cable broadcasting industry and DTH.
Given the concerns around trade wars that threaten to jeopardise global capital flows as well, attracting foreign capital needs to be a policy priority, says Neelkanth Mishra.
It has been a half-century since Neil Armstrong stepped out of a lunar module and onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969 and declared, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." The moment heralded a golden age of space exploration that was set in motion just eight years earlier in 1961, when United States President John F Kennedy promised before Congress to put a man on the moon before the decade was out. Here are some lesser-known facts about the historic first mission: