Karnataka cabinet approves bills on hate speech, cattle slaughter

The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved eight draft bills, including the ones on hate speech and hate crimes, prevention of slaughter and preservation of cattle and protection of people from......

Tata Sons to build, operate Ayodhya temple museum

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved the expansion of the proposed temple museum in Ayodhya, contracting Tata Sons to develop and operate the project on the 52-acre site. IMAGE: Shri Ram......

US lawmakers seek visa ban on Pakistani officials

Forty-two members of the United States Congress, led by Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Congressman Greg Casar, have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding immediate......

Nitish Kumar gives up home portfolio after 20 years

The home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Samrat......

CAG to conduct pan-India audit on ease of doing biz for MSMEs

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has launched an integrated audit across 32 states and Union Territories to assess the ease of doing business for the micro, small and medium......

Selling Land Is Not a Service, Rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has said that selling land or property is not a service under the Finance Act, 1994, so such sales cannot be charged with service tax. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The......

IT Firms Brace For DPDP With Minimal Disruption

'The impact will be minimal and it will only increase compliance cost on consent, data flows, localisation timelines, internal audits, data mapping, and new tooling.' Kindly note that this......

Inefficiency in MFIs leads to high interest rates: DFS secretary M Nagaraju

The reduction in the number of loan accounts and the outstanding amount during the last financial year is a cause of concern and stress for microfinance institutions (MFI), Secretary, Department of......

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......

Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium to be revamped as Sports City

IMAGE: The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, which was built in 1982 for the Asian Games, later hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games for which it was refurbished at a cost over Rs 900 crore.......

'India must learn from NZ spin collapse'

‘They have got four (three specialist) spinners at their disposal. Most likely they will play three and it is a little bit like playing against a subcontinent team’ IMAGE: South Africa deserve......

Another name change in Yogi's UP; Mustafabad to be renamed...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said his government will move a proposal to rename Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri district as 'Kabirdham', asserting that the change......

2nd Test: Eyes on Reddy as India might stick with same XI vs WI

'Nitish, I think he's shown everyone in Australia just how good he is as a batter. The challenge for him is going to be to make sure that he gets game time in between the away series.' IMAGE:......

Team India to leave for Australia on Oct 15

'Virat and Rohit will touch down in the capital either on the day of departure or a day prior.'  IMAGE: Shubman Gill's first assignment as India's ODI captain will be the three-match away series......