Income tax searches at Ekta Kapoor’s premises
Income tax officials today conducted searches at Balaji Telefilms’ facilities and the residence of its promoters — producer Ekta Kapoor and her actor-father Jeetendra — here for suspected tax evasion.
Tax havens pose issue for I-T dept
The practice of multi-national companies parking their profits in tax havens to evade or avoid taxes is a challenge for the I-T department and it should positively tackle these issues, President Prana
HC pulls up state for casual approach
The Bombay high court on Monday expressed dismay at “the casual approach” of the Maharashtra government in addressing the malnutrition problem and directed it to formulate a policy for appointment of
Hit-and-run case: Salman exempted from appearance
Actor Salman Khan was on Monday exempted from appearance in the 2002 hit-and-run case by a sessions court following a request by his counsel Ashok Mundargi. Sessions judge U.B.
PM attacks BJP rule in K’taka
In an all-round attack on the BJP government in Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday accused it of “misgovernance” and “corruption” and said the minorities were feeling insecure under it
SC agrees to check validity of IT rules
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine the validity of information technology rules making it mandatory for a website owner to screen content and exercise online censorship of the contents post
Book on King Arthur written in lost chapel
A medieval book which popularised the story of King Arthur may have been penned in a lost Oxford chapel, experts believe.
Can earthquakes damage Earth?
Earthquakes can permanently crack the Earth, a study of quakes that have rocked Chile over the past million years has suggested.
Scientists can now turn ‘BAD’ FAT TO ‘GOOD’
Scientists have shown for the first time that brown and white fat cells in a living organism can be converted from one cell type to the other, paving way for development of new anti-obesity therapies. The work, by scientists from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, provides important new insights into the origin of brown fat cells.
Lost Egyptian city recreated in 3D
Scientists have recreated in 3D the legendary Egyptian city of Heracleion, which submerged nearly 1,200 years ago to produce a picture of what the life was like in the era of the pharaohs.