Finance minister P. Chidambaram today said the revenue department will send tax notices to 35,000 assesses next week, beefing up efforts to reach the collection target for the fiscal.

Diesel price for bulk consumers like railways has been hiked by almost a rupee per litre, while the price of cooking gas (LPG) is cut by Rs 37.50 a cylinder that consumers buy beyond their quota of subsidised bottles.

Electing to bat, Australia declared their first innings at 237 for nine on the opening day of the second cricket Test against India here today.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, projected by many within the BJP as the next prime ministerial candidate, today grabbed the limelight at the National Council meet here with party president Rajnath Singh lauding him for three consecutive victories in Assembly polls.

The alleged phone tapping of about 1,200 persons during the previous BJP regime will be probed by the state vigilance department and the names of those under surveillance made public, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh said today.

IRCTC booked more than five lakh rail e-tickets yesterday, surpassing the earlier one-day sales record set in July last year.

Australian captain Michael Clarke continued his rich vein of form as he rescued the visitors from a precarious position with a responsible half-century in the second cricket Test against India, here today.

Rihanna has been crowned best pop star performance for ‘Battleship’ in the first Empire Cinema Alternative Movie Awards.

Two siblings, who were kidnapped from their school three days ago, were found dead in a jungle here today. The children, aged five and seven, went missing three days ago from Mandawli, the police said. They were identified as Mansij (7) and Yashbi (5).

An Indian American organisation has asked the Indian government to increase the limit of duty free gold that an NRI couple can bring to India.