More than 1.23 crore e-returns was filed by taxpayers during the current filing season, a 68 per cent jump in numbers as compared to last year.

With defence minister A.K. Antony’s statement on killing of Indian soldiers in Poonch sparking a controversy, parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath Wednesday came out in his support, saying the remarks were made on the basis of facts available at that time.

BJP leader Yashwant Sihna Wednesday moved a breach of privilege notice against defence minister A.K. Antony, accusing him of misleading Parliament on the killing of five Indian jawans along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

A fresh batch of 101 pilgrims Wednesday left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas.

Maharashtra’s minister for tribal development Madhukar Pichad admitted on Tuesday that large-scale malnutrition deaths occurred in the Thane district of Maharashtra due to non-availability of proper m

Singer-actress Miley Cyrus considered dropping her surname like Beyonce, Shakira or Kesha but was worried it would affect the recognition she currently has.

India slipped out of the elite global league of stockmarkets with a trillion-dollar valuation Tuesday, as the total value of all listed companies fell to $989 billion amid huge selling pressure on bourses.

Expressing outrage over the killing of five Indian soldiers by Pakistan, the Congress on Tuesday demanded “appropriate” measures at the highest level but rejected the BJP’s criticism of the government on this, reminding it of Kargil war during the NDA rule.

Pakistan on Tuesday denied that its troops were involved in an attack across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir that killed five Indian soldiers, saying it was committed to the ceasefire agreement of 2003.

Amid a raging controversy over the introduction of lessons from the Bhagawad Gita in school textbooks, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday his government has withdrawn the notification issued in this regard.