New Delhi, March 22 National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will sit down with China’s top diplomat, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, for the 18th round of Special Representative talks on the boundary question here on Monday. For Doval, who was named the Special Representative for the talks last November, it will be his first go at […]
Kochi, March 22 A huge sparkling ‘diamond’ made of 10,000 discarded blood slides strung together by stainless steel wire and neatly stacked in a brick-like manner has been the cynosure of all eyes at the Kochi Muziris Biennale being held here. The creator, Prashant Pandey, has termed the installation “Artha”, a Sanskrit word that refers […]
New Delhi, March 21 The amnesty provisions in the proposed legislation to bring back ill-gotten money stashed away by Indians abroad will allow a perpetrator to retain only 40 percent of the overseas asset if declared within the stipulated time. In the chapter on tax compliance for undisclosed foreign income and assets, Section 60 provides […]
Kochi, March 21 Veteran poet and film personality Yusufali Kechery passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday evening, said family sources. He was 80. Since the beginning of this year, Kechery’s health was deteriorating and was in the hospital for long. A poet of the modern era, he had won several awards for […]
Patna, March 21 Cheating in the Class 10 exams continued in Bihar on Saturday, with police having to fire in the air and carry out a baton charge to disperse people who were helping students to copy. While nearly 100 people were arrested, union minister Upendra Kushwaha said the Centre will seek a report from […]
Kolkata, March 21 Over 25,000 petrol pumps across India remained shut for 15 minutes from 8 p.m. on Saturday as oil dealers continued their protest against state-owned companies to push for a five-point charter of demands covering financial compensation. “Over 25,000 petrol pumps participated in the blackout call to protest against unplanned price changes resulting […]
Kolkata, March 21 A potato cultivator in West Bengal’s Burdwan district died on Saturday after consuming pesticide. His family said he took the extreme step on failing to recover the cost of production. So far, four potato cultivators have committed suicide in the state this month, after a bumper production of the crop led to […]
New Delhi, March 21 Sixteen policemen were acquitted by a court here on Saturday of the charges of murder and other crimes in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 42 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Jindal acquitted 16 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel of the charges dealing […]
Mumbai, March 21 Fashion designer Manish Malhotra loves to spend time and converse with evergreen Bollywood actress Rekha while working on her styling for the film “Fitoor”. “A long day with beautiful REKHA costume fittings and discussions for ‘FITOOR’ love spending time with her and chatting about movies,” Malhotra posted on Twitter. Rekha stars in […]
New Delhi, March 21 The 1,200 Indians who allegedly have accounts in HSBC Bank’s Geneva account and against some of whom a probe was initiated by tax authorities can’t get amnesty under the new law that the government proposes to get back ill-gotten money stashed abroad. The so-called amnesty scheme is detailed in the chapter […]