Individuals not having business or professional income enjoy greater flexibility, as they can opt between the new and old tax regimes every year. (AI image) ITR filing FY 2025-26: A choice between the old and new income tax regime is an important one – which one saves you more tax? But the answer to that…
Residents in Dubai received an incoming missile alert on Friday, only to be told shortly afterward to “disregard” the warning.The brief text message from the UAE’s Interior Ministry, sent shortly after 5.:5 pm local time, was the first such alert issued during the Iran war.The warning appeared to have been sent in error, though it…
No Indian celebration feels complete without laddus. They mark weddings, festivals, temple offerings and family milestones, making them one of the country’s most recognisable sweets. In 2016, confectioner PVVS Mallikharjuna Rao from Tapeswaram in Andhra Pradesh transformed this humble dessert into a world record by preparing the largest boondi laddu ever made. The sweet weighed…
CHENNAI: As Vijay’s TVK has reached out to minor partners in DMK-headed alliance for support to form a govt in Tamil Nadu, VCK is in no hurry to grab TVK’s offer of a Cabinet berth without internal deliberations and Left parties’ advice. Senior VCK functionaries confirmed TVK reiterated its promise of “a share in power…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested the project director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Shillong, along with two others for demanding a Rs 12 lakh bribe from a contractor to clear a pending payment of Rs 13.38 crore.According to the CBI, the case was registered on July…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav stated PDA’s ‘PD’ signifies Pandits, expanding the party’s core voter base. LUCKNOW: In an emphatic Brahmin outreach, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the letters ‘PD’ in the acronym PDA is a short form for Pandits.Since its defeat by the PDA, BJP keeps coming up with a new…
Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi has once again sounded the alarm over the state of the US economy. According to a report by Business Insider, in his latest newsletter, Zandi warned that while the GDP has increased this year, the pace of growth still remains below potential. “The economy is growing, but at a…
After Twisha Sharma (L), another Noida woman dies by suicide over ‘dowry harassment’; husband, father-in-law held NOIDA: A 24-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the roof of her house in Greater Noida’s Ecotech-III area, with her family accusing her husband and in-laws of dowry harassment, police said on Monday.According to police officials,…
NEW DELHI: The govt has appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, currently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief Army with effect from June 30. The present Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi retires from service the same day.Over a distinguished military career spanning nearly four decades, Lt General Seth has…
US judge has ordered Meta to pay $567m in a New Mexico child safety case, ruling that Instagram and Facebook exposed children to harmful content and sexual exploitation Meta has been ordered to pay another $567 million by a US judge over allegations that its social media platforms exposed children to harmful content and failed…