Mumbai: In a taxpayer-friendly ruling, the Mumbai bench of the income tax appellate tribunal (ITAT) recently held that a claim for capital gains exemption under Section 54 of Income Tax (I-T) Act, for investing in a new house, cannot be denied solely on the ground that an I-T return was not filed at the outset….
Bengaluru: A city vaastu expert was booked for allegedly sexually harassing and assaulting a woman who had approached him for professional consultation. However, the guru later filed a counter-complaint, accusing her and her two male associates of trying to blackmail him.The cases are registered at Govindarajanagar police station in west Bengaluru. According to the woman,…
Kolkata: Following the EC prohibition on the sale of liquor for nine and a half days in Bengal during the election, a sizeable number of bars-cum-restaurants in Sector V, New Town and some parts of south Kolkata have decided to down their shutters on the commission-imposed dry days. The most affected area is Sector V,…
Navi Mumbai: A global non-profit organisation based in Maharashtra, Dr. Shri Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratishthan, Revdanda, in Alibaug taluka, has donated 615 road barricades and 16 breath analyser equipment to Raigad district police.Raigad SP Anchal Dalal received the donation letter and the equipment from the NGO trustees Dr. Sachin Dharmadhikari, Umesh Dharmadhikari and Rahul Dharmadhikari on…
Hyderabad: The Central Crime Station (CCS) police have registered a cheating case against a Bengaluru-based businesswoman for allegedly duping the Central Bank of India. She is accused of obtaining loans totalling nearly 1.7 crore using forged documents relating to a property in Hyderabad, following a complaint by a bank representative.According to the complainant, K Partha…
Pune: The court of special judge (MCOCA) SS Kanthale has rejected the second bail application of jailed corporator Laxmi Udaykant Andekar in the Sept 5, 2025, murder of Ayush Komkar (18), holding that her conduct before and after the crime reflected her involvement in the conspiracy that cannot be ruled out at this stage.Kanthale referred…
CHENNAI: The last leg of the election campaign in Tamil Nadu heated up on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi flying down to make divergent pitches.While Modi attacked the “first family” and “scams”, Rahul stuck to TN chief minister M K Stalin’s narrative of BJP being the destructor of Tamil…
“Indian equity markets are expected to open on a weak to negative note on Thursday (23rd April 2026), tracking sharp weakness in GIFT Nifty and cautious global cues. GIFT Nifty is currently trading around 24,200, down by nearly 160 points, indicating a gap-down start for domestic benchmark indices. The decline reflects profit booking after the…
The accused, Rahul Meena, has been sent to 4-day custody. NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in south Delhi suspect that the accused entered the Kailash Hills apartment using a spare key and went straight to a rooftop study, where he allegedly assaulted the daughter of a former employer…
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is set to anchor Pehchaan, a show that brings together 13 Sikh voices and their stories of resilience, faith and service. In an exclusive conversation with ETimes, the veteran filmmaker opened up about spirituality, unlearning, fatherhood, his bond with granddaughter Raha Kapoor, and his memories of legendary singer Asha Bhosle—while reflecting on…
