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New Delhi: The Income Tax department is currently in the process of framing rules to implement the 2026-27 Budget provision that allows taxpayers to electronically apply for lower or nil TDS certificates electronically, Parliament was informed Monday. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said...

New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Monday said the government is ready for a debate in the Lok Sabha on the student protests as well as police action, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will reply to the debate but the Opposition should give...

New Delhi: The government introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha Monday to amend the regulations for mines and minerals, whereby states will be restricted from levying additional tax on mineral rights. With the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, the Centre...

New Delhi: Congress MP K.C. Venugopal wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Monday, urging him to "direct" the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for making a statement in the House, regarding the police action against students demonstrators during the July 20 NEET protest...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday permitted Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for three weeks for eye treatment. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order while hearing the Diamond...

Ranchi: Thousands of job aspirants, protesting exam irregularities in Jharkhand, clashed with the police Monday as they breached barricades and attempted to reach the state assembly, which is in session. Several protesters claimed they were injured in the police action, which took place when they...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm Monday amid loud protests by Opposition members, who continued to demand a response from the government over the police action against NEET protesters as well as the controversy surrounding theft of donations collected for the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear August 13 a plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking directions to the Karnataka government for immediate release of the share of Cauvery water to it. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya...

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained critical Monday as the toll touched 100 with two more deaths, while almost 1.4 lakh people reel under the deluge in seven districts, according to an official bulletin. An official of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA)...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal Monday said it was a shame that two ex-TISS students were denied anticipatory bail by a court and claimed that it showed the government's intolerance as well as the state of the judiciary. A court in Mumbai Friday...