The Income Tax Department on Friday warned of a 100 per cent penalty against receiver of cash of Rs 2 lakh or above. “Cash transaction of Rs 2 lakh or more is prohibited with effect from April 1. Contravention of Section 269ST (of the Income Tax Act of 1961) will entail a levy of 100 per cent penalty on the ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce its Class 10 Board examination results tomorrow, on June 3, sources have said. There was speculation earlier that the results would be declared on Friday, but sources confirmed that the results will be announced tomorrow, on June 3. The results can be accessed on cbseresults.nic.in . This year 7,81,463 students appeared ...

Shortage of vegetables and spike in its prices looms over the people of Mumbai as farmers in Maharashtra continued their stir for various demands on the second consecutive day today. According to sources in Navi Mumbai Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC), though milk supply to the state capital largely remained unaffected, the number of vehicles transporting vegetables went down in ...

Claiming that the Paris climate accord was not tough on India and China, President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he was pulling the US from the landmark agreement. The announcement deals a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and also distances the US from its closest allies abroad. Trump alleged that the Paris agreement on climate change ...

Strong tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR in early hours of Friday. The tremors, which were felt for around a minute, shook Delhi and neighbouring areas around 4:20 am.. The epicentre of the earthquake was reported to be in Haryana’s Gohana, a neighboring state of Delhi.The USGS said that the epicentre was at a depth of 10 kms. No immediate loss ...

The Uttarakhand cabinet, under chairmanship of chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, on Thursday reportedly approved a budget of Rs 32,000 crore for rest of the financial year, which would be tabled in the House during the upcoming budget session starting from June 8, said government sources. After coming to power, the BJP government had passed a vote-on-account for Rs 16, ...

There has been a major reshuffle again in the state’s bureaucracy. the IAS officer exposing the scam has transferred by the BJP government. Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had written a letter to Chief Minister Trivandrum Singh Rawat and expressed his concern over the decision of the FIR and the CBI probe lodged in this case. Sainthil Pandian, who exposed ...

NASA on Wednesday announced that it has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft – humanity’s first mission to a star, which will be launched in 2018 – as the Parker Solar Probe in honour of astrophysicist Eugene Parker. “This is the first time NASA has named a spacecraft for a living individual,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science ...

Kapil Sharma was rushed to a hospital after he complained of uneasiness while shooting for The Kapil Sharma Show’s new episode. The shooting was cancelled and the comedian is in hospital due to fluctuating blood pressure. Earlier in the day, the actor was shooting for an upcoming episode of The Kapil Sharma Show when he complained of uneasiness. He was ...

To prove that the EVM hackathon being organised by the Election Commission of India is an ‘eye wash’, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold a parallel ‘EVM challenge’ on June 3 in Delhi. The ECI decided to hold a hackathon — for which it has issued strict dos and don’ts — as several political parties questioned the security features ...