For high-income taxpayers, buyback proceeds may now be taxed at slab rates up to 35.88%, despite the fact that the shareholder is surrendering and extinguishing their rights in the shares. (AI image) When the Finance Act, 2024 rewired the tax treatment of share buybacks, it upended a long-standing system that had—with all its imperfections—at least…
Lucknow: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Saturday arrested an official of the social welfare dept in Barabanki in connection with alleged misappropriation of Rs 3 crore meant for National Family Benefit Scheme.The probe revealed that officials and employees within the department, in collaboration with intermediaries, orchestrated a plan to divert funds intended for eligible…
JELET 2025 answer key: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has released the final answer key for the Joint Entrance Examination for Lateral Entry (JELET) 2025 on its official website. The publication follows a detailed scrutiny of objections submitted by candidates during the answer key challenge window.Subject experts reviewed all representations and recommended…
Jhansi: In a significant disciplinary action, Chitrakoot SP Arun Kumar Singh suspended seven police personnel, including SOs of three police stations, in Chitrakoot district on Wednesday.This action followed the viral spread of a sting operation video showing some police personnel allegedly demanding an entry fee in exchange for allowing overloaded trucks to pass. The sting…
Sanjay Khan’s family is going through a heartbreaking time after the loss of his wife, Zarine Khan, who passed away on November 7 at the age of 81. She had been dealing with age-related health issues for a while. Her husband Sanjay Khan and their children, Sussanne Khan, Simone Arora, Farah Ali Khan, and Zayed…
For over a century, the phrase “back to school” evoked an almost sacred ritual: The familiar march of students returning to classrooms after summer’s pause, their satchels brimming with new notebooks, their footsteps echoing through corridors lined with chalkboards and lockers. It was a rhythm that governed communities, economies, and family life, a temporal anchor…
Manoj Bajpayee has come a long way ever since he started his career with ‘Bandit Queen’. The actor known for a long list of movies like ‘Aks’, ‘Shool’, ‘Satya’, ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’, ‘Aligarh’ and more has seen a lot of struggle before he could find a place for himself in the industry. More so, since…
Pakistan’s Haris Rauf (AP /PTI) Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin praised Tilak Varma’s match-winning innings of 69 not out in the Asia Cup 2025 final against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, where India successfully chased down 147 runs with five wickets remaining and two balls to spare. Varma’s composed knock helped India recover from a…
At a time when the Trump administration is tightening the movement of Indian students and professionals to the United States under pressure from MAGA hardliners, Chicago-based beverage giant Molson Coors Beverage Company has promoted Rahul Goyal, an Indian-origin executive, as its Chief Executive Officer. Goyal, 49, will take over on October 1, succeeding Gavin Hattersley,…
Filmmaker Karan Johar has never shied away from tough industry conversations, and in a recent interview, he addressed what he sees as Bollywood’s biggest creative gap, the inability to mount large-scale mass action films. Speaking on The Streaming Show podcast with Suchin Mehrotra, Karan admitted bluntly, “It is a director crisis. You can’t think of…
