SALEM: Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Wednesday arrested a bill collector at the Narasingapuram municipal office in Salem district for accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000. The bill collector, identified as V Gunasekaran, 49, of Attur, was involved in a case with R Ganapathy, 45, of Narasingapuram who recently purchased … Read more
British veteran Bill Nighy has joined the cast of Prime Video‘s upcoming action-adventure series “Ride or Die“. Nighy, known for starring in movies such as “Love Actually”, “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, “Living” and “About Time”, will feature alongside Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham. The show is based on an original idea by Tessa Coates. … Read more
NEW DELHI: Cabinet has approved the proposed amendments to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill incorporating the changes recently recommended by the Parliamentary panel, paving the way for it to be tabled for discussion and passage in the second half of the budget session.TOI has learnt that the govt has incorporated most of the changes recommended by … Read more
Image via Kevin Mazur/Getty Bill Belichick, the former general manager of the New England Patriots, has been trolled multiple times due to his relationship with 24 year old Jordon Hudson. But the two remain unbothered by the trolling they have received. Recently, Jordan Hudson shared a picture on her Instagram that is both hilarious and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Legal experts on Tuesday endorsed ‘one nation, one election’ (ONOE) bill as they appeared before Joint Parliamentary Committee examining proposed legislation and said it did not violate “basic structure doctrine on federalism” and was not against democratic principles of Constitution.Former CJI U U Lalit suggested that concept of simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly … Read more
New tax code simplifies and shortens. But it doesn’t plug the loopholes that allow harassing taxpayers with litigation, writes a former income tax commissioner The new Income Tax Bill (ITB) was finally tabled in Parliament yesterday, over a decade after the first attempt at a Direct Taxes Code (DTC) lapsed with Lok Sabha’s dissolution in … Read more
You’ve written several books on different topics. But why a memoir now?■ I’m turning 70 this year, Microsoft’s turning 50, the Gates Foundation is turning 25, my dad would have been 100: a number of milestones that make me reflective. It was about 18 months ago that this idea of doing a volume that went … Read more
NEW DELHI: All 10 opposition members attending the JPC meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill – two opposition MPs were absent – were suspended for a day on Friday after they accused panel head Jagdambika Pal of arbitrarily changing meeting dates, and not heeding their plea to have the final sessions on Jan 30-31.The members … Read more