New Delhi: Some restaurants, hotels and eateries besides charging for the food and beverages are also charging ‘service charges’ in their bills. The proceeds of the ‘service charges’ are retained by them. Some of the consumers have a misapprehension that these ‘service charges’ are being collected by the restaurant on behalf of the Government as ‘service tax’. (Read in Hindi: रेस्‍तरां, होटलों द्वारा वसूला जाने वाला 'सेवा शुल्‍क' नहीं है 'सेवा कर')

Just when a Swiss pilot's solar powered aircraft mesmerised the world by setting a record of longest solo flight without a drop of fuel, India’s solar energy ambitious plans are set to leap frog. The Centre has revised cumulative targets under National Solar Mission from 20,000 MW by 2021-22 to 1,00,000 MW- a quantum jump.

New Delhi: Fulfilling yet another commitments of the Railway Budget 2015-16, the Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated three passenger amenity projects namely, NGeT (Next Generation e-Ticketing) Hindi Website, Paperless Unreserved Ticketing through Mobile Phones for Mumbai suburban (Western Railway Network) and Destination Alert Service in Rajdhani and Duronto through SMS at a programme held at Rail Bhawan on Wednesday. (Read in Hindi: रेल मंत्री ने यात्री सुविधा से जुड़ी तीन परियोजनाओं का किया शुभारंभ)

New Delhi: Suvidha Train is being started from 13th July between Gorakhpur and Anand Vihar (Delhi) by Indian Railway. The booking for this train has started from July 8. This train will run from 13th to 30th July. (Read in Hindi: गोरखपुर एवं दिल्‍ली के बीच पहली सुविधा ट्रेन 13 से)

New Delhi: Income Tax Department has released the software for preparing the Income Tax Return forms 1- SAHAJ, 2, 2A and 4S- SUGAM for AY 2015-16. The e-filing of these return forms has been enabled on the e-filing website- Incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.

India, which had a global share of 2.4 per cent in trade at the time of independence, dropped to a mere 0.7 per cent in 1991 because of inward looking policy of self-reliance and exporting only the surplus. 

“India’s cities are among the greatest things we have”, Charles Correa, world-famous architect had said. He would have been more convinced about his perception after emergence of smart cities on India’s large canvas in near future. Alas! He is no more. Marathon exercises are underway to accomplish the much touted project, being billed as a watershed initiative to give fillip to the growth agenda.

Washington: Working women are “leaning in” and supporting more females in leadership roles, but a new study finds that having a female manager doesn’t necessarily equate to higher salaries for female employees. In fact, women can sometimes take an earnings hit relative to their male colleagues when they go to work for a female manager.

One year may be a short period in the life of a nation. For a democratic government in a country like India, it means almost a quarter of its life. Government normally avoids hard economic decisions in election year. The performance report card of the BJP-led NDA government’s first full-year in the centre has been a talking point not only in India but also outside the country for two key reasons.

Manhattan: The right genes may help you become an organization's next president or CEO. But the same genes may also hinder your leadership path, according to Kansas State University psychological sciences research.