The Finance Ministry on Wednesday said the last date for filing income tax returns has been extended till September 7, thus extending the earlier deadline of August 31....

A Mumbai police team on Wednesday quizzed Siddharth Das, the biological father of murdered Sheena Bora and former live-in-partner of prime accused Indrani Mukherjea, at his residence in suburban Dum Dum and recorded his statement. ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the strike called by trade unions a "complete failure", and lambasted the opposition Left Front for indulging in politics of "disruption"....

Inching ahead in the Sheena Bora murder case investigation, Mumbai police on Wednesday recorded the statement of former media tycoon Peter Mukherjea, the husband of prime accused Indrani Mukherjea. ...
The BJP said on Wednesday that it will contest not less than 160 of the 243 assembly seats in Bihar, leaving 83 to its three allies. ...
Indian lawyer Momineen Malik, who has filed an application through Pakistani lawyers for the custody of deaf-mute Geeta, has blamed New Delhi for failing to cooperate with him in securing the repatriation of the stranded girl, media reported....
The Congress on Wednesday condemned what it said were efforts by the BJP government to "subvert and dilute" the essential spirit and character of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)....
Time is ticking away for thousands employees of the ailing state-run HMT, formerly Hindustan Machine Tools, as they face uncertain future due to an imminent closure of some of its loss-making watch subsidiaries despite talks of a golden handshake...

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has estimated a loss of Rs.25,000 crore to the economy due to the all-India strike on Wednesday. ...

Normal life was hit in many states on Wednesday as millions of industrial and blue collar employees struck work in the first nationwide protest since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power more than a year ago....