Government staves off direct reply on delimitation in J&K
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The government on Tuesday did not state directly and clearly whether it was planning to conduct a delimitation exercise in …
Task Force report on direct tax expected after Budget
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The government may have quietly pushed a major income tax reform seeking to reduce tax burden and ease compliance for …
Congress warns of direct action if CPI-M leader not held
Kannur (Kerala), June 13 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday warned that it will be forced to take law into its hands if CPI-M legislator A.M. …
Barry Jenkins to direct Alvin Ailey biopic
Los Angeles, June 4 (IANS) “Moonlight” writer-director Barry Jenkins will direct a biopic about late African-American iconic choreographer, Alvin Ailey. Film studio Fox Searchlight first …
Willow Smith approached to direct adult film
Los Angeles, May 31 (IANS) Singer-actress Willow Smith was offered a chance to direct an adult film after she made positive comments about the adult …
Rajkumar Santoshi to direct romcom ‘BadBoy’
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi is set to direct an upcoming quirky young romantic comedy titled “BadBoy”. “I have explored many genres in …
Instagram kills standalone Direct messaging app
San Francisco, May 17 (IANS) Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is putting an end to “Direct”, its standalone camera-first messaging app which was used to send …
GDP growth on higher trajectory, direct taxes robust: Finance Commission
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Finance Commission on Thursday said despite fluctuations, high GDP growth has continued over the medium term and direct taxes …
Mamata dares Modi to take direct questions from her
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a face-to-face question-answer session with her in …
BJP, Congress in direct fight in 373 seats: Report
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are contesting 435 and 420 seats in this Lok Sabha elections, respectively, …
Karen Gillan wants to direct Marvel film
Los Angeles, April 28 (IANS) “Avengers” star Karen Gillan has a dream of directing a film for Marvel Studios. “I keep asking Kevin Feige (Marvel …
Ben Affleck to star in, direct ‘Ghost Army’
Los Angeles, April 24 (IANS) Hollywood actor Ben Affleck will star in and direct the upcoming film “Ghost Army”, based on the book “The Ghost …
In direct contest for PM, voters in AP, Punjab, Kerala, TN prefer Rahul over Modi: CVOTER-IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) In a direct contest, most voters in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will vote for Rahul Gandhi as …
Eastwood may direct ‘The Ballad of Richard Jewell’
Los Angeles, April 19 (IANS) Veteran actor Clint Eastwood might direct “The Ballad of Richard Jewell”, a look at a security guard whose life gets …
Direct tax target may be scaled down in Budget
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The direct tax target of Rs 13.80 lakh crore for the current fiscal may be scaled down in the regular …
Kangana Ranaut set to direct an action drama
Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Actress Kangana Ranaut, who stepped into the shoes of a director with her most recent film “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi”, …
Government may direct banks on bad loans’ resolution
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) In order to prevent whittling down of insolvency laws to post the Supreme Court’s quashing the RBI’s February 2018 debt …
FY19 direct tax collections fall short by Rs 50k cr
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Direct tax collections have fallen short by Rs 50,000 crore thereby failing to meet the revised target of Rs 12 …
Direct taxes heading for at least Rs 70,000 cr shortfall
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Finance Ministry is making a last-ditch effort to get close to the direct tax target of Rs 12 lakh …
Macon Blair to write, direct ‘Toxic Avenger’ reboot
Los Angeles, March 22 (IANS) Filmmaker Macon Blair has been tapped to write and direct the reboot of the cult classic “The Toxic Avenger”. The …
Taika Waititi to direct ‘Time Bandits’ series
Los Angeles, March 12 (IANS) “Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi is set to helm Apples TV adaptation of Terry Gilliams 1981 fantasy flick “Time Bandits”, …
Marvel approached Lynn Shelton to direct ‘Black Widow’
Los Angeles, March 11 (IANS) “Laggies” director Lynn Shelton has revealed that she was previously in early talks with Marvel to possibly take on the …
Government expects further fall in GST revenues, struggles on direct tax mop-up
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Government revenue will be under pressure in the current fiscal year with a senior finance ministry official on Friday suggesting …
Sam Esmail not to direct ‘Homecoming’ season 2
Los Angeles, March 8 (IANS) Sam Esmail will not return as director for the second season of “Homecoming”. In addition to Julia Roberts not returning …
Congress-LF still in slumber, Bengal may see direct fight between BJP and Trinamool
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) With the Left Front and the Congress yet to firm up any alliance, the fight for the Lok Sabha polls in …
FinMin stares at direct tax revenue shortfall by Rs 70,000 cr to Rs 1 lakh cr
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The government may be staring at higher-than-projected deficit for the current fiscal with country’s direct tax revenue expected to fall …
SpiceJet to operate 12 new direct flights
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Budget carrier SpiceJet will operate 12 new direct flights encompassing international and regional sectors as well as regular domestic routes. …
CPI-M to support Congress where it is in direct contest with BJP
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday said that in order to defeat the BJP-led alliance and ensure an alternative secular government is …
Gavin O’Connor in talks to direct ‘Fast’
Los Angeles, Feb 27 (IANS) “The Accountant” director Gavin O’Connor is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros’ action thriller “Fast”. The script is penned by …
Abhishek Kapoor to direct ‘Sharaabi’ next
Mumbai, Feb 25 (IANS) Director Abhishek Kapoor’s next directorial after “Kedarnath” is “Sharaabi”, backed by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Pragya Kapoor’s Guy in the Sky …
Instagram internally testing Direct Messages for web
San Francisco, Feb 13 (IANS) Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is reportedly testing internally a web version of Direct Messages (DMs) that would allow personal chat …
AWS expands CloudFront and Direct Connect locations in India
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Increasing its points of presence in the country, retail giant Amazon’s Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday announced …
Russia to direct Facebook, Twitter to localise users’ database
Moscow, Feb 13 (IANS) Russian telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor has said that it will punish Twitter and Facebook if they decline to move the database of …
Direct farm income payout to start before third week of February: Garg (IANS Interview)
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The first payout under the direct income scheme for farmers announced in the Interim Budget may be made even before …
Dhaka, Bangkok direct flights from Guwahati by March 2019: Sonowal
Guwahati, Feb 6 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said that subsidised direct flights from Guwahati to Dhaka and Bangkok would be starting …
Sircar ‘won’t have time’ to direct biopic on George Fernandes
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar says a biopic on the late trade union leader and politician George Fernandes is a very interesting …
James Gunn in talks to direct ‘Suicide Squad’ sequel
Los Angeles, Jan 31 (IANS) Director James Gunn is in talks to direct the sequel to “Suicide Squad”. Gunn, who was fired from helming the …
Zack Snyder to direct zombie thriller ‘Army of the Dead’
Los Angeles, Jan 30 (IANS) Director Zack Snyder is all set to helm the zombie thriller film titled “Army of the Dead”. The script is …
Engage in direct talks or be used as ‘tool’, Ghani tells Taliban
Kabul, Jan 28 (IANS) Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called on the Taliban to engage in direct talks with the government or be used …
R. Madhavan to direct ‘Rocketry – The Nambi Effect’ solely
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Actor R. Madhavan will be taking over the whole directing duties on “Rocketry – The Nambi Effect” after Ananth Mahadevan had …
Jason Reitman to direct new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie
Los Angeles, Jan 16 (IANS) Jason Reitman has been roped in to direct the next instalment of the “Ghostbusters” franchise. According to sources Jason, whose …