The Latest Breaking News from New Delhi

NEW DELHI: Over 6.63 crore income tax returns (ITRs) have been filed for 2020-21 fiscal as of March 15, an increase of 16.7 lakh over the tax returns filed last year, the I-T department said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Indian boxing has been doing fairly well at the international stage. Recently, the junior pugilists won 39 medals, including 15 gold, at the Asian Youth Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to student activist Gulfisha Fatima in the case concerning the larger conspiracy behind the Delhi riots of February 2020. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat also dismissed the bail application of another co-accused in the case-Tasleem Ahmed.

NEW DELHI: Air fares are set to rise sharply as jet fuel prices jumped 18% on Wednesday, marking the sharpest-ever increase, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict keeps oil on the boil.

NEW DELHI: India's auto fuel sales surged past pre-pandemic levels in the first half of March as consumers and dealers topped tanks in anticipation of a likely price hike post assembly elections.

NEW DELHI: Flying is all set to get more expensive for passengers — and survival a lot tougher for weakened-by-pandemic airlines — with oil PSUs hiking aviation turbine fuel (ATF) by the steepest ever 18% (in one go) on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed reopening of three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz, where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in March 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic and has remained shut since then, to enable devotees to offer prayers during Shab-e-Barat.

NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's top oil firm, has bought as much as 3 million barrels of crude oil that Russia had offered at steep discount to prevailing international rates, sources said.

NEW DELHI: Gautam Adani, India's and Asia's second-richest person, added $49 billion to his wealth last year - more than the net addition of wealth by the top three global billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault, the 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: India's U-19 World Cup-winning captain Yash Dhull is excited at the prospect of interacting with Delhi Capitals head coach and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the upcoming IPL season, saying it would be a “big achievement” for him.

NEW DELHI: The income tax (I-T) department on Wednesday said income tax refunds worth over Rs 1.92 lakh crore have been issued to more than 2.24 crore taxpayers so far this fiscal.