Should I make my foreign national son a co-owner of my properties for inheritance?ET Wealth Reader's Query: I’m a single parent and my only son is now a foreign national. I want to safeguard his interests and am wondering...
20 Aug, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
Should I sell my flat and invest to earn interest, or keep it and earn rent in my retirement?ET Wealth Reader's Query: I own a two-bedroom flat in Bengaluru, which is about 10 years old, and have no outstanding loan. I am a senior c...
18 Aug, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
In the 1870s, someone borrowed a book from Kiama Library for one month; 150 years later, Ross Simmons returned it after finding it in a fireplace, but the $20,000 inflation-adjusted fine was never charged by librariansA remarkable library mystery has been solved in Australia after Ross Simmons returned The Antiquities of Athens to Kiama Public Library, ar...
17 Aug, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
Where art thou? From royal silverware to rare watches, what collectors are bidding for nowAs collectors broaden their horizons beyond canvases, Glynda Alves finds that India’s auction houses are witnessing growing demand for item...
09 Aug, 2026, 10.14 AM IST
In 2024, the Baltic Sea gave up a ship filled with royal gifts that never reached a Russian TsarA Baltic Sea shipwreck discovered in 2024 may have carried gifts for Czar Alexander II. The vessel sank around 1856 or 1857 after the Crime...
29 Jul, 2026, 01.14 AM IST
Registration of redevelopment agreement alone doesn’t trigger tax, rules ITATMumbai ITAT ruled agreement registration does not mean property receipt. Tax cannot be levied on future property rights under anti-abuse pr...
22 Jul, 2026, 09.42 AM IST
Why boards end up rubber-stamping decisionsBoards often stifle early strategic ideas by demanding complete plans, leading to late information and limited options. Instead of challeng...
29 Jun, 2026, 11.24 PM IST
Mumbai property registration pace starts declining on stamp duty relief withdrawalAfter witnessing massive jump in sales and property registrations for seven months since September following the state government’s decisio...
31 May, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
SC asks TSIIC to pay Unitech Ltd Rs 165 cr with interest in case related to township projectIn a relief to cash-strapped Unitech Ltd, the Supreme Court Wednesday directed Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC...
17 Feb, 2021, 09.01 PM IST
'Don't worry about your numbers, govt values your every word': Modi to oppositionThe first session of 17th Lok Sabha will commence today.
17 Jun, 2019, 10.22 PM IST
Hope trend of using Parliament as 'rubber stamp' is reversed: CongressThe Congress' assertion came in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks ahead of the Monsoon Session.
17 Jun, 2019, 06.05 PM IST
Rare Mahatma Gandhi stamps sold for 500,000 pounds at UK auctionOnly 13 of the 1948 Gandhi 10-rupee Purple Brown and Lake 'Service' stamps are in circulation.
20 Apr, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
India Post issues first My Stamp on ecommerce; features AmazonMy Stamp are customised stamp on which one can get their photo published on one side, the picture on the postage stamp features a boy carry...
03 Jun, 2016, 10.32 PM IST
CBI arrests three Nigerians for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 18.20 lakhThree Nigerian nationals were arrested by CBI for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 18.20 lakh by luring her with purported gold ornaments.
15 Jan, 2016, 08.15 PM IST
Land grabbing case: Delhi Court dismisses AAP MLA Manoj Kumar's bail pleaA city court dismissed the bail plea of Delhi AAP MLA Manoj Kumar in a case of alleged cheating and land-grabbing.
16 Jul, 2015, 09.12 PM IST
NGO terms Coal ordinance as 'anti-people', asks MPs to opposeAlleging that the legislation attacks the federal structure, the NGO said the role of state governments has been reduced to mere rubber sta...
11 Jan, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Sotheby’s to auction rare stamp British Guiana One-Cent Magenta in New YorkSotheby’s New York will offer the most famous stamp in the world in a dedicated auction on 17 June 2014.
14 Feb, 2014, 05.25 PM IST