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With Rajya Sabha approving the long-delayed GST bill, the government will tomorrow announce the implementation roadmap for the national sales tax regime, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said.It is only end of a beginning. The real work starts now, he said. We will announce implementation roadmap...
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Saudi Arabia has agreed to assist thousands of laid-off Indian workers stranded in the kingdom without money or food, India's junior foreign minister Vijay Kumar Singh said on Wednesday.A sharp drop in oil prices has forced cuts to state spending in Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter....
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The GST regime would streamline the taxation system and make it much more transparent, but would also create multiple taxation points, which will be a challenge for the IT industry, Nasscom said today. Nasscom President R Chandrasekhar said the concerns regarding multiple taxation points...
22:15
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cut a celebratory cake after the passage of the Goods and Services amendment bill in the Rajya Sabha today.The prime minister thanked the Opposition parties for their support in the passage of the GST amendment bill today.On this truly historic occasion of the...
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The Goods and Services Tax, India's biggest tax reform, was passed in parliament on Wednesday as the Rajya Sabha cleared the constitutional amendment.The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 was approved by the Upper House with 203 votes in favour and none against, after a seven-hour debate...
21:35
A firefighter lost his life while putting out the blaze of Emirates flight EK521 today.The General Civil Aviation Authority says a firefighter lost his life battling the blaze of Emirates plan while saving the lives of others, Dubai Media Office tweeted.The EK521 flight from Trivandrum to Dubai...
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Ravichandran Ashwin claimed the wicket of Jermaine Blackwood to get India a crucial breakthrough, on the fifth and final day of the second Test in Jamaica.Blackwood smashed 63 from 54 balls, adding 93 runs for the fifth wicket with Roston Chase to reduce West Indies to 141-5, still needing 163...
21:08
Just in: AIADMK walks out of Rajya Sabha during discussion on GST Bill, reports ANI.
20:52
In the first case of a US police officer charged with aiding ISIS, a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority cop was arrested Wednesday for providing material support to ISIS, according to two law enforcement officials.According to CNN, Nicholas Young was arrested by the FBI following more...
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The UAE government's media office said that flights would resume at 18.30 local (8.00 pm IST), with priority given to larger aircraft.All arrivals and departures at Dubai International were suspended after a packed Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai crash landed and caught fire in...
20:31
The cabinet has given its approval for Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016, intended to improve road safety.The bill proposes hefty penalties for violation of traffic norms.It also include stricter provisions for offences like juvenile driving, drunken driving, driving without licence etc.It was...
19:57
Australia is deliberately abusing refugees in an offshore detention camp to try to stop people seeking asylum in their country by boat, human rights groups claim in a new report.Daily violence, suicide attempts and children left without medical treatment were among some of the allegations...
19:15
Hundreds of Pakistani supporters of a terror-linked charity tried to cross into Kashmir on Wednesday to deliver aid after weeks of violent protests there.But the activists from the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the charitable arm of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba did not have permission from either the...
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Upping the ante, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said Kashmir was witnessing a new wave of freedom movement and asked the diplomats to apprise the world that Kashmir was not an internal matter of India.Addressing the concluding session of the three-day Envoys Conference organised by...
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Just in: Full security cover provided to Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Islamabad. Protesters belong to religious groups, say sources in the Pakistan government.This comes in the wake of Pakistan-based terrorist Hafiz Saeed's threat of nationwide protests when India's home minister Rajnath...
18:32
With incessant rains lashing the district for the fourth consecutive day today, river Godavari and its tributaries remained in spate while several prominent temples were submerged due to flood. Over 100 people were rescued by the disaster management personnel from two flooded villages, officials...
17:54
Just in: Flood alert in Pune after Khadakwasla dam sluice gates opened.
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Just in: Home minister Rajnath Singh lands in Islamabad for the SAARC meet. Image: HM Rajnath Singh in Islamabad for the SAARC Conference, meets Additional Secy of Pakistan Interior Minister Amir Ahmed.
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Just in: Anandiben Patel submits her resignation to Gujarat governor OP Kohli at the Raj Bhavan. Patel, who was in the midst of several challenges, announced her decision on Facebook to step down on Monday, saying it was time for new leadership to take over as she was soon going to turn 75. The...
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Two Indigo aircraft had a close shave yesterday after coming perilously close to each other over Guwahati, leaving six people injured, including two air-hostesses. The aircrafts involved were Indigo aircraft 6E-136 Guwahati to Chennai and 6E-813 Mumbai to Guwahati. At least 300 people...
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Dinner parties... phone calls with his daughter... massage sessions... and orders for mass murder.Newly uncovered diary pages show in chilling detail how Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS in Nazi Germany, plotted some of the worst atrocities ever committed while also finding time for his...
16:58
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis takes an aerial survey of Mahad at the location where the the bridge collapsed. So far, 2 bodies have been fished out of the waters with at least 20 people missing.
16:38
Just in: @AlArabiya_Eng tweets: Emirates EK521 passengers were evacuated within 45 seconds after crash-landing.
16:34
Hizbul Mujahideen chief Sayeed Salahuddin leads protests against Home minister Rajnath Singh in Islamabad ahead of his arrival for the SAARC Conference. Yesterday, accusing Rajnath Singh of being responsible for the killings of innocent Kashmiris, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has warned of a...
16:12
Journalist Manu Pubby from the Economic Times tweets this health update on Sonia Gandhi: Was a close call for Sonia Gandhi last night. Sources say situation was grim when she was admitted to Army RR. Sonia Gandhi was suffering from dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Was stabilised at Army RR...
16:05
Update on the situation at Dubai airport after the Emirates flight crashlanded there. Dubai flights diverted to Maktoum International Airport or Sharjah International Airport after Emirates flight crash-lands in Dubai.
15:56
Nepal's parliament elected former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda, who led a decade-long insurgency that toppled a Hindu monarchy, as prime minister on Wednesday after predecessor K.P. Oli resigned rather than face defeat in a vote of no confidence, reports Reuters.Pushpa Kamal Dahal, 61, who still...
15:52
French President Francois Hollande has strongly criticised US presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying some of the things Trump does make him sick. Some excesses make your stomach turn, even in the United States, especially when as did Donald Trump he speaks ill of a soldier, of the memory of...
15:32
-- Communist Party's Prachanda elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.-- All departure flights from Dubai international airport have been delayed until further notice, says the Dubai government after an Emirates flight crash lands.
15:26
A day of mishaps at Dubai airport, apparently. A Jet Airways Flight 9W 531 from Dubai to Mangalore reported a technical snag and returned to the Dubai airport. The flight landed safely at Dubai airport where problem was rectified. Flight has now commenced its journey to Mangalore, says Jet Airways.
15:19
Just in: All passengers on board the Emirates flight EK521 which caught have been escorted to safety.If you've just joined us, an Emirates airlines flight from Trivandrum to Dubai made an emergency landing in Dubai. Emirates tweeted to say: can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai...
14:54
P Chidambaram from the INC rises to speak on GST. Highlights...-- I welcome the friendly and conciliatory tone of Finance Minister's speech.-- Tone and approach has changed over the last 3-4 weeks and that augers well for this bill. -- Many issues yet to be resolved. Congress was never opposed to...
14:48
Just in: Emirates airline @emirates tweets: Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August 2016 at about 12.45pm local time. Gulf News also tweeted saying that an Emirates aircraft flying from Thiruvananthapuram, India, to Dubai made an...
14:43
Sonia Gandhi discharged from the Army R&R hospital in New Delhi. She was admitted last night after she developed high fever during the road show in Varanasi yesterday. She has been moved to Ganga Ram Hospital for observation for two days.
14:33
Finance minister Arun Jaitley opens the GST debate in the Rajya Sabha. Highlights...-- GST is one of the most reformative tax reforms.-- A reform like GST cannot be passed on partisan consensus. -- State-Centre needs to work together. -- 2/3rd of the voting power in the GST council...
14:00
Shereen Bhan @ShereenBhan AIADMK amendment to seek additional tax on supply of goods not more than 4 percent; levies should be assigned to origin state.
13:53
India will play Bangladesh in a historic one-off Test match from February 08-12, 2017 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The Test match will mark Bangladesh's first official visit to India since attaining Test status in 2000. Underlining the significance of the Test,...
13:45
The fallen captain's troops say they did not know Humayun Khan was Muslim, only that he was a patriot and a protector. And his commander has a message for Trump. Read more
13:35
After heavy and long spells of rain in Mumbai and adjoining areas, four of the seven reservoirs, which supply water to the city are overflowing, bringing relief to citizens and civic authorities. We are happy to say that sufficient rains have filled up our reservoirs up to 90 per cent as four...
13:23
The Communist Party of India, for a change, is on the same page as the Trinamool Congress government on the issue of renaming the state as 'Bengal', saying the move reflected reality. We agree. It's alright. No problem, CPI General Secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy told PTI on the West Bengal...
13:08
Anandiben Patel to meet Gujarat Governor OP Kohli at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar at 5 pm today, will officially submit her resignation.
12:56
United World Wrestling Federation has cleared wrestler Narsingh Yadav's participation in the Rio Olympics. The news was confirmed by the Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Saran Singh.The National Anti-Doping Association (NADA) on Monday gave clean chit to wrestler Narsingh...
12:49
Donald Trump today hit back at Barack Obama for terming him unfit for presidency, saying the terrible president was a disaster and probably the worst in American history, as the war of words between the two leaders escalated.Well he's a terrible president. He'll probably go down as the worst...
12:43
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan asks AAP MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend Parliament till a decision is taken on the videography matter. The Speaker has also extended by 2 weeks the term of the House panel probing the matter.Yesterday, his Lok Sabha colleagues have suggested that the Aam Aadmi...
12:11
In other news, Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today stable and under observation of specialist doctors at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital here after she was admitted there late last night due to high fever, her party said. No medical bulletin on her health has been yet issued by...
12:04
Two bodies recovered during search operations following the bridge collapse in Raigad, reports AIR quoting the Raigad collector. One NDRF team of 50 men and eight navy divers have been deployed at the spot, while an Air Force chopper has also been pressed into service. Around 80...
11:50
Update on the Raigad bridge collapse. One NDRF team of 50 men and eight navy divers have been deployed at the spot, while an Air Force chopper has also been pressed into service. Around 80 rescuers and divers have been sent to the spot, said the National Disaster Response Force.A...
11:32
The High Court dismisses former top cop Julio Ribeiro's PIL challenging appointment of Ishrat encounter case accused P P Pandey as in-charge DGP of Gujarat.The Gujarat High Court in May had admitted a PIL filed by the former supercop challenging the appointment of IPS officer P P Pandey as...
11:16
The Supreme Court refuses to revisit its verdict holding that an elected or nominated MP of a political party remains attached with it even after his/her expulsion.
11:15
Congress president Sonia Gandhi admitted to Army RR hospital; Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to visit her.
11:07
BJP Parliamentary Board authorises party chief Amit Shah to pick the Chief Ministerial nominee for Gujarat in the legislature party meeting. Nitin Gadkari and Saroj Pandey to be central observers at Gujarat BJP legislature party meet where the next CM will be decided, says Venkaiah Naidu. The...
10:36
The Bharatiya Janata Party has accepted Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patels resignation, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said after partys Parliamentary Board meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modis residence.Anandiben will go to Raj Bhavan today and submit her resignation to the Governor,...
10:27
Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapse: Chetak Helicopter deployed by Indian Coast Guard carries out search operation for missing vehicle.
10:19
A day after Lok Sabha MPs requested Sumitra Mahajan to send under fire Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann to a rehabilitation centre, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prem Shukla on Wednesday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should also be sent along with the former, as one would become...
10:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, J P Nadda and others. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and party president Amit Shah, along with other leaders, are attended the Bharatiya Janata Party...
09:18
The Parliamentary Board meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party is underway to discuss choose a new Gujarat chief minister.The meeting is being held at 7 Race Course Road, Prime Minister Narendra Modis residence.Resignation offered by Anandiben Patel is being discussed in the meet.Sources said that...
09:01
Father of a United States Navy SEAL who died in the 2012 Benghazi terror attack on an American consulate has come out in support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while alleging that Hillary Clintons poor judgement as Secretary of State led to the deaths in Libya.I support Donald...
08:53
Union Minister V K Singh arrives in Jeddah to assist Indians affected by food crisis in Saudi Arabia.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had promised on Monday that about 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who have lost their jobs and cannot even buy food due to severe financial hardship...
08:38
All you need to know about the Goods and Services Tax.
08:24
United States Secretary of State John Kerry tweeted this image. 'Proud to lead the US delegation & support#TeamUSA at the #Rio2016 Olympic Games. Ive been practicing just in case...,' he wrote.
08:11
A Bridge collapsed on Mumbai-Goa highway at around 2 am on Wednesday due to heavy rains, causing the traffic to halt. Rescue operations are underway.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that there were two parallel bridges, one was newly constructed while the older one was there...
04:08
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will today travel to Pakistan for the meeting of interior ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation at a time when a surge of violence in Kashmir has escalated rivalry between the nuclear-armed neighbours.As of now, a separate meeting with his...
03:31
Times of India reports: The NDA government has given the final go-ahead for the Army to induct and deploy an advanced version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, with trajectory manoeuvre and steep-dive capabilities for mountain warfare, in the northeast as a conventional deterrent against...
03:22
Reuters reports: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton extended her lead over Republican rival Donald Trump to eight percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, from six points on Friday.The bump for Clinton followed the Democratic National Convention in...
02:03
BBC reports: New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton -- the most prominent law enforcement officer in the US -- will step down in September.Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Bratton's retirement on Tuesday, saying his accomplishments were inestimable and extraordinary.Bratton, 68, had...
01:56
The Delhi high court has ordered blocking of 73 rogue websites which indulged in rank piracy, saying mere blocking of the uniform resource locator was not sufficient as it could be easily changed.A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and AK Pathak also said that to block the website as a whole is...
01:52
The chief executive of the Democratic National Committee and two other top officials have resigned in the wake of an email hack that embarrassed the party on the eve of its presidential nominating convention. CEO Amy Dacey, chief finance officer Brad Marshall and communications director Luis...
01:06
NASA's new asteroid-sampling mission will do a lot of interesting things, but helping prepare humanity for Earth's imminent destruction is not among them.There is indeed a chance that the 1,650-foot-wide asteroid Bennu -- the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch...
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The US Air Force today declared an initial squadron of F-35A stealth fighters as ready for combat, a major milestone for the futuristic aircraft dogged by delays and cost overruns.The squadron of about 12 planes is based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah and the planes' combat rating -- known as...
00:10
Sri Lanka has withdrawn permission for a Chinese company to buy the freehold to 20 hectares of land being reclaimed under a $1.4 billion port project after India objected.Instead it will grant the state-owned construction company a 99-year lease on the land next to the port in Colombo, under a...
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Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has alleged that Christians did charity but also indulged in conversions while Hindus refrained from such practice.They do service -- run schools, colleges and hospitals, and with that they also convert. We do service including teaching yoga free of cost. But we have not...
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All five Congress MLAs from Mumbai elected in the last Assembly polls have found place in the top 10 legislators who were ranked on the basis of their performance on various parameters by an NGO.The ranking of MLAs from Mumbai, topped by a Congress legislator, has been prepared by the NGO Praja....
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US President Barack Obama and his former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have single-handedly destabilised the Middle East and have been responsible for the growth of the Islamic State, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump alleged.Obama-Clinton have single-handedly destabilised the...
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