23:36
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister D Jayakumar today requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to take steps for the release of Indian fishermen along with their boats from Sri Lankan authorities.He said Sri Lanka's policy of abduction of Tamil Nadu fishermen and their boats and their...
23:12
A mid-air collision between an IndiGo plane and a BSF aircraft, which had Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi on board, was averted over Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir today, sources said.The two aircraft came perilously close to each other when an automatic alert went off, prompting the pilots to...
22:53
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the hosts of MSNBCs politics show Morning Joe, on Friday accused White House staff members of blackmail.Scarborough and Brzezinski also said Donald Trump lied about a December encounter, and that his unhealthy obsession with their program did not serve his...
22:21
Congress RS MP from Ananda Rapolu protests against GST in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex.
22:07
A gong at midnight in the Parliament House in New Delhi will mark the unveiling of the Goods and Services Tax regime. The ceremony will take place at the Central Hall of the Parliament.Around 1,000 people are expected to be present at the launch of the single tax policy that has seen a lot...
21:47
A special webpage on the Goods and Services Tax, which comes into effect from tomorrow, was launched today on the Press Information Bureau's website.The webpage on GST is a one-stop platform for all information on the new tax regime, an official release said.It contains press releases issued till...
20:51
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has sought help to identify the culprits involved in the brutal lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammad Ayub Pandith.Pandith, a resident of Nowpora Khanyar, Srinagar, who was on access control duty at Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area of Jammu and...
20:29
JUST IN: GST Council decides to reduce GST rate on fertilizers from 12 per cent to 5 per cent and on exclusive parts of tractors from 28 per cent to 18 per cent.
20:02
The India of 2017 is different from what it was in 1962, Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley asserted today, hitting out at China for asking the Indian Army to learn from historical lessons.A day after China's oblique reference to the war the two countries had fought 55 years ago, the defence...
19:35
Approaching the end of his tenure in Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Pranab Mukherjee today said he got immense love from political colleagues and people of the country during his long career in public life. Mukherjee will complete his five-year term on July 24. Addressing an event, the president...
19:09
Senior lawyer and constitutional expert KK Venugopal has been appointed as the next Attorney General of India.President Pranab Mukherjee has approved his appointment. The government will notify his appointment in a day or two.The 86-year-old succeeds Mukul Rohatgi, who stepped down after the...
18:49
UPA candidate and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar arrived in Mumbai today, as part of her preparations for presidential elections scheduled this month.She will meet all legislators of the Congress and its allies who are or were in the United Progressive Alliance in the city over dinner.The...
18:28
With only a few hours to go for the launch of the Goods and Services Tax, former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said the government has prepared adequately for the roll-out. Over the last six to eight months, there have been a number of awareness and outreach programs for...
18:02
The GST Council will meet on Friday at 7 pm at Vigyan Bhawan in central Delhi, ahead of the midnight launch of India's most ambitious tax reform since its independence in 1947. Vigyan Bhawan is just minutes away from the Parliament, where the GST launch will take place in an hour-long...
17:24
The government has lowered interest rate on small saving schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi by 0.1 per cent for the July- September quarter, a move that will prompt banks to lower deposit rates. The rates have been lowered by 0.1 per cent across the board compared to the...
17:07
While I was working in India I was very conscious of the fact that this is not my country, says Ali Zafar as we sit down for a chat. Pakistan is my country. Things between India and Pakistan are very uncertain. Things can come to a stop anytime. Which is why, contrary to popular perception, I...
16:23
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he aspires to build a grand monument of Lord Buddha in Gujarat's Aravalli district where Buddhist relics were found during an excavation. Addressing a gathering in Modasa city on the second day of his visit to the state, Modi, dressed in a traditional...
15:54
It would be ok if the 'Not In My Name' protests were merely futile. One has to speak up and speak out even if one doesn't succeed, they argue. Silence is complicity. Fair enough. The problem is that the protests were actually counter-productive. A closer look at the PM's speech shows he made a...
15:28
The Kailash Mansarovar yatra through the Nathu La pass in Sikkim has been cancelled, an official said today. The decision comes in the wake of a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops over a disputed area along the Sino-Indian border. The move will come as a disappointment to the 400 devotees...
15:14
Rahul Gandhi on GST: A reform that holds great potential is being rushed through in a half-baked way with a self-promotional spectacle. India deserves a GST rollout that does not put crores of its ordinary citizens, small businesses & traders through tremendous pain and anxiety. Unlike...
14:54
In a horrific incident, a man accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl, was allegedly lynched by mob in Dumka's Ramgarh.The incident took place on Thursday when a man raped and then murdered a eight-year old girl, who hailed from Kusumdih, came to Ramgarh to...
14:36
So, the SP has also decided to attend the GST launch. Party spokesperson Naresh Agarrwal tweets: We oppose #GST, its a black law but since Pres will attend launch we will go as we do not want to create controversy.
14:33
@abdullah_omar tweets a warning. Kingfisher bought Deccan and crashed, Jet bought Sahara & very nearly disappeared. I hope Indigo doesn't bite off more than it can chew.
14:10
India has finally countered China's claim that Indian troops 'trespassed the Chinese border to obstruct construction of a road', saying Chinese troops had entered into the Doklam area. In a statement,the MEA said it has conveyed to the Chinese government that such construction (in Doklam) will...
13:08
Congress ally, NCP, hits out at the party over its decision to boycott the GST launch. The NCP has remained non-committal over its participation, but the party's senior leader Praful Patel's tweet could be read as its intent to ditch its ally and participate in the midnight launch.NCP leader...
12:46
Germany legalises same-sex marriages.
12:45
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today chaired a high-level meeting of top foreign policy officials to discuss ties with India amid tension over ceasefire violations in Kashmir. Radio Pakistan reported that Sharif would be briefed about important foreign affairs issues, including ties with...
12:39
The government condemned on Friday the lynching of a 45-year-old Muslim meat trader in Jharkhand. The man was lynched for allegedl;y carrying beef and died as a result of his injuries. The government condemned the incident but said there was no religious angle' to it.It's a barbaric incident,...
12:19
Markets managed to apply brakes on their early losses today, but the Sensex and the Nifty still moved in the red as investors braced for the final countdown to the GST launch. The landmark tax reform Goods and Services Tax is set for a mid-night launch today. Telecom, capital goods, realty and...
12:12
US President Donald j Trump's temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim countries came into effect on Thursday, June 29. The 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will allow exceptions for people with 'close family relationships' in the United...
11:41
In a huge embarrassment for Yogi Adityanath-led UP Government, a Cabinet Minister failed to spell out the full form of GST, which is scheduled to be rolled out at midnight today.Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribal Affairs minister Ramapati Shastri, who was here to make people aware about...
11:23
Amarnath yatra resumes from Pahalgam and Baltal routes after weather improves: Shrine Board.
11:17
Violating the ceasefire, Pakistan today targeted Indian posts and civilian areas with mortar bombs and automatic weapons along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. Indian troops effectively retaliated to the violation. The ceasefire violation started at 0415 hours...
11:00
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will not be attending GST's midnight launch party. Instead, he has deputed state minister Vijendra Yadav to attend on behalf of the JDU. Almost all Opposition parties have boycotted the event, though the SP is yet to make up its mind. Nitish Kumar has maintained that...
10:33
If one goes by his son's account, Giridih milkman Usman Ansari (50) should have been the last person to be attacked by a mob for killing a cow as the Ansari family treats cows like members of their family. A Muslim family selling milk for decades in Hindu-dominated Barwabad village (not...
10:19
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday said he would be attending the midnight celebration of the GST roll out in the Central Hall of Parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met his grievances.Talking to ANI, Swamy said the Prime Minister has implemented two of his suggestions that CAG...
10:14
Theresa May has been finally confirmed as the British Prime Minister, almost three weeks after the election, as she won a Commons vote on the Queen's Speech, owing to her stand on the abortion regulations which earlier threatened to bring down her Government.The Tory leader avoided a major...
10:10
JK Rowling has once again politely thrashed President Donald Trump on social media.After Trump attacked MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' co-host Mika Brzezinski for an alleged face-lift and called her low I.Q and crazy, the 'Harry Potter' author replied by posting a quote from Abraham Lincoln on...
10:06
The beef ban and the crackdown on illegal meat shops and slaughterhouses by some states may have benefited Venky's (India) Ltd, whose shares are burning up Dalal Street. Shares of Venky's, which specializes in poultry products (including broiler chicken, day-old broiler chicks and eggs),...
09:58
Meira Kumar, the opposition's presidential candidate, launched her campaign from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad today in the presence of Gujarat Congress leaders.Kumar, who arrived in Ahmedabad yesterday, visited the ashram this morning and then met Congress MLAs at the party headquarters in...
09:37
The 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to blockade triggered by landslides in the Ramban and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir.Heavy rains triggered landslides on the highway at Nashri, Bali Nallah and Panthiyal areas in the day as a result of...
09:28
The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire for the third consecutive day today by targeting Indian posts and civilian areas with mortar bombs, small and automatic weapons along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.This is the 23rd incident of ceasefire violation in June.The...
09:06
Meira Kumar, the opposition's presidential candidate, will launch her campaign from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad today in the presence of Gujarat Congress leaders.Kumar, who arrived in Ahmedabad yesterday, would visit the ashram at around 9:30 am and then meet the Congress MLAs at the party...
09:03
Two separate police complaints were lodged against senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan over his controversial remarks against the Indian Army.Separate complaints were filed at Hazratganj and Gautampalli police stations. The complaint at Hazratganj was lodged by Janki Sharan Pandey.Khan's...
08:59
United States President Donald Trump will have a first face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Germany next week on the sidelines of the G-20 leadership summit, the White House said.The agenda of the meeting is still being worked out, officials said, adding that Trump...
08:30
Amarnath yatra from the twin routes of Pahalgam and Baltal was suspended today following heavy rainfall, just a day after the annual yatra to the holy shrine of Amarnath began, an official said.The yatra has been suspended temporarily in view of the rains that lashed the twin routes early in the...
06:29
The US has urged China to respect civil liberties in Hong Kong as the territory marks the 20th anniversary of its hand over to Beijing's rule. The State Department said the success of Hong Kong, which was given a large degree of autonomy when British colonial rule ended in July 1997, was due...
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