23:42
The number of goods in the highest 28 per cent GST slab would be brought down and a committee of officers will calculate the revenue impact before going in for further reduction in tax rates, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said today.It is required, the fitment of rates which has happened is...
23:17
Terrorists shot dead a former sarpanch belonging to the ruling PDP in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir while the deceased's family members killed one of the assailants in a scuffle during the attack late evening today, police said.Three terrorists fired upon and killed ex-panch of PDP...
22:33
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today criticised BJP MLA Sangeet Som for questioning the Taj Mahal's place in India's heritage, and said the day was not far when the saffron party would try to change thecountry's name to rewrite history.She also blamed the saffron party of making...
22:29
The Congress today named Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh as head of the party's campaign committee for the November 9 assembly polls, replacing state Congress chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.Only three days back, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi had named Sukhu as chairman of the...
22:02
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Goods and Services Tax was a collective decision of various state governments in which the Centre had a small role to play and the Congress was an equal partner.The Congress is an equal partner in GST decision and it should not spread lies about GST. The...
21:22
The Mumbai Police today banned the use of flying lanterns during Diwali festival to avoid any untoward incident. The ban came into effect from today and will remain in force till November 14, a police official said. Around three years back, the usage of such lanterns with fire crackers...
21:16
The Bharatiya Janata Party today described the Muslim rule in India as barbaric and a period of incomparable intolerance, while asserting that its members can hold any opinion they want on specific monuments.The BJP's reaction came after Sangeet Som, its MLA from Uttar Pradesh, questioned the Taj...
20:57
More than 260 lawmakers in Pakistan, including ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law, were today suspended by the country's election commission for not providing details of their assets and liabilities.The Election Commission of Pakistan suspended a total of 261 members of the national...
20:13
An inquiry report on the food poisoning incident on-board the Tejas Express train has found no problem with the food quality, and said the unease was triggered after two children vomited vitiating the air quality in the a/c coach.The report by a Central Railways team said the quality of the food...
19:53
The Samajwadi Party today released a list of its 55-member national executive, headed by party chief Akhilesh Yadav, but the name of Mulayam Singh Yadav was missing from it despite signs of a thaw in the frosty father-son relationship.The list triggered speculation among political circles as to...
18:50
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh not to pull security forces out of the Darjeeling hills and accused the Centre of conspiring to destabilise the state.Banerjee said she had sent letters to Modi and Singh on...
18:11
The Konkan Railway today said all the passengers who had taken ill after breakfast due to food poisoning on the Mumbai-bound Tejas Express have been discharged from hospital.The railway made arrangements for the transportation of all the passengers to Mumbai, an official of the Konkan Railway...
18:00
Russia is funding Taliban military operations against Nato in Afghanistan through a covert programme of laundered fuel sales, The Times has learnt from members of the Islamist group and Afghan officials, reports Anthony Loyd from Kabul. We sell the fuel on and distribute...
17:52
Tearing into the Congress in poll-bound Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the Grand old Party has always given secondary treatment to Gujarat.Addressing the party workers, Modi said that the BJP has served Nehru's vision of India better than the Congress.In his speech, he also...
17:05
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, who have been acquitted in the murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, today walked out of Dasna jail in Ghaziabad.The Allahabad high court on Thursday had acquitted the Talwars, whom the Central Bureau of Investigation had accused...
16:56
Fire breaks out at a store in Delhi's Mansarover Garden, twenty fire tenders present at the spot: ANI
16:34
The Inspector General of Police Jammu and Kashmir Police Munir Khan on Monday said the successful operations of the security forces have limited the number of insurgents in the valley.The number of militants has certainly decreased after continuous successful operations. Our main concern is to...
15:44
The Janata Dal-United, an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, today asked the Election Commission for 'credible answers' to why it had not announced the dates for Gujarat assembly elections, saying that the agency must not only be impartial but also seen to be so.General secretary and...
15:17
A Delhi court was today informed that the five-star hotel suite where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in 2014 has been de-sealed.Metropolitan magistrate Dharmender Singh was told by the advocate appearing for the hotel that it has been given possession of the...
14:57
Responding to Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttar Pradesh legislator Sangeet Som's comments questioning Taj Mahal's place in history, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi today asked if the government would tell tourists not to visit the monument.Owaisi, the Lok Sabha member...
14:08
Rhetoric will rain down on Gujarat, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said in a 'weather report' ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his home state today.Gandhi's dig comes in the wake of speculation that the prime minister may announce a host of sops for poll-bound...
13:16
Suspected cattle smugglers attacked a Border Security Force commanding officer along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura in the early hours today.The second-in-command rank officer, Deepak K Mondal, commanding the 145th battalion of the border guarding force is critical and has been air...
12:08
The Delhi high court said on Monday that the Central Bureau of Investigation is showing 'complete lack of interest' in case of Najeeb Ahmed, missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student.Najeeb has been missing for the past one year and the CBI is not able to find any clue about his...
11:56
With Mighty Little Bheem, Netflix Inc, the world's leading internet entertainment service, has announced its first kids original series from India. Produced in partnership with Green Gold Animation, the series, based on the ever-popular Chhota Bheem, will debut on Netflix...
10:53
Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh MLA Sangeet Som has praised that state government for 'removing Taj Mahal from the list of historical places'.Addressing a gathering, he said that wrong history was taught to students till date and 'our government will change history'.We're working on bringing...
10:48
'Doklam is a wake-up call that our foreign policy is far too militarised and has jettisoned its core agenda of creating a peaceful external environment for India's rapid development through the crucial make-or-break period of the coming 15-20 years,' writes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, here.
10:12
The Talwar couple will continue to visit jail periodically so that medical assistance provided by them to inmates can continue, said Jailor D Maurya of Dasna Jail.He said there's a strong possibility that the dentist couple would be released from jail today.Court has opened after a 2 day...
09:34
The third edition of the Madhya Pradesh government's colourful 'Jal Mahotsav' began in Hanuwantiya on Sunday on a rough note as the venue was hit by a fire episode. No one was injured in the incident, officials said. The fire started around 9.30 pm and three fire...
09:27
An Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation officer and a catering manager were placed under suspension after at least 26 people aboard the Mumbai-bound Tejas Express from Goa were taken ill on Sunday after consuming food served by the railways' catering wing, a spokesperson said.The area...
09:04
In another blow to studio mogul Harvey Weinstein, facing sexual harassment and assault charges, French President Emmanuel Macron is moving to revoke the former's Legion of Honour award, reported the Independent.Legion of Honour award is the France's highest civilian...
08:52
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, who have been acquitted in the murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, will be freed from Dasna jail in Ghaziabad today.Talwars were expected to walk out from Dasna prison on Firday, but the necessary paperwork...
08:44
A Muslim family in Rajasthan's Alwar has alleged that the state police took away their 51 cows on a complaint by few 'Hindu activists' and handed them over to a village gaushala.However, the police have denied the allegations saying, they have no role in the incident and...
08:38
The Iraqi security forces have begun operations to take over military bases and oil wells from Peshmerga of the oil-rich Kurdish city, asserted the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Security Agency.The news agency Anadolu reported that a statement on the Twitter account of the...
08:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his home state Gujarat today and address a rally of Bharatiya Janata Party workers gathering from across the state.He will also participate in the Gujarat Gaurav Mahasammelan to be held at Bhat gam near Gandhinagar in the...
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