Brussels, June 30 (IANS) A chemical weapons watchdog confirmed on Friday that sarin gas had been used in the April attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun that left over 100 people dead. The…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Maharashtra and the country’s commercial capital Mumbai readied on Friday to embrace the transition to India’s new taxation regime – the Goods and Services Tax (GST) – amid apprehensions and anticipation…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Senior Supreme Court lawyer K.K. Venugopal, an eminent constitutional lawyer who has five decades of practice in the apex court, was on Friday appointed the new Attorney General of India….
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) As the government prepared to roll out the Goods and Services Tax, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed shock over the new indirect tax regime containing a “draconian”…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Friday slashed the rate on fertiliser from 12 per cent to 5 per cent to reduce the burden on farmers. Finance Minister…
Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) Bengaluru FC (BFC) have retained skipper Sunil Chhetri and Udanta Singh after the duo signed three-year deals that will keep them with the Indian Super League (ISL) side till the end…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday that former star batsman Rahul Dravid will continue as coach of the India A and U-19 teams for…
Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) The textiles sector in Karnataka on Friday observed a total shutdown across the state to press for a rollback of levying the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on its products and…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has filed a prosecution complaint against Indore-based Zoom Developers and its promoter-cum-director Vijay Madanlal Choudhary in connection with a Rs 966-crore bank…
Chennai, June 30 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Film Chamber of Commerce on Friday announced an indefinite shutdown of theatres across Tamil Nadu from July 3 due to lack of clarity on the tax amount that…
Patna/New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) IndiGo on Friday said that all 174 passengers on-board its Patna-New Delhi flight were safe as a “precautionary” evacuation was carried out after the budget passenger carrier’s aircraft rejected its…
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) One person was killed in police firing in Assam’s Goalpara district on Friday during a protest rally. Police fired at a group of people who had taken out a protest rally…
Chennai, June 30 (IANS) The two presidential candidates — Ram Nath Kovind of the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led opposition candidate Meira Kumar — are likely to visit Tamil Nadu on Saturday. They will be…
Patna, June 30 (IANS) Bihar is likely to declare Sitamarhi and Rohtas as the first two open defecation free (ODF) districts in July 2017, followed by one or two districts by the end of this…
Mumbai: Actress Sunny Leone spotted at Mumbai airport, on June 29, 2017. (Photo: IANS)
Kochi, June 30 (IANS) Kerala Blasters Football Club (KBFC) and Kerala Football Association (KFA) said on Friday that they have joined hands to promote the game at the grassroots level and will be setting up…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Congress, which is boycotting the midnight GST roll-out event, on Friday said Parliament cannot be trivialised through festivities for the imposition of a “half baked” taxation proposal, being implemented…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Popular comedienne Bharti Singh has joined the team of “The Kapil Sharma Show”. She says the best thing about the show is that a “lot of creative freedom” is given to…
Mumbai: Author Pooja Makhija with *actress* Mandira Bedi, actor Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput and filmmaker Karan Johar *during the book launch of “Eat Delete Junior”* in Mumbai, on June 29, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai:…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Delhi assembly’s Petition Committee on Friday asked Chief Secretary M.M. Kutty to probe the numerous irregularities in desilting of drains and other pre-monsoon work by the PWD, civic bodies and…