New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an important milestone in cooperative federalism, wherein the Centre and the states come together to address the issue of complex indirect tax regime…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Kashmiris don’t celebrate the deaths of army men because they are also humans, slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s father has said, ruing the alleged silence of civil society in…
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Giving a jolt to its alliance partner the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena on Saturday demanded that the government proclaim over 40 persons who died in serpentine bank queues post-demonetisation…
Porbandar, Nov 19 (IANS) The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) on Saturday reportedly captured six Indian boats off the Gujarat coast with at least 36 fishermen aboard. According to Manish Lodhari, Secretary of the National…
Porbandar, Nov 19 (IANS) One person was killed and another severely burnt in a fire which broke out on a fishing trawler off the Porbandar coast in the Arabian Sea on Friday, officials said on…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) A man was arrested in east Delhi after he was found in possession of Rs 96 lakh in demonetised currency, Delhi Police said on Saturday. Nazer-e-Alam, 32, a resident of…
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) Demonetisation issues did not deter voters in three assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu and the lone one in Puducherry in coming out in large numbers to exercise their constitutional right. According…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) In order to streamline the mining activities in the state, the Odisha government on Saturday said Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices will be installed in the trucks carrying minerals by…
Agra, Nov 19 (IANS) On the occasion of World Toilet Day, the residents of Agra demanded free, safe and clean toilet facilities at a meeting Organised by the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society on Saturday….
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) In order to double the farmers’ income by 2022, it is necessary to focus on adaptation of the latest technology and other methods to increase agricultural productivity, Finance Minister Arun…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Flaying the Centre over public inconvenience due to demonetisation of high-denomination currency, the Delhi Congress on Saturday said it will hold ‘Jan Aakrosh’ protest marches here on Sunday. It also…
Panaji, Nov 19 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has said that if beef is part of someone’s cuisine, the law should not be used to ban its consumption, adding that as the political head…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Sonia Gandhi on Saturday appreciated the efforts of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and said that she learnt about the culture of India and political lessons from her. “It is…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who has suffered kidney failure and is waiting for a transplant, on Saturday was under close observation of a team of top doctors at the…
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa was on Saturday evening shifted to a special room from the Intensive Care Unit in the Apollo Hospitals here, a senior AIADMK leader said. “She…
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday flagged off the Indo-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Motor Rally from a hotel in Guwahati and said that the rally is a first step towards boosting trade…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) The United States Consulate in Chennai handles nearly 1,600 visa applications every day even as the number of Indian students studying in the US registered the largest growth for the second…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) With his new book “Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy” hitting the bookstands, former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon has said that the likelihood of Pakistan using tactical nuclear…
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) Cement major India Cements Ltd on Saturday said it closed the second quarter of fiscal 2016-17 with a profit of Rs 62.41 crore. In a regulatory filing in BSE, the company…
Panaji, Nov 19 (IANS) A few days after the opposition parties, including AAP, took on Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar for prostrating himself before Prime Minister Narendra Modi with folded hands during a public meeting…