New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is actively discussing relief measures for traders, including quarterly return filing and increasing threshold limit for Composition Scheme, sources said on Friday. “Council…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said petrol and diesel should be brought under the GST regime to prevent excessive profiteering. He said he hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Show-cause notices have been issued to LeT member Mohammed Ayub Ali Mir, lodged in Tihar jail, and two hawala operators for allegedly delivering money through ‘hawala’ channels to terrorist organisations,…
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) Pakistan has warned India against striking at its nuclear installations and said Islamabad won’t hold back if this happened, Pakistani media reported on Friday. Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif’s remarks was…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India and the European Union on Friday agreed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism while deciding to resume talks on a free trade agreement. At the 14th India-EU Summit…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Election Commission on Friday resumed hearing in the AIADMK symbol row with both factions present at the EC along with their lawyers. Earlier in the day, in a setback…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) In a setback to the AIADMK faction led by T.T.V Dinakaran, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to give more time to it for submitting documents before the Election Commission…
Gurugram, Oct 6 (IANS) A young leopard that strayed into the Suzuki Powertrain at Manesar in Haryana early on Thursday was rescued unhurt on Friday, after which work resumed at the engine plant of the…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Following a furore over what was termed as “a temporary load-shedding”, power-surplus Maharashtra on Friday afternoon restored fully supply to all major cities, an official said here. “We have managed to…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said he will wait for the day when his son and Union Minister Jayant Sinha realises that his dharma is to support his father. Speaking…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Oct 6 (IANS) China has played down the US criticism of the Belt and Road project, especially the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) artery, and denied that Beijing is trying to…
San Francisco, Oct 6 (IANS) Apple allowed ride-hailing service Uber to use a tool that could record a users iPhone screen, security researchers have alleged. According a report in Gizmodo late on Thursday, researchers said…
Bengaluru, Oct 6 (IANS) AIADMK’s jailed leader V.K. Sasikala on Friday left for Chennai after she was granted a five-day parole to meet her ailing husband M. Natarajan. “She (Sasikala) has been given parole for…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Energy major Reliance Industries on Friday said it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its assets in the “Marcellus Shale Play” of northern and central Pennsylvania. According to…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Copenhagen (Denmark), Oct 6 (IANS) Soon after he became the Mayor of Copenhagen, Morten Kabell sent back his official car and decided commute to office by electric bike, contributing towards taking the…
Srinagar, Oct 6 (IANS) Militants on Friday shot dead a civilian in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tral town, police said. Rafiq Ahmad Bhat was killed in the town’s main market. “He died on the way to…
Oslo, Oct 6 (IANS) The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), an official announcement said. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen,…
Addis Ababa, Oct 6 (IANS) Describing India as Ethiopia’s long-distance running partner, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said cooperation in education has been the fulcrum of engagement between the two countries. The President was…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Erasing the previous session’s losses, key Indian equity indices — the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 — on Friday surged to close on a higher note as broadly positive global…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Friday warned Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director Mangu Singh that the government would take action against him if he goes ahead with…