Relief to under-construction residential project: GST Council allows options to choose tax rates
New Delhi: The all-powerful GST Council Tuesday allowed builders an option to choose between old tax rates and the new ones for under-construction residential projects to help resolve input tax credit issues. The council, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and including representatives of all states, at its 34th meeting here laid out transition […]
Rahul questions Modi’s patriotism, asks why he keeps silent on China
Itanagar: With fervent nationalism becoming the flavour of the election season, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s patriotic credentials and accused him of not raising the issue of India’s “territorial integrity” during his meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Congress leader claimed the prime minister “did not utter a word” […]
Bombay HC pulls up Maha govt, BMC on coastal road project
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Tuesday questioned the state authorities on how could they begin work on a coastal road project without determining whether it was going to adversely affect fishing communities and breeding ground for fish along the proposed road. A bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice N M Jamdar said while […]
NZ returns first shooting dead after delay angers families
Christchurch: The bodies of six of the Christchurch massacre victims have been released to their families, New Zealand police said Tuesday, but they warned only a fraction of the 50 people killed had been fully identified, with the delay angering anguished relatives. Muslims whose loved ones were gunned down by an Australian white supremacist at […]
Goa CEO informs ECI about vacancy in Parrikar’s assembly seat
Panaji: Poll authorities in Goa have formally notified the Election Commission of India (ECI) about the vacancy created in the Panaji assembly seat following the death of its sitting MLA and former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. With this, four assembly seats have fallen vacant in the state, which has a 40-member House, and three of […]
Pak SC postpones verdict on Sharif’s bail plea till March 26
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday postponed the verdict of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s application seeking bail on medical grounds till March 26, according to media reports. Sharif filed an appeal on March 6 against a judgment by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) which on February 25 rejected his bail application on medical grounds […]
UN received 259 allegations of sexual exploitation, abuse in 2018: Report
United Nations: The UN received a total of 259 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by the staff working in its agencies and their partner organisations in 2018, an increase of more than a hundred in such incidents from the previous year, according to a report presented by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The report, presented […]
KEA supports strike call
Condemns cold blooded murder of Awantipora youth
Srinagar: Kashmir Economic Alliance has supported the strike call extended by Joint Resistance Leadership against the brutal custodial killing of Awantipora youth Rizwan Asadh Pandit. In a statement, Kashmir Economic Alliance Chairman Muhammad Yousuf Chapri and Vice Chairman Ajaz Ahmed Shahdhar said that killing of a teacher in cold blood makes it amply clear that […]
Two bovine smugglers arrested
Jammu: Two alleged cattle smugglers were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and 16 animals were rescued from their vehicles, police said Tuesday. The two vehicles carrying the cattle were intercepted in Chadwal area on Monday, they said. A case has been registered against the duo under relevant sections and further investigation is underway, […]
Annual Urs of Syed Taj-Ud-Din Hamdani (RA) held
Srinagar: The annual Urs of Hazrat Syed Taj-Ud-Din Hamdani (RA) was observed at Shampora Nowhatta in Shaher-e-Khaas on Tuesday with religious fervor and enthusiasm. Large number of devotees including women and children thronged the shrine of the saint. The Urs was started with the recitation of verses of Holy Quran which was followed by Duaiya […]
