Working to bring 99 pc items in sub-18 pc GST slab: Modi
Mumbai, Dec 18 (PTI) Indicating that further simplification of the Goods and Services Tax is on the anvil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government wants to ensure that 99 per cent items attract sub-18 per cent GST slab. Before implementation of the GST, registered enterprises only numbered 65 lakh, which has now risen by 55 […]
Leopard kills 3-year-old boy in Reasi
Jammu: In a second such incident this month, a leopard has killed a three-year-old boy in a remote hilly village in Mahore area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, PTI reported. A massive search operation has been launched to track down the beast which had earlier struck in Kansoli village of Mahore belt on December 8 […]
Imran Khan says Pak will do everything within its power for Afghan peace
Islamabad, Dec 18 (PTI) Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday that Pakistan will do everything within its power to further the peace process in Afghanistan as talks sponsored by the country between the US and the Taliban were being held in the UAE to end the 17-year bloody conflict. The US and the Taliban have previously […]
CBI vs CBI: Court grants bail to middleman Prasad
New Delhi, (PTI) A Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to Manoj Prasad, an alleged middleman arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Special CBI judge Santosh Snehi Mann granted bail to Prasad saying that no purpose will be served by keeping him in further custody. Prasad, arrested on October 17, is […]
Former Nepal Prime Minister Tulsi Giri passes away
Kathmandu, Dec 18 (PTI) Tulsi Giri, Nepal’s two-time prime minister and senior politician, passed away on Tuesday, according to family sources. He was 93. He died, after a prolonged battle with liver cancer, at his home in Budhanilkanta, on the outskirts of the Himalayan nation’s capital, they said. He was recently discharged from the hospital, they […]
Nobody thought Cong leaders will get convicted: Modi on riots
Mumbai, Dec 18 (PTI) Highlighting the delay in justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said nobody would have imagined that Congress leaders will get convicted in the case. Modi was speaking at the Republic Summit here. “Four years ago, nobody ever thought of Congress leaders getting convicted in the 1984 […]
Pakistan releases Indian national Hamid Nihal Ansari from prison: Report
Islamabad, (PTI) Indian national Hamid Nihal Ansari was on Tuesday released from a Pakistani jail to be repatriated to India, six years after he was detained by the country’s intelligence agencies and subsequently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card, according to a media report. Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, was […]
Won’t let PM sleep until all farm loans waived: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Addressing India’s distressed farmers directly from outside Parliament, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said he will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi sleep until all farm loans have been waived. In a stinging attack on what he described as crony capitalism, Gandhi said the government has turned a blind eye to […]
Sajjan Kumar resigns from Cong primary membership, writes to Rahul
New Delhi,(PTI) Congress veteran Sajjan Kumar has resigned from the primary membership of the party, citing his conviction in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, party sources said Tuesday. In a letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Kumar, a former MP, said his resignation should be considered with immediate effect, the sources said. The Delhi High Court […]
Principal held after school wall collapse kills two children in Noida
Noida, Dec 18 (PTI) The principal of a private school in which two children were killed and three injured in a wall collapse was arrested here Tuesday, police said. Two kids, aged 10 and 7, were killed when a wall of the school in Salarpur village collapsed Monday, prompting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to […]
