New Delhi, 29/5:The Centre will raise taxes on certain goods and services including kitchenware to 18% from 12%, the finance ministry said in a statement, a move that is likely to upset many consumers and businesses facing rising inflation. Kitchen utensils, LED lights, farm machinery, solar water systems as well as services like…
New Delhi, 29/6: The election for the post of vice president will be held on August 6, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The notification for the election to decide the successor of M Venkaiah Naidu will be issued on July 5 and the last date for filing of nomination papers will be…
New Delhi, 29/6: Preliminary investigation into the gruesome killing of a tailor in Udaipur revealed that one of the two prime accused had links with the Pakistan-based Dawat-e-Islami organisation and had visited Karachi in 2014, the Rajasthan Police chief said on Wednesday. The police have detained three more people in connection with the…
Mumbai, 29/8: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said they are ready for the floor test. He said this after visiting the famous Kamakhya Temple here, along with other four MLAs. The temple management committee welcomed Shinde and other MLAs in the temple. For latest updates on…
New Delhi, 29/6: The government has issued a notice to Twitter to comply with all its past orders by July 4, an official source said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has set a deadline of July 4, failing which Twitter may lose intermediary status, which means it will be liable…
Guwahati, 29/6:After signs of improvement, the flood situation worsened in parts of Assam on Wednesday following heavy rains in the past 24 hours. Many new areas in North Assam districts like Sonitpur, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Majuli were inundated on Tuesday following heavy rains not only in Assam but in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh…
Udaipur, 29/6: Two men with a cleaver murdered a tailor here and posted videos online that said they are avenging an insult to Islam, triggering stray cases of violence in the Rajasthan city, a part of which was placed under curfew. Prohibitory orders banning people from assembling were clamped across the state for…
Mumbai, 29/6:Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra will face the floor test on June 30 as the BJP demanded a show of strength in the Assembly amidst ongoing crisis with the Shiv Sena. The Eknath Shinde-led rebel Shiv Sena camp has claimed majority. This comes a day after…
Mumbai, 28/6: As the Eknath Shinde-led breakaway faction of Shiv Sena seemed to inch closer to toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, party president, and Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray once again appealed to the rebels to return, sit across the table and iron out the issues. “As Shiv Sena party chief and…
New Delhi, 28/6: The Centre has directed Twitter to locally censor accounts and dozens of posts, including some referencing a report that mentioned India’s declining internet freedoms, the social media platform confirmed to AFP Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has been accused of stifling criticism, with rights groups sounding the alarm over…
