New Delhi, 4/9: A host of goods and services concerning common man including paneer, bread, hair oil, shampoo and toothpaste will become cheaper effective from September 22 as the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising representation from all states on Wednesday . The Council decided to abolish 12% and 28%…
Mumbai,19/2: The BCCI has given senior batter Virat Kohli a 10-day break from the Indian team’s bio-bubble as he left for home before the third T20 International against the West Indies scheduled in Kolkata on Sunday. As reported by PTI on Friday, Kohli will not be playing in the three-match T20 series against…
Indore, 18/8: Two people were killed while six others were injured after a security guard opened fire following an argument over pet dogs in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, reported PTI. The man, identified as Rajpal Rajawat, reportedly fired shots at neighbours in Krishna Bagh colony under the Khajrana Police Station area. “Initially, pet dogs of two…
Patna, 27/12: Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD) chief Tej Pratap Yadav has filed a police complaint, alleging that his party’s expelled national spokesperson Santosh Renu Yadav has threatened to kill him. The former Bihar minister, who lost the election from Mahua assembly seat in this year’s assembly elections, has also written to Deputy Chief Minister and…
Ahmedabad, 17/1: A metropolitan court here on Tuesday acquitted Congress legislator Jignesh Mevani and 30 others in a 2017 case of obstructing a train as a mark of protest against the state government’s policies. The court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate P N Goswami acquitted Dalit leader Mevani and others after giving them the benefit…
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, seeking adequate compensation to the farmers after a proper inquiry for crop damage due to unseasonal rain.Patnaik also empahsized on providing weather updates to the farmers in a timely manner.“…..the government of Odisha must take the plight of our farmers…
New Delhi: The issue of the Bill of Congress-led Karnataka government proposing 4 per cent reservation to Muslims in government contracts was raised in Lok Sabha on Wednesday with BJP MPs demanding its withdrawal, alleging that the move was aimed at partitioning the country. Both MPs Nishikant Dubey and Tejasvi Surya demanded the rollback of…
Kolkatta, 21/1 (AO Bureau): Ahead of the upcoming West Bengal Election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Narendra Modi) will be visiting Kolkata on January 23 (Saturday) to mark the 125th birth anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The Prime Minister will preside over the inauguration of the ‘Parakram Divas’ function at the Victoria Memorial….
New Delhi, 15/4:Issues related to crypto assets require immediate attention and the response of the G20 has to ensure that they do not lose any potential benefits while protecting economies from harm, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.Sitharaman was part of a brainstorming session on “Macrofinancial Implications of Crypto Assets” with G20 finance ministers…
Bengaluru, 6/1: Following the detection of two Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in the state, the Karnataka government on Monday urged people not to panic as the virus is not as transmissible as Covid-19. Emphasising that the respiratory virus primarily affects children, causing infections similar to the common cold, the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) said…
