New Delhi: Federal indirect tax body, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, is likely to announce a cut in the tax rates at its Friday meeting on products and services that typically are not major revenue generators for the central and state governments. Items which are likely to see a tax ra

Four different High Court Chief Justices were appointed as judges of the Supreme Court, taking the judge strength of the apex court to 34, the highest ever. The oath ceremony is likely to take place next Monday. The four new judges of the top court are Himachal Pradesh Chief Justice V. Ramasubram

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam on Wednesday announced that the Cabinet has approved the decision to ban e-cigarettes. The minister made the announcement at a press conference in Delhi after the Cabinet meet. “The Union Cabinet has given approval to ban e-cigarettes. It means the production, ma

A 12-year-old boy has allegedly stabbed his school principal to death in her house at Shivaji Nagar in Govandi for scolding him in front of his friends. The victim, 30-year-old Ayesha Aslam Husuyae, had also been privately coaching the boy at her home for the past five years. The minor, who has b

Varanasi: A staunch supporter of Narendra Modi on Monday offered a gold crown weighing 1.25 kg to the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple in Varanasi to mark the Prime Minister's 69th birthday. Arvind Singh, who made the offering on the eve of Modi's birthday, said he had pledged to make the offering if

New Delhi: Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Tuesday said more than six crore members of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will get interest at the rate of 8.65 per cent on their deposits for financial year 2018-19. The Central Board of Trustees -- the top decision-making body of

New Delhi: A 15-year-old girl who was allegedly sold by her mother to a trafficker last week has been rescued from Bawana here, the Delhi Commission for Women said on Sunday. The rescued girl said her mother had also sold her one-year-old brother last month to a trafficker, according to the panel

New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was on Monday charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA) -- a stringent law that enables detention without trial for up to two years -- on a day the Supreme Court took up a petition against his "illegal detention". The politician,

A boat with 61 people onboard capsized in the Godavari River in East Godavari district on Sunday afternoon. The incident took place near Kachaluru Mandal when the boat, which was ferrying towards the Pappi Hills, tried making a narrow turn. At least 11 people have died including the drivers of the b

Amid a debilitating economic slowdown, Union minister Santosh Gangwar has claimed that there was no dearth of job opportunities in the country but North Indian candidates lacked qualifications. “I want to say that there is no dearth of job opportunities in the country. Those who come for recruitm

New Delhi: The Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Nehal Modi, brother of Nirav Modi, the main accused in the USD 2 billion PNB scam case, officials said on Friday. They said the global arrest warrant against the Belgian national Nehal, 40, has been issued on charges of alleged

The CBI has arrested a superintendent in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department from Meerut for allegedly taking Rs 3 lakh to clear a pending case, officials said on Friday. Vikas Kumar Singh, posted at the GST department, Meerut, was caught by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a

Five remedial measures can reverse the current slowdown, which is both structural and cyclic mainly because of the demonetisation debacle and faulty implementation of the Goods and Services Tax, former Prime Minister and economist Manmohan Singh said in an interview to a daily publication. The ve

In a bizarre incident, a woman while talking on the phone sat down on a pair of snakes, got bitten and died minutes later. The incident took place in Riyanv village in Gorakhpur on Wednesday. Gita, wife of Jai Singh Yadav who works in Thailand, was talking to her husband on phone. A pair of sn

NEW DELHI: A truck owner paid a whopping Rs 1.41 lakh fine for vehicle overloading following the implementation of new traffic challan rates under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act which came into effect on September 1. The truck, which has Rajasthan vehicle registration plate, was challaned Rs

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu, son Nara Lokesh and several party leaders have been placed under house arrest on Wednesday to prevent them from participating in the 'Chalo Atmakur' rally, to protest against Jagan Mohan Reddy's government. Along with Naidu and Nara Lokesh Lokesh,

New Delhi: As India faces complex security threats, the government has firmed up a mega plan to spend $130 billion to bolster combat capability of the armed forces in the next five to seven years, according to an official document. Official sources said the government has decided on a broad plan

Mumbai: Maharashtra cabinet on Monday decided to introduce a bill for reservation of seats in medical colleges of government and municipal corporations. The new bill, when passed, will enable the state government to reserve medical seats for those candidates, who are voluntarily willing to provid