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New Delhi, Jan 11: Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP government on the issue of demonetisation at Jan Vedna Sammelan in New Delhi. Rahul Gandhi alleged that BJP, RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have weakened institutions like RBI. Also, the Gandhi scion labelled demonetisation as a personal decision of PM Modi. 'Achhe din' would come when Congress returns to power in 2019

Gandhinagar, Jan 11: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today reiterated that the Centre is still aiming to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime from April 1 if all pending issues are sorted out. GST, which is to subsume most of central and state taxes like excise, service tax and VAT, needs to roll out by latest September 16, 2017, he said. This because, under the Constitutional Amendment

New Delhi, Jan 10: Contrary to popular belief, it was the Government which had "advised" the Reserve Bank to junk Rs 500/1000 notes on November 7 and the board of the central bank the very next day recommended the demonetisation. In a 7-page note to the Parliament's Department-Related Committee of Finance headed by Congress leader M Veerappa Moily, the RBI stated that the Government had on

New Delhi, Jan 10: In yet another case of discrimination against people from the North-East, a group of students from a university in Manipur were allegedly stopped from entering the Taj Mahal by CISF personnel. The incident took place on Sunday at around 3:30 pm. The students of the Central Agricultural University in Imphal had gone to visit the monument as part of an all-India educational tour

Washington, Jan 10: Mumbai-born Ashley Tellis, a former White House official and renowned India expert, could be appointed the next US ambassador to New Delhi by President- elect Donald Trump who is preparing his own pivot to Asia policy, a media report said. According to Washington Post, Trump’s Asia appointments are outpacing those for other regions and include top Asia hands. Transition sources

Belagavi, Jan 10: Close relatives and supporters of the BJP MLA from Kagwad, Bharamgouda alias Raju Kage, are accused of assaulting a Congress worker for his social media post critical of the saffron party. Vivek Shetty, a Congress worker, said Kage’s family members and associates barged into his house at Ugar Khurd in Athani taluk around 8.45 pm on January 8. Armed with sickles, rods and other

New Delhi, Jan 9: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament can call Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of demonetisation if it is not satisfied with the answers given by top finance ministry officials and the RBI Governor Urjit Patel, to whom a detailed questionnaire has been sent. A PAC meeting on this issue has been called on January 20th, in which the RBI Governor Urjit Patel

New Delhi, Jan 9: The factional war in the Samajwadi Party escalated today with the Akhilesh camp seeking an early decision on the disputed party symbol while the embattled Mulayam Singh Yadav asserted that he is still the party chief and has no differences with his son. Paralelly, Mulayam urged Rajya Sabha Chairman to derecognise his cousin Ramgopal Yadav as leader of the party group following

New Delhi, Jan 9: Dismissing concerns of slowdown due to demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said both direct and indirect tax collections have shown robust increase during the April-December period, indicating uptick in economic activity including manufacturing. He said direct tax collection was up 12.01 per cent at Rs 5.53 lakh crore in April-December 2016 as compared to revenue

New Delhi, Jan 9: Asserting that he remains Samajwadi Party president, Mulayam Singh Yadav today told the Election Commission that the convention called by Akhilesh Yadav camp was "unconstitutional" and that the party's electoral symbol of 'cycle' should remain with his camp. Accompanied by his loyalists Amar Singh and Shivpal Singh Yadav, Mulayam also contested the affidavits of party leaders