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Mumbai, Oct 30: A Jet Airways Mumbai-New Delhi flight was diverted to Ahmedabad shortly after some “security issues” were detected onboard early on Monday. An airline official said the security issues pertained to a potential hijack and bomb threat. The Boeing 737-900 was scheduled to land in Delhi at about 5am. The flight with 122 passengers, including seven crew, landed safely in a remote bay at

New Delhi, Oct 30: The Supreme Court today questioned the West Bengal government for filing a plea challenging the Centre's move to make Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits of various social welfare schemes. The top court asked how a state can challenge the mandate of Parliament. "How can a state file such a plea. In a federal structure, how can a state file a plea challenging Parliament's

New Delhi, Oct 30: The ministerial panel working to make GST composition scheme more attractive today suggested slashing tax rate to 1 per cent for manufacturers and restaurants, while easier norms for traders opting for it. Currently, manufacturers and restaurants with turnover up to Rs 1 crore pay GST under composition scheme at 2 per cent and 5 per cent respectively. The same for traders is 1

Ahmedabad, Oct 29: Nine newborn babies have died at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Saturday, prompting the State authorities to order a probe in to the matter as the issue has been seized by the opposition ahead of the Assembly polls. Since Thursday, at least 18 newborn babies have died at the hospital. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a meeting with the officials of State health department and

New Delhi, Oct 29: In the wake of the recent incidents of leakage of Aadhaar information, results of a survey revealed that majority of the respondents demanded that a financial penalty be levied on banks, telecom providers (telcos) or any other organisations that compromised their Aadhaar, bank or call/data transaction details. The survey, which was conducted by LocalCircles on the recent rise of

Lucknow, Oct 29: A minor boy was killed after being hit by a vehicle in the motorcade of a Uttar Pradesh minister near Colonelganj in Gonda district, prompting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to announce Rs 5 lakh compensation to the kin of the deceased. Police said the minister's cavalcade was passing through Colonelganj area yesterday. The boy was knocked down by one of the vehicles in the fleet

Rajkot, Oct 28: Assailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetization, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said he would have quit as finance minister if forced to implement the measure. He also targeted Modi over "hasty" implementation of the GST and his pet bullet train project. "If my prime minister had asked me to do demonetization, I would have advised him 'please don't', and if

Thane, Oct 28: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has said that half the credit for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's victory in the last Lok Sabha polls goes to Rahul Gandhi as his mocking the then Gujarat chief minister did not go down well with voters. Thackeray, however, said that current trends and reports indicate that the ruling BJP could lose the upcoming Assembly election

New Delhi, Oct 28: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday asked the Indian embassy in Kuala Lumpur to help an Indian family get their travel documents, despite the mission being closed on weekends. Sushma's response came after Meera Ramesh Patel sought the minister's intervention saying her family was at the airport and had lost their passports. "Indian Embassy in Malaysia: This is an

Gandhinagar/New Delhi, Oct 28: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday night demanded resignation of Congress veteran Ahmed Patel from the Rajya Sabha alleging his possible links to a suspected terrorist arrested earlier in the week from his home district of Bharuch. Ahmed Patel rubbished the charge. Rupani, who also sought Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's clarification on the matter