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New Delhi, Jun 30: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday targeted the Narendra Modi government for rolling out a "half-baked" Goods and Service Tax with a "self-promotional spectacle". In a series of tweets, Gandhi said the GST holds "great potential" but it is being "rushed through in a half-baked way with a self-promotional spectacle". "India deserves a GST roll-out that does not put

Thimphu, Jun 30: The recent jostling near the China-India-Bhutan border marks an uptick in tensions. The pertinent question is to ask whether there is any specific reason as to why China is taking this course of action at this particular juncture. It is, of course, difficult to pry into the inner thinking of the Chinese leadership and of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), but it is undeniable

New Delhi, Jun 29: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today asked opposition parties such as Congress and the Left to reconsider their decision to skip the midnight GST launch tomorrow saying they were all consulted on the indirect tax reform and cannot run away from it. "I hope every political party will reconsider and revisit its decision" on not participating in the launch event to be organised in

New Delhi, Jun 30: Stage is set for the launch of a nationwide goods and services tax at midnight Friday amid protests from opposition parties who see hardships to small businesses in pushing through the biggest economic reform without preparations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will at midnight unveil the new tax regime replacing overnight the messy mix of more than a dozen state and central

New Delhi, Jun 29: Election for the post of Vice President will be held on August 5, the Election Commission of India said on Thursday. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said notification for the election would be issued on July 4 and nominations could be submitted by July 18. The scrutiny would take place on July 19 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is July 21. If polling is

Kolkata, Jun 28: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her party TMC will not attend the GST roll-out programme on June 30 midnight as she flayed the "unnecessary hurry" to roll it out. The TMC supremo termed the GST roll-out as another "epic blunder" by the Centre. "Our Parliamentary Party has decided not to attend the 30th June, 2017 midnight programme at Parliament House to

New Delhi, Jun 28: Moments after opposition candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination for the Presidential Election, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said the July 17 polls were a battle of ideology, truth, and principles for them. She further vowed to fight this “battle”. "For us, it's a battle of ideology, principles and truth and we will fight it," said Gandhi. Her comments came

Mumbai, Jun 28: Mustafa Dossa, one of the six convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, has died hours after he was admitted to the JJ Hospital in Mumbai after complaining of chest pain. The channel quoted Mumbai Police as saying that Dossa succumbed to hypertension and chest pain at around 2.30 pm on Wednesday. JJ Hospital dean Dr TP Lahane confirmed the news and told Firstpost, "Dossa died

Jammu/Srinagar, Jun 28: The annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir beginning tomorrow is facing a terror threat, according to an intelligence warning which has prompted the authorities to mobilise the "highest level" of security measures, including satellite tracking system. The 40-day-long pilgrimage to the holy cave of Amarnath in the mountainous region of south Kashmir will commence tomorrow from

New Delhi, Jun 28: A major global cyber attack on Tuesday disrupted computers at Russia's biggest oil company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus similar to the ransomware that last month infected more than 300,000 computers. India was also among the countries affected by the ransomware with the country's largest port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai shutting down operations