India

Bengaluru, Jul 1: Senior leader of the Samajwadi Party and Member of Parliament Azam Khan has been booked under charges of sedition for his controversial comments about the Indian Army. The charges were filed when Anil Pandey, a member of the equally controversial right-wing Hindu groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, took offence to the statement and approached the police. Azam Khan, in a

Srinagar, Jul 1: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including commander Bashir Lashkari who was behind the killing of six policemen last month, were gunned down by security forces in Kashmir's Anantnag district today, police said. Two civilians, 44-year-old Tahira and 21-year-old Shadab Ahmad Chopan, were also killed during the operation in Brenti-Batpora village in Dialgam area of the district

Mumbai, Jul 1: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said that the ongoing accelerated reform initiatives like GST and continuing political stability will push the economic growth scale to 7.3% in terms of GVA in the current fiscal year. The Financial Stability Report (FSR) 2017 bases its optimism to the lower fiscal deficit at 3.2% for this year, down from 3.5% in 2016-17, increasing public

Mumbai, Jun 30: NDA ally Shiv Sena today came down heavily on the Centre over its decision to privatise national carrier Air India, saying had such a decision been taken by the previous Congress-led UPA government, the BJP would not have spared it. It also asked the finance minister to spell out the reasons which made the 'Maharaja' (the Air India's characteristic logo) a "beggar." The Sena's

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