India

New Delhi, Mar 22: A new nationwide goods and services tax (GST) will be rolled out from July 1 to create one of the world's biggest single markets, make commodities cheaper and make tax evasion difficult, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. Speaking at the 23rd Conference of the Commonwealth Auditor General, Jaitley said India has "hugely" a non-tax compliant society and the government

New Delhi, Mar 22: Aamir Khan-starrer 'Dangal' will be screened for Members of Parliament tomorrow to send across a message of women empowerment while providing a slice of entertainment. The movie will be screened on the initiative of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumita Mahajan. It will be screened in Parliament's Balayogi auditorium in the evening after the session gets over. "It is my priviledge to inform

New Delhi, Mar 22: Justice Rohinton Nariman, who made remarks about reviving the criminal conspiracy charge against BJP veteran L.K. Advani and other top leaders, including Union Minister Uma Bharti, during the previous hearing of the Babri Masjid demolition case, was not a part of the Supreme Court Bench on Wednesday. On March 6, Justice Nariman, who was sitting as a judge along with Justice P.C

Mumbai, Mar 22: Former MP Nilesh Rane on Tuesday quit as general secretary of Maharashtra Congress, accusing party president Ashok Chavan of "inaction" in appointing district president of Ratnagiri. "Despite telling you (Ashok Chavan) that I want to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election from my constituency, you have not appointed president for Ratnagiri district...your inaction smacks of political

New Delhi, Mar 22: Upset over the frequent suspensions of business of Lok Sabha because of the absence of BJP MPs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cautioned them against skipping proceedings, saying that he would personally monitor their presence. PM sounded the warning at the meeting of the BJP parliamentary party when he interrupted parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar to say that

New Delhi, Mar 22: The Supreme Court is likely to decide today whether senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi, along with other BJP leaders would face trial in the decades-old Babri mosque demolition case. The court is expected to reveal whether or not conspiracy charges will be revived against Mr Advani, 89, and other leaders like Murli Manohar Joshi and Union Minister Uma Bharti

New Delhi, Mar 21: The Supreme Court today said it will commence on July 11 the final hearing of the appeals filed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing of water for 15 consecutive workings days. A bench headed by Justices Dipak Misra said that all interim orders of releasing 2000 cusecs of water by Karnataka will

Hyderabad, Mar 21: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the Babri Masjid case is about the title and he is waiting to seeing if "conspiracy charges" would be pressed against senior BJP leaders in the matter. His comments came on a day when the Supreme Court suggested that fresh attempts be made by all parties concerned to find a solution to the Ayodhya temple dispute which is a

New Delhi, Mar 21: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre why it chose not to create a separate category for those who couldn't deposit demonetised notes by December 30, 2016 unlike the NRIs and people who were abroad. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said that the Prime Minister, in his November 8 address, had said that those with valid reasons could deposit the demonetised currency

New York, Mar 21: India is home to world's fourth highest number of billionaires with Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani leading the club of more than 100 super rich Indians, according to a new list released by Forbes magazine. The Forbes list of the 'World's Billionaires' 2017 consists of 2,043 of the richest people in the world who have a combined net worth of USD 7.67 trillion, a record 18