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New Delhi, Mar 20: The Cabinet today cleared four supporting GST legislations, paving the way for their introduction in Parliament as early as today. The four supporting legislations -- the Compensation Law, the Central-GST (C-GST), Integrated-GST (I-GST) and Union Territory-GST (UT-GST)-- would be introduced as Money Bill, sources said. "The GST legislations have been cleared by the Cabinet

Lucknow, Mar 20: Apparently seeking to allay apprehensions in the Muslim community following his anointment as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that his government would work for every section of the society without any discrimination. “This government will work for every section of the society....there will be no discrimination,” the saffron leader said while

Coimbatore, Mar 20: The three-day meet of Akhil Bharatiya Prathinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the highest policy making body of the RSS, commenced in Coimbatore on Sunday with the saffron outfit hitting out at the West Bengal and Kerala governments. "The situation in West Bengal is alarming," said RSS national joint secretary V Bhaigaih accusing the ruling All India Trinamool Congress of tacitly supporting

Coimbatore, Mar 19: Amid speculation that the Sangh pushed for Yogi Adityanath's candidature as UP CM, the RSS on Sunday said it was a political decision and it had no say in the selection of chief ministers in BJP-ruled states. Replying to a specific question on choosing Adityanath, a swayamsevak, as Chief Minister, RSS Joint General Secretary Bhagaiah told reporters it was a political decision

New Delhi, Mar 19: Delhiites and NCR residents are set to deal with Monday blues tomorrow with Delhi Police imposing prohibitory orders and traffic restrictions in order to prevent Jat community members from going ahead with their march to Parliament. The All India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti (AIJASS), which is spearheading the agitation demanding reservations in education and government jobs

New Delhi, Mar 19: Two Indian clerics, including the head priest of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who went missing in Pakistan, are safe and will be back in the city tomorrow, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. "I just spoke to Syed Nazim Ali Nizami in Karachi. He told me that they are safe and will be back in Delhi tomorrow," she said in a tweet. The two clerics - Syed Asif

New Delhi, Mar 19: Children who abuse their parents while staying with them in their house can be evicted from the property, the Delhi High Court has ruled. Justice Manmohan, in his ruling, specified that the house need not be self-acquired or owned by the parents. "As long as the parents have the legal possession of the property, they can evict their abusive adult children," the court said

Gandhinagar, Mar 19: The Muslim women "affected by the triple talaq practice voted for the BJP in good numbers" during the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, claimed Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad today. "In Uttar Pradesh, the women who have been affected due to the practice of triple talaq, voted for the BJP in good numbers. The state has the highest number of

Gurgaon, Mar 18: A Gurgaon court today awarded life sentence to 13 former employees of Maruti-Suzuki India Limited, who it had found guilty of murder, in connection with the violence at the automobile giant's Manesar plant in 2012 in which a senior company officer had died. Additional district and session judge RP Goyal granted life sentence to the 13 men, who had been convicted for murder by it

Dehradun, Mar 18: BJP leader Trivendra Singh Rawat was today sworn in as Uttarakhand Chief Minister. Governor K K Paul administered the oath of office and secrecy to 56-year-old Rawat, a former RSS pracharak, and nine ministers at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and other national and state party leaders. Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Madan Kaushik