Karnataka

Belagavi, Jul 1: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday challenged BJP leaders to a debate on what the Union government had achieved in three years in office and he was ready for a similar debate on the four-year Congress rule in Karnataka. Addressing a convention of Congress party workers at Athani town in Belagavi district, Siddaramaiah insisted that he had fulfilled all the promises he had made

New Delhi, Jul 1: Prices of popular cars and motorcycles & scooters come down from Saturday as the GST regime kicks in, even though hybrids and bigger bikes with engines above 350cc become dearer. The GST rates will bring in tax parity across the country and will lead to a regime of 'one nation, one tax', say auto makers. One of the biggest benefit will be flowing in for people living in Mumbai

New Delhi, Jul 1: Sixteen years in the making, India rolls out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, 2017. The Narendra Modi-led government inaugurated the new indirect tax at the stroke of midnight of June 30 in Parliament. What is GST? The GST is meant to be a unified indirect tax across the country on products and services. In the current system, tax is levied at each stage separately

New Delhi, Jul 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, to be implemented from Saturday, as a ‘Good and Simple Tax’ and said its introduction was not just a tax or economic reform, but a social reform that would nudge people on the path to honesty and benefit the poor the most. Speaking at a special function at Parliament’s Central Hall, where President

Belagavi, Jun 30: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said his party was not opposed to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), but against its usage as a "propaganda tool". Stating that after independence, only three mid-night events have been organised in the Parliament's central hall, i.e. when India got freedom, to celebrate 25 years of independence and thirdly, to mark 50 years of

Udupi, Jun 30: Sri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji, the chief pontiff of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt has brushed aside the demand of fringe groups like Sri Ram Sena that he should apologize for revealing the fact that many Hindus also consume beef in India. Several Hindutva hardliners including SRS chief Pramod Muthalik had slammed the senior pontiff and asked him to withdraw his statement which exposed the

Kasaragod, Jun 30: Kerala State Police Chief (SPC) T. P. Senkumar on Friday admitted that there were “criminals” in the police department and he had tried to curb their illegal activities. In a candid farewell speech at the police parade ground in Thiruvananthapuram, the outgoing police chief said the percentage of law breakers in uniform was higher in the top echelons of the force than the

New Delhi, Jun 30: Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today dubbed incidents of lynchings in the country as "barbaric" and said they should not be seen from a religious angle. Law enforcement agencies at the district and the state level must take effective steps to prevent such incidents in future, the minister said, a day after a man was killed in Jharkhand for allegedly transporting beef. "It has

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 30: Congress MLA K S Sabarinathan today tied the knot with IAS officer Divya S Iyer at a temple in Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu this morning. The low-key ceremony was attended by close relatives and friends of the bride and groom. The marriage between Sabarinathan, an engineering graduate and Sub-Collector Divya, a medical doctor, has hit headlines since

Patna, Jun 30: A picture of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh urinating in public has gone viral on social media, with trolls mocking the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid much fanfare. Mr Singh is a fourth-term MP from Motihari in the East Champaran district of Bihar. In the picture, he is seen urinating in