India

New Delhi, Sep 1: Banking details of Indians with accounts in Switzerland will be available to tax authorities here from Sunday as the automatic exchange of information regime kicks off between the two countries. The move, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said, is a significant step in the government's fight against black money and the era of "Swiss bank secrecy" will finally be over from

New Delhi, Sep 1: India and Pakistan on Sunday had a heated exchange during the South Asian Speakers' Summit in the Maldives after the Pakistani side tried to raise the issue of abrogation of Article 370 provisions on Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani representative referred to the Kashmir issue after which a point of order was raised by India and a strong rebuttal was given by Rajya Sabha Deputy

Kolkata, Sep 1: Iterating that the Centre must ensure no genuine Indians are left out of the NRC, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she was "shocked" to find out that one lakh people of the Gorkha community have been excluded from the list. The TMC supremo insisted that "justice should be meted out to all Indian brothers and sisters". "Earlier I was not aware of the full

Mumbai, Sep 1: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday termed lynching an "inhuman" act and called for stern action against perpetrators of such crimes. Talking to reporters in Latur district during his ongoing 'Mahajanadesh Yatra', Fadnavis also said he is a "Hindutvawadi" person but with a scientific mindset. Several incidents of mob fury have come to light from various places

Chennai, Sep 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday allayed fears of job losses following the proposed merger of public sector banks, saying not even one employee shall be removed following the amalgamation. "Absolutely, ill-informed. I want to assure every union in every one of these banks to please recall what I have said last Friday. When we spoke about the amalgamation of banks I

New Delhi, Sep 1: Nearly 19 lakh people from Assam were excluded Saturday from a final citizenship list that is intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants, amid fears they could be rendered stateless. A total of 3.1 crore people were included on the list, leaving out 1.9 lakh, according to a statement from the Assam government. Critics have viewed the exercise as an

Silvassa, Sept 1: Attacking the Congress, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that it should be "ashamed" that its leader Rahul Gandhi's statement was used by Pakistan in its petition to the UN on Kashmir. At a public meeting, Shah, also the BJP president, said people have supported the Narendra Modi government's move to nullify Article 370 but some, he added in a swipe at Gandhi, are still

New Delhi, Sept 1: In a reshuffle on Sunday, President Ram Nath Kovind announced new governors for five states in the country. Kalraj Mishra has been transferred from Himachal Pradesh to Rajasthan, where he replaces Kalyan Singh as the new Governor. Bandaru Dattatreya replaces Mishra in Himachal Pradesh. Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed the new Governor of Maharashtra shunting out

Kolkata, Sept 1: Union Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani, said that her win from Amethi became possible because she did not treat the citizens as her vote bank. "When people go without food and you as a political leader stand on their shoulder and become the prime minister, that is not an aspect I take comfort in. Possibly because in five years I did not treat

New Delhi, Sept 1: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the state of the economy was "deeply worrying" and that "all-round mismanagement" by the Modi government has resulted in this slowdown. In a statement, he said the last quarter GDP growth rate of 5 per cent signals that "we are in midst of a prolonged slowdown". The Congress leader said India has the potential to grow at a much