India

Jul 1: Former Finance Minister Arun JaitleyMonday said the 12 and 18 per cent tax slabs in goods and services tax (GST) could be merged going forward as revenues increase, thereby effectively making it a two-tier tax. Penning a Facebook post on the second anniversary of GST rollout, Jaitley said as many as 20 states are already showing more than a 14 per cent increase in their revenues and do not

New Delhi, Jul 1: RSS office-bearers, including its chief Mohan Bhagwat, have made their debut on microblogging site Twitter. Sources in the Sangh, however, said they are unlikely to use it as the microblogging website is not the platform where the RSS would like to engage in a dialogue with the public. Besides Bhagwat, six others, including Suresh "Bhaiyyaji" Joshi, the Sangh's general secretary

Jul 1: A Surat-bound SpiceJet Q400 aircraft overshot the runway on Sunday after landing. All passengers of flight SG-3722 on Bhopal-Surat route were deplaned normally and are safe. SpiceJet spokesperson said in its statement, "A SpiceJet Q400 aircraft flight SG-3722, on Bhopal-Surat route, overshot the runway after landing, on June 30. All passengers and the aircraft are safe.

New Delhi, Jul 1: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Monday morning leading to waterlogging and traffic congestion at multiple places. With heavy showers lashing the city throughout the night, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast intermittent to moderate rain for the next three days. Water has accumulated in many areas, making it difficult for travellers in and

New Delhi, Jun 30:The Congress on Sunday slammed the Centre over rise in fuel prices, saying the BJP is back to "fleece" the people. Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the petrol prices in Delhi on June 22 were Rs 69.93 per litre and went up to Rs 70.40 per litre on June 30, a rise of Rs 0.47 per litre. He also compared the diesel prices, saying they were at Rs 63.78 per little on

New Delhi, Jun 30: Seeking to keep itself battle-ready in situations like the one post-Balakot aerial strikes, India has signed a deal to acquire 'Strum Ataka' anti-tank missile from Russia for its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers. "The deal for acquiring 'Strum Ataka' anti-tank missiles was signed with Russia under the emergency clauses through which the missiles would be supplied within three

Indore, Jun 30: BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, who was arrested four days ago for assaulting a civic official here with a cricket bat, was released from a local jail on Sunday morning. He was released after his bail order from a court in Bhopal reached Indore. The Bhopal-based court of Additional Sessions Judge Suresh Singh on Saturday granted bail to the MLA, who is the son of BJP general secretary

New Delhi, Jun 30: India's government has cut off advertisements to at least three major newspaper groups in a move that executives and an opposition leader said was likely retaliation for unfavourable reports. Critics have said that freedom of the press has been under attack since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government first took office in 2014 and journalists have complained of intimidation

Muzaffarpur, Jun 29: Toll due to the acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) mounted to 134 in the state on Saturday. As per the official data, Shri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), which is handling the largest number of patients in the district, reported 113 deaths while there were 21 deaths at Kejriwal Hospital of the city. AES is a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms such as

Kidwai Nagar, Jun 29: A 16-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly beaten by unidentified men here for wearing a traditional skull cap and refusing to chant "Jai Shri Ram", police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday when Mohammad Taj, a resident of Barra, was returning home after offering namaz in Kidwai Nagar, the Uttar Pradesh police said. Three or four unidentified motorcyclists stopped