New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday termed the BJP government’s eight tax rates under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime “stupid idea” saying “filing GST returns has been…
By Lalit K Jha Washington, Dec 21 (PTI) US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will retire “with distinction” at the end of February, President Donald Trump has said, amid indications that the two had differences over…
By Lalit K Jha Washington, Dec 20 (PTI) US President Donald Trump Thursday refused to sign the Senate’s stopgap spending bill as it lacks funding provisions for border security, including his long-desired wall along the…
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra and her singer husband Nick Jonas hosted their third wedding reception in Mumbai on Thursday. The newlyweds partied with some of the top Bollywood stars at Taj Lands…
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave conditional permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rath Yatra rallies, saying the organisers will be liable for any untoward incident or damage to public…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday confirmed the death penalty awarded by a lower court to Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap, convicted of the sensational 2014 rape-cum-murder of an Andhra Pradesh techie, Esther…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Consumer Protection Bill 2018 was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday amid slogan shouting by the Opposition. Moving the Bill for its passage, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) In a jolt to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, its former ally in Bihar, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), which quit the NDA 10 days ago, joined…
Colombo, Dec 20 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena unveiled a new Cabinet on Thursday, days after Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated as Prime Minister in a move that ended a nearly two-month-long political impasse that…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Calling the Goods and Services Tax (GST) “Gabbar Singh Tax” again, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said his party has “jolted” Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue and…
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) When it comes to quitting Facebook, users will need $1,000 (nearly Rs 70,000) on average to deactivate their accounts for one year, say researchers who performed real-life auctions to get…
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Movie actor-cum-producer Vishal on Thursday was detained by police here for trying to break into the Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council (TNFPC) office which was locked by one faction of the…
Bhopal, Dec 20 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has hinted at an “earlier than expected comeback” to power in the state as the Kamal Nath-led Congress government may not last its…
Washington, Dec 20 (AFP) President Donald Trump said it was time for US troops to come home from Syria, after years of battling the Islamic State group in the war-wracked country. “We won,” Trump said…
Washington, Dec 19 (AFP) The US central bank raised the benchmark borrowing rate on Wednesday but gave the clearest sign to date that it will go slow on additional increases as it watches the economy….
Hyderabad, Dec 19 (IANS) A mother and her son died from suffocation due to the smoke from a charcoal fire they had lit at home to keep themselves warm on Wednesday, police said. The incident…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Former Union Minister and TDP MP Y. S. Chowdary on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the Enforcement Directorate officials have treated him with indignity and denied him to…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) MP and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha on Wednesday said TRS is working to form a federal front for the 2019 Lok…
Los Angeles, Dec 19 (IANS) Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has unveiled a prototype of high-speed tunnel system to transport passengers in cabins or carry them in their own vehicles using car elevators –…
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday categorically said that the ruling NDA will fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “No…