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GJM-sponsored shutdown of govt offices begin in Darjeeling

India June 12, 2017 at 11:24 am 0 comments

Darjeeling (WB), June 12 As many as eight suspected Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists were detained on Monday for indulging in arson as a GJM-sponsored shutdown of government offices began this morning. The hill station of Darjeeling wore a deserted look as the shutdown began amid tight security. Several hotelsRead More

GST for 66 items cut, relief for SMEs

GST for 66 items cut, relief for SMEs

India June 12, 2017 at 11:24 am 0 comments

New Delhi, Tax rates for 66 items, including kitchen staples like pickles, under the ensuing GST regime were today slashed to meet demands from various quarters. Within weeks of the all-powerful GST Council categorising over 1,200 items into one of the 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent tax slabs,Read More

‘Chor, chor’ greets Mallya at Oval

‘Chor, chor’ greets Mallya at Oval

India June 12, 2017 at 11:23 am 0 comments

London,  No prophet is recognised in his hometown, the saying goes. Vijay Mallya, the prophet of high life, would vouch for the accuracy of this adage. After being spotted in the earlier matches in this tournament, he’d vowed that he’d go to every India game to “support” the team. ButRead More

Fuel prices to change daily from June 16

Fuel prices to change daily from June 16

India June 9, 2017 at 4:09 am 0 comments

New Delhi, Come June 16 and petrol as well as diesel prices across the country will be revised on a daily basis in sync with international rates as happens in most advanced markets. After the successful pilot in five cities, state-owned oil companies will from June 16 revise rates onRead More

Modi, Sharif exchange greetings

India June 9, 2017 at 4:07 am 0 comments

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif exchanged greetings in Kazakhstan capital Astana today. The two leaders, who travelled to Astana to attend the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet that opened today, met in the leaders’ lounge at the Astana Opera in the eveningRead More

Digital ID to be must for air ticket bookings

Digital ID to be must for air ticket bookings

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines June 9, 2017 at 4:06 am 0 comments

New Delhi, In the next three to four months, air travellers in the country will have to mandatorily provide a unique identification (UID) like an Aadhaar card, passport or PAN at the time of booking tickets. The government has constituted a technical committee that will prepare a white paper on thisRead More

Govt struggles to restore calm in MP

Govt struggles to restore calm in MP

India June 9, 2017 at 4:06 am 0 comments

Mandsaur (MP),  Anti-riot police personnel today moved into violence-hit areas of Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district, two days after the police shot dead five protesting farmers, even as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s attempt to meet the families of the deceased raised political temperature in the state. The government, struggling to restoreRead More

Saharanpur violence accused held from HP

India June 9, 2017 at 4:05 am 0 comments

Dharamsala/Lucknow, The main accused in the Saharanpur caste violence and Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar, alias Ravan, was today arrested from Dalhousie in Chamba district in a joint operation of the UP Special Task Force and the Himachal Pradesh Police. Chandrashekhar, a 30-year-old Dalit rights activist, who had been absconding sinceRead More

Army out in Darjeeling after GJM, police clash

India June 9, 2017 at 4:04 am 0 comments

Kolkata, The Army has been called in after thousands of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters held violent protests outside the Raj Bhavan in the hill town where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a Cabinet meeting today. Kolkata-based Ministry of Defence PRO Wing Commander SS Birdi said two columns of theRead More

Curfew continues in MP’s Mandsaur; farmers say eight killed

Curfew continues in MP’s Mandsaur; farmers say eight killed

India June 7, 2017 at 10:46 am 0 comments

Mandsaur/Indore, June 7 Hundreds of angry farmers on Wednesday blockaded roads and attacked two top officials at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh as their leaders claimed that eight people died in police firing a day earlier. Mandsaur District Magistrate Swatantra Kumar Singh and Indore Superintendent of Police OP Tripathi were roughedRead More