Following presidential assent last week to the GST Bill, the Union Finance Ministry on Monday notified the provisions of the Constitution Amendment Act that allows for setting up the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council. “The Central Government hereby appoints the 12th day of September, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of section […]
As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence cooperation, a joint military training exercise, ‘Yudh Abhyas 2016’ is set to be conducted in Uttarakhand from September 14 to 27, a military official said on Monday. The exercise in Chaubattia was being conducted by the headquarter Central Command. “It is a series of one of the longest […]
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit off Jhajjar in Haryana on Saturday, the India Meteorological department (IMD) said. The quake occurred at 8.57 p.m. with a depth of 10 km, IMD said. The tremors were felt in Delhi and National Capital Region.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will come to India on a two-day visit on September 14 during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was announced on Saturday. “The President will hold discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will also host a lunch in honour of the visiting dignitary,” the External […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue with its investigation into the gangrape of a minor girl and her mother on the national highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr and complete it expeditiously. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice C. Nagappan asked the CBI to continue with […]
The supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit the Central and the Jammu and Kashmir government from funding separatist groups and their leaders who were spearheading the anti-India agitation in the state. Addressing the bench of Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice L. Nageswara Rao in a mentioning, PIL petitioner, advocate […]
Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday sought feedback from the athletes, who participated in the recently-concluded Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, to review and work on improving India’s performance in upcoming competitions. Goel also wrote to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the various National Sports Federations (NSF), to conduct a review of Indian athletes’ […]
Opposition parties — the Congress, the AAP and CPI-M — on Thursday slammed the surge pricing in railway fares on premium trains and demanded its rollback. The Congress termed the government decision as “Tughlaqi farmaan” and the Communist Party of India-Marxist said it showed the government’s “pro-rich bias”. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also denounced […]
In a first, a Special Court on Thursday awarded the death penalty to Delhi resident Ankur Narayanlal Panwar for a fatal acid attack his neighbour Preeti Rathi as she stepped off a train here in May 2013. Special Women’s Court Special Judge A.S. Shende had on Tuesday found Panwar guilty of hurling sulphuric acid at […]
A Delhi court on Wednesday took cognisance of an ED chargesheet against LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a disproportionate assets case against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, observing it had territorial jurisdiction to entertain the matter. Special Judge Vinod Kumar also directed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheet and other documents be supplied to […]