New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to present the Centres proposal for rationalising goods-and-services-tax (GST) rates before a Group of Ministers (GoM) at a two-day meeting
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Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) After the Pong dam, floodgates of the Bhakra dam were opened on Tuesday for the first time in this season after heavy rains in catchment areas had alarmingly increased the water level
New Delhi, August 19 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after passing the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025, through a voice vote, without any discussion.The Bill, which seeks t
New Delhi, August 19 (IANS) Former Supreme Court Judge B. Sudershan Reddy was on Tuesday declared as the united Opposition parties candidate for the Vice-Presidential election scheduled on September 9 -- an exe
New Delhi, August 19 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said he is "heartened" to see the stabilisation of India-China ties and peace along the borders, stressing that Beijing attaches "great im
Patna, August 19 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday made a strong pitch in support of his bade bhai (elder brother) and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, during the ongoing Voter A
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS) Emphasising that it is essential that the process of de-escalation moves forward, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday said that the basis for any momentum in Indi
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan, who has been announced as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the upcoming Vice P
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS): The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday, after repeated disruptions by Opposition members prevented a scheduled special discussion on Group Captain Shubhanshu Shuklas hist
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS): The political temperature in the country rose sharply on Sunday after the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued an ultimatum to the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha,
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS): The number of higher education institutes (HEIs) in the QS World University Rankings (QS-WUR) has doubled in the last five years -- rising from 27 in 2021 to 54 in 2026, the governm
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS): There is no proposal to impose transaction charges on unified payments interface (UPI) based digital payments, the government reiterated on Monday.Unified Payment Interface (UPI) tr
Mumbai, August 18 (IANS):US broking firm Jefferies has recommended its clients to purchase Indian stocks rather than sell them, as US President Donald Trump's tariff policies are bound to take a U-turn, a repor
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will begin his two-day visit to India on Monday, where he will hold crucial bilateral meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar.Howe
Mumbai, August 18 (IANS) BJP allies Shiv Sena and NCP have extended their support to the nomination of Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan as the NDA candidate for the upcoming Vice Presidents election.Shiv
New Delhi, August 17 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday announced Maharashtra Governor Chandrapuram Ponnuswamy Radhakrishnan as the National Democratic Alliances (NDA) candidate for the Vice-Presidential election, after
Bhopal, August 17 (IANS) The Union Government will soon launch a nationwide campaign to crack down on fake and harmful agricultural inputs, including spurious pesticides, fertilisers, and seeds. This deci
New Delhi, August 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the country's citizens will receive a double bonus during Diwali this year through the next generation GST reform that is being plann
New Delhi, August 17 (IANS) Sticking to its firm stand of protecting the privacy of voters, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday refused to release machine-readable voter list – a demand repeatedl
Patna, August 17 (IANS) As the INDIA bloc's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' began from Bihar's Sasaram on Sunday, the Congress declared that the campaign would strengthen the struggle to safeguard democracy and the Const
