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Mobile phones may get cheaper as GST Council mulls tax cut
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council may consider reducing the 18 per cent tax on mobile phones at its September 12 meeting. The proposed rate cut comes amid a slowdown in…
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India provides 68.5 tonnes of relief to flood-hit Nepal
Kathmandu: India has provided 68.5 tonnes of relief materials to flood-hit Nepal and sent technical teams, forensic experts and equipment to assist in search and rescue operations, the Indian embassy said. India…
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India emerges as key petrol supplier to Russia
New Delhi: India has emerged as a key supplier of gasoline (petrol) to Russia amid a surge in Russian fuel imports triggered by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, ship tracking data showed.…
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Make India drug-free: PM Modi appeals to citizens
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, August 30, appealed to citizens to unite against drug abuse and build a stronger future for the youth, noting that addiction engulfs not just…
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Why not in India: Opposition questions Bhagwat’s comments in NYC
Hyderabad: Mohan Bhagwat’s speech in New York City has triggered a row, with Opposition parties calling him hypocritical, while others questioned why such remarks were made in the US and not in…
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Right to question is not defiance: SC judges on NALSAR row
New Delhi: Supreme Court judges Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice BV Nagarathna have both used addresses at the National Law University, Delhi, to weigh in on the fallout from the recent row over…
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Mumbai library restores rare Urdu translations of Hindu scriptures
Mumbai: Inside a century-old building overlooking the bustling streets of south Mumbai, a quiet effort is underway to save rare Persian and Urdu translations of Indian scriptures — the last remnants of…
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Punjab: AAP leader Gurpreet Gopi shot dead in Ferozepur
Ferozepur: AAP leader Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi was shot dead by four armed assailants in this district, with police on Sunday saying the killing was linked to an election-related dispute. The four…
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What India’s Left and Right have in common: Criticising Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas are contested in India today as rarely before, in the country he led to independence on August 15, 1947, and where he was shot dead on January 30, 1948.…
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Tea break saves five friends as Nepal floods unleash fury
Raipur: But for a casual tea break, five friends from Chhattisgarh might have been swept away in the flash floods that tore through Nepal’s Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river valleys. Their brief…
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Nagendra exit opens Karnataka Cabinet race, Congress weighs picks
Bengaluru: The resignation of B Nagendra from Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s Cabinet has triggered intense lobbying within the Congress for the vacant ministerial berth, with the party leadership facing a tricky…
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Death toll in Nepal floods mounts to 788, over 2,500 missing
Kathmandu: The death toll from the August 26 flash floods surged to 788 on Sunday, August 30, while more than 2,500 remain missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management…
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Hindu who wants no Muslims in Bharat is no Hindu: Bhagwat in US
New York: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday, August 29, said if any Hindu thinks that there should be no Muslims in Bharat, he will not remain a Hindu.…
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Hindutva groups allege religious conversion at Hyderabad firm
Hyderabad: Members from some Hindutva groups recently barged into a corporate office in Madhapur, alleging that a female employee was being forced to convert to get a promotion. Though it is not…
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Eviction threat: Slum dwellers near PM’s home meet Rahul
New Delhi: People from three slum clusters near the Prime Minister’s residence on Saturday, August 29, met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi seeking his intervention against their proposed…
