Mumbai, July 14: Maharashtra government has decided to reduce value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3 per litre respectively, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said here on Thursday. Shinde informed reporters after a cabinet meeting at Mantralaya that the decision would entail a burden of Rs 6,000 crore on […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 13: India and China are likely to hold the 16th round of high-level military talks on July 17 to resolve the issues in remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The last round of talks between the Indian Army […]Continue Reading
New Delhi,July 12: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till further orders the interim bail of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case lodged against him in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, […]Continue Reading
Srinagar, July 12: The Amarnath Yatra resumed on the Baltal route in Ganderbal district on Tuesday after a four-day suspension following flash floods that claimed 15 lives and left several injured, officials said. They said a fresh batch of the pilgrims left the Baltal base camp early morning for the cave shrine. Flash floods near […]Continue Reading
New Delhi, July 11: The Supreme Court on Monday awarded four-month sentence to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya in a contempt case. Observing that it must impose adequate punishment upon the contemnor in order to maintain the majesty of law, a bench headed by Justice U U Lalit also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on […]Continue Reading
Chandigarh, July 7: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will get married at a private ceremony here on Thursday. Mann (48), will be tying the knot with Dr Gurpreet Kaur, who belongs to Pehowa in Haryana’s Kurukshetra. It will be Mann’s second marriage. He had separated from his first wife in 2015 and has two children […]Continue Reading
KAKINADA,JULY 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the freedom struggle against the British was waged by the entire society under the leadership of great leaders like Alluri Sitarama Raju and cannot be credited to few people or families. He also called upon people to transform India into a land that reflected the […]Continue Reading
Mumbai,July 5: Mumbai and its adjoining areas witnessed heavy downpour on Tuesday morning, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next 24 hours, with a possibility of very heavy showers at isolated places, civic officials said. The island city received an average 95.81 […]Continue Reading
Shimla, July 4 : Sixteen passengers, including some school children, were killed as a private bus fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Monday, district officials said. The bus was on its way to Sainj from Shainsher when it fell into the gorge at a hairpin bend near Jangla village at around […]Continue Reading
New Delhi, July 2: A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after passengers claimed smoke in the plane. According to SpiceJet Spokesperson, smoke was detected inside the plane when the aircraft was passing 5000 ft. The SG-2862 flight which took off from Delhi at 6:15 am for Jabalpur, landed back […]Continue Reading
