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GST's 17-year roller coaster ride to climax

1 July 2017 12:20 AM IST
After 17 tumultuous years, a nationwide Goods and Services Tax (GST) rolled out from midnight Friday, overhauling India's convoluted indirect taxation...

80% items in GST within 18% rate; to benefit honest people

1 July 2017 12:05 AM IST
The landmark Goods and Services Tax will not alter the prices of essentials and daily use items like salt and soaps as they have either been exempt or...

Rahul: Half-baked GST launch a self-promotional spectacle

1 July 2017 12:03 AM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday dubbed the GST implementation as a "tamasha" (gimmick) and said the tax reform measure was being rushed...

Protests in UP against GST; traders in Kanpur stop train

1 July 2017 12:02 AM IST
Traders in Uttar Pradesh staged protests against the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax on Friday, shuttering wholesale markets, and, in...

PIB launches special webpage on GST

1 July 2017 12:00 AM IST
As India roo99n the eve of the prolonged tax reform system being rolled out, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has come up with a special webpage on...

Air India: Sena mocks NDA govt; Left, TMC oppose move

30 Jun 2017 11:59 PM IST
The decision to disinvest Air India today came under attack from several parties, with NDA ally Shiv Sena mocking at the government saying it could...

One held for Jharkhand lynching; CM directs police to act fast

30 Jun 2017 11:57 PM IST
One of the 13 people accused of lynching a man in Jharkhand on Thursday has been arrested as Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday directed the police...

N K Sinha takes charge as I&B Secretary

30 Jun 2017 11:57 PM IST
Bihar cadre IAS officer (1980) Narendra Kumar Sinha took over the charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday. Sinha...

Karti seeks more time from CBI for questioning

30 Jun 2017 11:55 PM IST
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, asked by the CBI to appear before it for questioning in a corruption case, has sought...

Militants trigger IED blast, Assam Rifles personnel killed, 2 injured

30 Jun 2017 11:54 PM IST
Militants triggered an IED blast at an Assam Rifles check post in Manipur on Friday, killing an Assam Rifles personnel and injuring two paramilitary...

Rains hit normal life in north India; 3 killed in UP, Assam

30 Jun 2017 11:53 PM IST
Rains pounded several parts of north India throwing life out of gear even as two persons died in a lightning strike in Uttar Pradesh's Banda while a...

Assam film on kids raised amid violence tops Hollywood fest

30 Jun 2017 11:51 PM IST
An Assamese film about children growing up in violence-hit places and witnessing brutality around them has won a top prize at the Hollywood...
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