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Cong wants rollback of GST on LPG

4 July 2017 10:39 PM IST
The Congress on Tuesday demanded that the five per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on domestic cooking gas (LPG) cylinder be removed as...

Celebrate I-day on Aug 15, not Aug 14: Govt to start campaign

4 July 2017 10:38 PM IST
The government is planning a public campaign to encourage people to celebrate Independence Day on August 15 and not the day before, as is the practice...

Things are moving, in eight missing diamonds case: SC

4 July 2017 10:36 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the "things are moving" in the case of eight missing diamonds which were a part of the treausre of...

Shah begins BJP's Mission Odisha from BJD citadel

4 July 2017 10:35 PM IST
Eyeing two-third majority in 2019 Assembly election, BJP chief Amit Shah chose the costal districts of Odisha, where the saffron base is comparatively...

Sena says lynching in the name of cow protection against Hindutva

4 July 2017 10:33 PM IST
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said lynching people in the name of cow protection was against Hindutva and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come...

Lok Sabha Speaker orders probe into MP's defection

4 July 2017 10:32 PM IST
Following disqualification request by YSR Congress leader Mekhapati Rajamohon Reddy against their Parliamentary party member Kothapathy Geetha...

Is the government planning to abolish tribunals, asks SC

4 July 2017 10:31 PM IST
The proposed bid to slash the number of tribunals on Tuesday caught the attention of the Supreme Court which cited media reports and asked whether the...

Encounter killings: SC asks states to reply to NHRC plea

4 July 2017 10:30 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed various states to file their replies on a plea of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction...

Rijiju escapes unhurt as chopper makes emergency landing

4 July 2017 10:29 PM IST
Union minister Kiren Rijiju escaped unhurt when his chopper made an emergency landing on a small field due to bad weather here on Tuesday. The Mi-17...

Education in India is a commercial commodity: G Madhavan Nair

4 July 2017 10:29 PM IST
Rather than imparting knowledge, education in India has become a "commercial commodity", rued eminent scientist G Madhavan Nair, who also spoke out...

CIC orders MHA to respond to RTI query on Sonia Gandhi's citizenship

4 July 2017 10:28 PM IST
The Central Information Commission has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to respond to an RTI applicant seeking details of Sonia Gandhi's...

Law panel wants marriage registration to be compulsory to prevent fraud

4 July 2017 9:27 PM IST
Batting for making registration of marriages compulsory, the Law Commission Tuesday said this will help prevent "marriage fraud" and protect women...
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