Days after the Home Ministry set up a high-level committee to ensure implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord, four members of the panel refused to join the nine-member panel....
Virtually ally-less in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the BJP's doors were open for an alliance in the state in the coming Lok Sabha elections. ...
In a major relief for MSMEs and small businesses, the GST Council on Thursday doubled the exemption threshold from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh and raised the limit for availing the composition scheme to Rs 1.5 crore from the present level of Rs. one crore....
A day after he resumed duties, CBI Director Alok Verma was on Thursday unceremoniously removed from the post after a 2-1 decision by the high-level Selection Committee, a decision that came under attack from the opposition and legal experts. ...
Continuing with the trend of trusting the old guard, the Congress on Thursday appointed former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as the new President of Delhi Congress....
Heavy firing exchanges took place on Thursday between Indian and Pakistan troopers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, defence sources said. "Our positions are effectively retaliating. Firing exchanges were continuing," the sources said....
In a relief to former Haryana Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed the report of the Justice Dhingra Commission of Inquiry into the land scam in Gurugram. A division bench, which saw the sealed copy of the report, said that the ...
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday sought an explanation from Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his "extremely misogynistic" remarks against Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While addressing a rally in Jaipur on Wednesday, Gandhi said that Prime ...
Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said the decision to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education to upper castes will help the NDA in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Paswan told the media that providing quota to the economically weaker section...
Days after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) extended support to Kannada actor Prakash Raj for deciding to contest the Lok Sabha election as an independent candidate, he met AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Thursday. At the meeting held at Kejriwal's residence, the two discussed a number of ...
