External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the King of Saudi Arabia has given instructions to help the thousands of Indian workers stuck in the Gulf kingdom, including giving them free passage back home. The Saudi King has instructed his officials to resolve the crisis faced by Indians, the minister said in identical suo mot...
The AAP on Thursday announced its first list of 19 candidates for Punjab's upcoming assembly elections, among the prominent faces being noted lawyer H.S. Phoolka. Phoolka will contest from Dakha constituency in Ludhiana district while fellow lawyer Himmat Singh Shergill will be a candidate from SAS Nagar Mohali, the Aam Aadmi Party said. Among the o...
A Hawk advanced jet trainer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Midnapore district in West Bengal shortly after taking off from an air base. Both pilots ejected safely following the crash around 11 a.m., officials said. The jet had taken off from the Kalaikunda base. The IAF has ordered a Board of Inquiry into the crash. ...
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday emphasised on mutual cooperation among the Saarc countries as key for regional progress. Addressing the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) interior ministers meeting here, Sharif said that the South Asian region is blessed with resources. He stressed that the regio...
Delhi Metro services were disrupted on Thursday afternoon following a major power failure, an official said. Curtailed power supply hit both the busy Yellow Line and Blue Line, a spokesman for Delhi Metro said. The official said power supply was not available from Delhi Transco Ltd due to which the major metro stations at Subhash Nagar, Dwarka, Chhatarpur and De...
A day after the unanimous passage of the Goods and Services Tax bill by the Rajya Sabha, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Thursday said April 1, 2017 will be the target date for the roll-out of this pan-India indirect tax regime. Making a presentation before the media here, Adhia said the government hoped that all the required bills co...
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence on Wednesday distanced himself from Donald Trump and expressed his "strong" support for House Speaker Paul Ryan, who is running for re-election to his Wisconsin congressional seat....
India moved a major step closer towards a unified goods and services tax regime across the country, with the upper house of Parliament passing the relevant Constitution amendment bill on Wednesday, in what is seen as the most radical indirect tax reform since independence....
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the relevant Constitution amendment bill to pave the way for the introduction of a pan-India Goods and Services Tax regime. ...
The Supreme Court has expressed its disquiet over the closure report filed in 315 cases in the 2008 Kandhamal anti-Christian violence, while directing the Odisha government to look into these cases afresh and ordering additional compensation for deaths/injuries and damaged property....
