Just as the income tax rate can't be levied at the whim of the executive, and needs legislative approval, the same must also hold true for the goods and services tax rate (GST), former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said here on Wednesday. ...
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that the two passenger buses and four other vehicles are feared to have been "swept away" following the collapse of a bridge in Maharashtra late on Tuesday. ...
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Wednesday shifted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here and is likely to undergo further tests for her fever and high blood pressure, doctors said....
As floods ravage eastern and northern India, agriculture in 115 districts across 15 states is "highly vulnerable" to climate change, according to a study published in the Indian Academy of Science journal Current Science....
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday extended by two weeks the term of a nine-member panel probing AAP MP Bhagwant Mann's controversial video. She also told the house that Mann had been asked not to attend the Lok Sabha till a decision was taken on the row. The extension given to the parliamentary probe committee follows a request fr...
At least two buses with about 22 passengers were washed away early on Wednesday in flood waters after a bridge collapse on the Mumbai-Goa Highway, an official said....
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Anandiben Patel as the Chief Minster of Gujarat after she offered to resign, saying she was soon going to turn 75. Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said that she had set an example for many across the country. "The party has accepted her resignation. She o...
The BJP on Wednesday said its President Amit Shah will not succeed Anandiben Patel as the next Chief Minister of Gujarat....
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump "unfit" to serve as President and lambasted Republicans for sticking with the businessman-turned-politician....
Republican Congressman Richard Hanna said on Tuesday that he will vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the November election because his party's candidate, Donald Trump, "cannot lead this country"....
