New Delhi: GST Network Tuesday said beginning early next year, GST taxpayers will not be able to file monthly and annual GST returns after three years of the original filing due date. In an advisory, Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) said GST outward supply returns, besides returns related to payment of liability, annual returns and tax...

Dubai: Israel's attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space programme, satellite images analysed by The Associated Press Tuesday showed. The damage at the base in Shahroud raises new questions about Israel's attack early Saturday, particularly as it took...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Tuesday rejected allegations levelled by the Congress over irregularities in the just-held Haryana Assembly polls, saying the party was raising "the smoke of a generic doubt" about the credibility of an entire electoral outcome like it did in the past. "This is least expected of a national political party. The commission appreciates...

Jammu: Security forces Tuesday morning gunned down two terrorists holed up in a forest area near a village in the Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of militants killed in the 27-hour gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) to three, officials said. One of the three terrorists who fired at an ambulance that...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of three health projects in Odisha. The Prime Minister inaugurated the Central Drugs Testing Laboratory at Gothapatna in Bhubaneswar and a 50-bed critical care block at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Bargarh. He also laid the foundation stone for the Central Research Institute...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday launched development projects worth nearly Rs 12,850 crore and extended his government's flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above. The major push in the health sector was unveiled on the occasion of the ninth Ayurveda Day and the birth anniversary of Dhanvantari,...

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday levelled fresh conflict of interest charges against SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch, with Rahul Gandhi claiming a "Monopoly Bachao Syndicate" was at work, at the core of which was a "dangerous nexus" among the Adani Group, key regulatory bodies, and the BJP. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of...

Beijing: In a major setback to China's BRI, Brazil has decided against joining Beijing's multi-billion-dollar initiative becoming the second country after India in the BRICS bloc not to endorse the mega project. Brazil, headed by President Lula da Silva, will not join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and instead seek alternative ways to collaborate with Chinese...

Nagpur: Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur have identified a 35-year-old man from Gondia in the state as the person behind a spate of hoax bomb threats that triggered panic, caused flight delays and led to increased security at airports and other establishments, an official said. The Nagpur city police's special branch has identified the man as Jagdish Uikey,...

New Delhi: Gold price rose by Rs 300 to Rs 81,400 per 10 grams, near its record high level, in the national capital Tuesday due to heavy demand for Dhanteras by jewellers and retailers, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Silver increased by Rs 200 to Rs 99,700 per kg on rising demand by industrial units...