New Delhi: The BJP Thursday slammed the Congress for accusing Home Minister Amit Shah of breaking Opposition parties, saying the "so-called" INDIA bloc is disintegrating on its own due to its "deeds and incompetence of its leadership". The BJP's response came after Congress general secretary...
New Delhi: In a significant step towards enhancing taxpayer services and promoting voluntary tax compliance, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has enabled the display of information relating to foreign assets and income received under the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) framework in the...
Miami: The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits, including food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as "public charge," appeared Thursday in the Federal Register and will be formally published July...
New Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal met climate activist Sonam Wangchuk at the Jantar Mantar Thursday and expressed solidarity with his protest against alleged paper leaks, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Addressing the protest, Kejriwal said the Centre should listen...
Kathmandu: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has identified the Nepal-India digital payment corridor as a major untapped opportunity that could significantly improve trade, tourism, and remittance flows between the two neighbouring countries. In its report 'Advancing Digital Payments in Nepal: Infrastructure Upgrades and Policy Development...
Srinagar: Politics must have room for compassion, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Thursday, as he called out the Centre for not approaching activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 19 days. Abdullah noted that the activist has only...
Dubai: The United States intensified its strikes on Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting US...
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Rukmini Mallick Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha, the fourth TMC MP to do so ever since the Mamata Banerjee-led party was ousted from power in West Bengal. Mallick met the Rajya Sabha chairman and tendered her resignation. I do...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday voiced concern over the introduction of a third language in Class IX under the CBSE curriculum, observing it would increase the stress level of students and suggesting it be introduced in Class V or Class VI so that students...
New Delhi: The government will introduce a course in engineering biology, the first of its kind in India, Union minister Jitendra Singh said Thursday. Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Science & Technology, further said that even IITs and IISc have...
As Parliament prepares to convene for the Monsoon Session on Monday, 20 July, the Modi government stands accused of shrinking...
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By Aakar Patel A few thoughts on the Cockroach Janata Party’s protest come to mind. The hunger strike by activists,...
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Governments are quick to invoke the rule of law but are less good at living by it. The Department of...
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With the retail inflation in India climbing to 4.38 per cent, tell tale signs of the global economic crisis have...
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