New Delhi: The GST Council on Tuesday decided to levy the maximum 28 per cent tax on the full face value of bets in online gaming, casinos and horse racing, lowered tax on food and beverages sold in multiplexes, and tweaked the definition of utility vehicles for the levy. The panel also exempted GST (Goods…
New Delhi: Muslim World League Secretary-General Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed various aspects of furthering interfaith harmony, peace and working towards human progress. Al-Issa, who is on an India visit, also addressed an event organised by the Khusro Foundation and the India Islamic Cultural Centre here. “PM…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday hit out at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over the latter’s taint jibe, saying it seems the former CM needs some psychiatric treatment due to the ongoing political situation in the state. Addressing his party workers in Nagpur, the home turf of Fadnavis,…
Amidst large scale violence that claimed more than 45 lives in the West Bengal panchayat polls, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won 14767 gram panchayat seats, as against the 3344 seats of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Out of a total of 341 panchayat samitis, the TMC is leading in 28 while results of the other…
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied on Tuesday tracking a positive trend in the global markets and unabated foreign fund inflows. Buying in index major Reliance Industries, Infosys and ITC also helped markets extend their previous day’s gain. The 30-share BSE Sensex advanced 273.67 points or 0.42 per cent to settle at 65,617.84….
New Delhi: The rain ebbed in some places in north India and pelted down in others on Tuesday with at least seven more people dead and hundreds stranded as raging waters gushed through villages, towns and fields – from the desert state of Rajasthan to the hills of Himachal Pradesh. State governments stepped up relief and…
Mirpur: Spinners Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma held their nerves during death overs as India pulled off a nail-biting eight-run victory over Bangladesh to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series, here on Wednesday. Off-spinner Sultana Khatun claimed a career-best 3/21 as the hosts grounded a star-studded India to a below-par 95 for…
Kathmandu: All six people, including five members of a Mexican family, were killed in a fiery crash of a private commercial helicopter near Mount Everest in eastern Nepal on Tuesday, a senior airport official said. The Manang Air NA-MV chopper took off from Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 am for Kathmandu and suddenly lost…
New Delhi: Vice chancellors or heads of five private deemed-to-be- universities, including TISS and Dayalbagh Educational Institute, will now be appointed by the central government and not their sponsoring trusts or societies, officials said. The change in appointments comes following new norms notified by the University Grants Commission (UGC) called the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be…
Greater Noida: Hosts India are expected to win a bagful of medals despite the absence of star lifters, including Mirabai Chanu, when the Commonwealth Championships get underway here on Wednesday. The Commonwealth tournaments — Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Championships — are a happy hunting ground for Indian weightlifters, who make the most of the absence…
