New Delhi: A day before reduced GST rates come into effect, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong pitch for promoting ‘swadeshi’ goods and asserted that the next generation GST reforms will accelerate India’s growth story, increase ease of doing business and attract more investors. In his address to the nation, Modi said…
Mumbai: Former Delhi cricketer Mithun Manhas is poised to become the next president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), emerging as the unanimous choice with no challengers filing nomination papers before the deadline on Saturday. The elections for the board’s new office-bearers will be held at the Annual General Meeting (AGM)…
Kochi: “Cinema today has no boundaries–it has become pan-Indian,” said Malayalam superstar Mohanlal as he dedicated the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest cinematic honour, to Indian cinema and its audience. A day after being named the recipient of the country’s highest recognition in the field of cinema for 2023, the actor recalled that when he…
Itanagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, during which he will unveil infrastructure projects worth nearly Rs 5,000 crore. The PM is scheduled to arrive at the Donyi Polo Airport in Hollongi around 9 am, after which he will fly to the Raj Bhavan in Itanagar on a helicopter, officials said….
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s ‘X’ handle was found to be hacked on Sunday, with hackers posting images of flags of Pakistan and Turkey, an official said. The hackers live-streamed images with photographs of the two Islamic countries on a day when India and Pakistan are set to play their second game in…
Ranchi: Agitators from the Kurmi community, who launched a railway blockade in Jharkhand demanding ST status and inclusion of their Kurmali language in the Eighth Schedule, on Sunday withdrew the stir from all but two stations following the Centre’s assurance of a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the matter. The agitation…
New Delhi: As political temperatures rise in Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has reignited the debate over electoral malpractice by sharing a controversial video from the 1990s that allegedly exposes booth capturing under the Lalu Yadav-led RJD government. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Rijiju posted a video…
Mirzapur/Gonda (UP): BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ministers at the Centre and in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Saturday criticised Rahul Gandhi, calling him irresponsible in the wake of his vote-theft charge. Apna Dal (S) chief and Union Minister Anupriya Patel, during a visit to her constituency, Mirzapur, said that Rahul Gandhi is a senior…
Wayanad(Kerala): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that democratic spaces are being shut down across the country, denying people places to have open discussions with each other. Rahul, also the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, was speaking after inaugurating, along with his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, an auditorium in…
New York/Washington: The H-1B visa fee of USD 100,000 would apply only to new applicants, a White House official clarified on Saturday. The clarification came a day after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation raising the fee on the visas used by companies to hire workers, including from India, to live and work in the…
