New Delhi: As many as 2,784 cases of GST evasion involving Rs 14,302 crore were detected in the first two months of the current fiscal, while Rs 5,716 crore was recovered during the period, Parliament was informed on Monday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in the Lok Sabha gave details of Goods and…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Monday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 6 crore belonging to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s family — his wife Rabri Devi, daughter Misa Bharti and linked companies — as part of its money laundering investigation against them in an alleged land-for-railway jobs scam. A provisional order under…
New Delhi: With the opposition refusing to join a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the Manipur situation, the BJP on Monday slammed its demand for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement as a case of “shifting goalposts” and noted that its members have frequently disturbed him when he has spoken in Parliament in the past. It is…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday termed as “horrendous” the video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur and sought information about steps taken so far in the FIRs lodged, saying now it will not want the state police to probe the matter as they virtually handed over the women to the rioting mob….
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday accused the opposition of running away from a debate in Parliament on the ethnic violence in Manipur and wondered what was the use of getting elected if they wanted to raise issues on the streets. Thakur’s remarks come against the backdrop of an impasse in Parliament since the…
Well, the 21 members of Parliament (MPs) of the multi-party Opposition delegation has visited the strife-torn north-eastern state of Manipur. Despite a mild criticism from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, MPs of the 16 Opposition parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc completed their two-day visit,…
Peshawar: A powerful blast triggered by a suicide bomber killed at least 44 people and injured nearly 100 others on Sunday at a rally of a hardline Islamic party in a restive tribal district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place at 4 pm at the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers’ convention…
Guwahati: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday expressed concern over what he termed were “coordinated and designed disruptions” of the House and said registering dissent in such a manner lowers the dignity of Parliament. He said every serious issue should be discussed in state assemblies and Parliament, and there should be no disruption as people…
New Delhi: “Uncertainty and fear” are looming large in Manipur with the Centre and the state government not taking any strong steps to deal with the “very serious” situation there, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged on Sunday after a delegation of opposition alliance returned from the violence-hit state following a two-day visit. Opposition INDIA…
Mumbai: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last year, can return to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) any time. Talking to PTI, Athawale said Nitish Kumar was part of the NDA earlier and despite the BJP getting more seats in…
