No violation by govt in allowing early release to Sanjay Dutt: HC
February 01, 2018 The Bombay high court today said it had not found any violation on part of the state in allowing actor Sanjay Dutt to walk out of jail eight months before the completion of his five-year sentence in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case. A bench of Justices S C Dharamadhikari and Bharati […]
Customs duty hike on mobile phones to hurt consumers
In a bid to further help domestic smartphone manufacturers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a hike in customs duty on mobile phones to 20 per cent from 15 per cent — a move that will force foreign players to pass on the burden to consumers. “Customs duty on import of mobile phone parts […]
Budget 2018 anti-poor, pro-capitalists, says Mayawati
Feb 01 2018 Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has dubbed the Union Budget presented in Parliament on Thursday as anti-poor and pro-capitalists. In a statement issued in Lucknow, she said like the previous budgets of the Narendra Modi government, this one was also “anti-poor and pro-capitalists”. “What happened to Modi’s promise of ‘achchey din’ […]
All-friendly Budget will push development: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for presenting an all-friendly Union Budget 2018-19 with the focus on agriculture, health and small businesses. “This budget is farmer-friendly, common citizen-friendly, business environment-friendly and development-friendly,” Modi said in his first reaction after Jaitley presented the Budget in the Lok Sabha here. “Along with […]
Jaitley’s fifth is a please-all Budget, almost
February 01, 2018 A slew of measures for the agriculture and rural sectors, a new health insurance scheme for the poor and some relief in income tax for the salaried class and senior citizens, were announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today in the last full budget before the general elections. Presenting his fifth straight […]
Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi’s lakeside villa: Myanmar govt
Yangon – A man threw a petrol bomb at the lakeside Yangon compound of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, officials said, a rare attack on a national figurehead who enjoys strong domestic support but has drawn global outcry over her reticence to speak up for the Rohingya. There was little damage caused […]
Rajasthan bypolls: Congress wins Mandalgarh, leading in Ajmer, Alwar
February 01, 2018 Congress has won the Mandalgarh assembly byelection in Rajasthan and is leading in the two Parliamentary seats of Ajmer and Alwar. This is turning out to be a massive blow to the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in Rajasthan that is headed for assembly elections in a few months. In Rajasthan, the by-polls […]
26 militants killed in Afghanistan
Kabul Feb 1: At least twenty six militants have been killed in an airstrike on an assembly of the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s southeastern Ghazni province. Provincial Governor’s spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori confirmed the figures, adding that more than 20 others have been wounded in the airstrike, reported Khaama Press. No comments have been received […]
Pulwama, Shopian remain shut for eighth straight day
Pulwama and shopian districts in south kashmir reamined shut for eighth consective day on thrusday. All shops, commercial establishments including banks remained closed with no public transport on roads. The twin districts are observing shutdown against the civilian killings. On thrusday morning another 10 year old boy Mushraff succumbed to his injuries adding a new […]
Another shopian boy succumbs at SKIMS
10 year old boy who was critically wounded while the villagers were clearing the debris of blasted house at chaigund village on January 25, on thrusday morning succumbed to his injuries in SKIMS. Police has identified the youth as Mushraff Fayaz and with his death the toll of civilians in shopian has gone to 5 […]
