Arun Jaitley says attempts to derail GST have failed
Washington: Despite “attempts to derail” the recently introduced goods and services tax (GST), the states are adopting the new regime at a fast pace, finance minister Arun Jaitley has said. Jaitley was responding to a question on the biggest challenges for GST during a conversation with Dan Schulman, president and CEO of Paypal and Chandrajit Banerjee […]
Pakistan lose Test series against Sri Lanka in UAE
Tuesday Oct 10 2017 DUBAI: Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka by 68 runs in the second Test on the fifth and final day in Dubai on Tuesday. Sri Lanka won the two match series 2-0 and Pakistan suffered its first series loss since the team started playing its home matches in the United Arab Emirates […]
‘Congress, Trump not seeing eye-to-eye on Iran nuclear deal’
Tue Oct 10, 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again confirmed that Iran is sticking with the terms of its nuclear deal with the P5+1 group that has recently become the subject of much controversy on the world stage. IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano has told a nuclear conference in the Italian capital […]
Huge 2014 Defeat Knocked Sense Into Us, Admits Rahul Gandhi
October 10, 2017 NEW DELHI: On his campaign tour in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi explained today that a humiliating defeat at the hands of the BJP in the 2014 national election helped him “a lot”. The brief concession stood out as Mr Gandhi took generous digs at the ruling party and the Jay Shah controversy on Prime Minister Narendra […]
BJP top guns attack Rahul in Amethi
Amethi, Oct 10: BJP leaders including party President Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a concerted attack on Rahul Gandhi, questioning his work for the development of his constituency Amethi and asking people to defeat him and the Congress in the next Lok Sabha election. Addressing a public meeting, Shah spoke for around half hour but […]
NAB team to collect evidence of Sharif properties from London
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team is likely to leave for London to collect evidence of properties belonging to ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, the media reported on Tuesday. An official source told Dawn news that the bureau was sending its team in pursuance of the letters it had […]
Rights group condemns Myanmar Army over aid blockade
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 10 : human rights group on Tuesday condemned the Myanmar Army for blocking humanitarian aid to Rohingya villages in the violence-ridden Rakhine state. Many of the villages near Buthidaung municipality in Rakhine state have not received humanitarian assistance since the military crackdown in late August, the Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) […]
300 school children in UP’s Shamli taken ill after inhaling toxic gas
October 10, 2017 Around 300 students were taken ill on Tuesday after inhaling toxic gas emitted by a sugar mill near their school in Shamli district, the police said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a probe into the matter by Commissioner Saharanpur. The students of a private school in Shamli started complaining […]
Calm in Leh after meeting of all religious heads
Latest news from Leh town suggest that now calm has prevailed after the successful meeting of all religious heads recently.reports said that people of Ladakh region have decided to iron out thier differences by dialogue and this positive message has gone well in Leh town where despite days of October there is huge tourist rush. […]
Braid choppers busy in ganderbal spark protests
At Kugar and Arahama villages large number of people including women and children came on the streets raising anti government and anti police salogens as there have been two incidents of braid chopping. Reports said that at Kujar village in ganderbal district on evening of monday an alleged braid chopper cut the hair of a […]
