10 killed in Bangladesh garment factory blast
Dhaka, July 4 : At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured in a boiler room explosion at a garment factory in central Bangladesh. The search for more bodies in the debris continues, officials said on Tuesday. The accident took place around 7 p.m. on Monday at the export-oriented textile factory Multifabs Limited, […]
GST not to affect U-17 World Cup ticket prices
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) While the sports sector overall has been impacted by the July 1 rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) with equipment cost and price of entry tickets for tournaments attracting up to 28 per cent tax, the FIFA U-17 World Cup tickets would not be affected, according to Local Organising […]
GST shouldn’t impinge upon trade with India: Nepal
Indo Asian News Service Kathmandu, July 4 : Expressing concern that the revolutionary Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime adopted by India will adversely impact trade and transit between Kathmandu and New Delhi, land-locked Nepal — majorly dependent on bilateral trade with India — has sought guarantees that the new tax system does not impinge […]
China Will Have To Take ‘Military Way’ If India Doesn’t Listen: Chinese Media
Press Trust of India July 04, 2017 BEIJING: China would be forced to use a “military way” to end the standoff in the Sikkim sector if India “refuses to listen” to it, a Chinese expert has warned. As the standoff at the Doklam area continued for the third week, the longest between the two countries, the […]
Pak will not accept any talks with India that exclude Kashmir: Sartaj Aziz
Press Trust of India | Islamabad July 4, 2017 Pakistan will not enter into any dialogue with India that excludes Kashmir, Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday, asserting that Islamabad wants to settle all contentious issues through “result-oriented” talks. “Indian belligerent posturing and their desire to conduct dialogue on their own terms ie without Kashmir, will never be acceptable,” […]
N Korea tests ICBM, Trump urges China to ‘end this nonsense’
July 04, 2017 United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for testing the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and pressed Pyongyang’s closest ally China to make a ‘heavy move’ to ‘end this nonsense once and for all’. The missile test, which was conducted on the orders of the country’s […]
BJP bides its time after Nitish’s rant against Congress
July 04, 2017 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sent out a strong political message to its alliance partner in Bihar — the Congress — yesterday that is still reverberating in Delhi’s corridors of power. The message is about Bihar and its future with the JDU and RJD alliance. Kumar talked about the Congress’ inability to […]
Ariel firing by Army to disperse protesters at Ajas,Bandipora.
Army on Tuesday resorted to aerial firing in Ajas locality of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district after youth pelted them with stones. A source said that army’s 13 RR unit stationed at Ajas fired few shots in air to disperse the stone throwing youth in the area. Police, however, denied reports of aerial firing by army […]
Naeem Akhtar moves GST Resolution in LC
SRINAGAR: Minister for R&B, Naeem Akhtar on behalf of Minister for Finance, Labour and Employment today moved in the Legislative Council the Resolution for adoption of the GST regime by application of relevant amendments made to the Constitution of India in a modified manner to safeguard the existing special constitutional position of J&K and […]
Speaker assures media of hassle-free coverage
Srinagar: Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta today met the media-persons outside the Legislature complex and invited them for the coverage of the special session of the House on GST following some communication gap over the issue. The Speaker was accompanied by Minister for Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman […]
