CBI arrests Kanpur GST commissioner on charges of bribery
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Kanpur-based Commissioner of GST and Central Excise and others in a bribery case pertaining to the Excise Department, an official said on Saturday.“Sansar Chand, a 1986 batch IRS Officer posted as Commissioner in GST and Central Excise in Kanpur, and three superintendents of the department–Ajay Srivastava, […]
Muslims opposing Ram temple must go to Pak: Shia Waqf Board chief
Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Chairman Waseem Rizvi has said that Muslims opposed to building of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya “must go to Pakistan and Bangladesh”, said a media report. “People having such fundamentalist mentality should go to Pakistan and Bangladesh. Such Muslims do not have any place in India.”“Those who want to spread Jihad […]
Economy has entered into consolidation phase: Jaitley
New Delhi, Feb 3 : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the economy has entered into a phase of consolidation after a series of “structural reforms” which were initiated in the past two years. “… Having gone through a series of very major structural reforms in the past two years, this now also […]
CBI moves SC against 12-yr-old HC order cancelling Bofors case
The CBI on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the May 31, 2005 order of the Delhi High Court that quashed all charges against the accused persons, including Europe-based industrialists Hinduja brothers, in the politically sensitive 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. The filing of the appeal assumes significance as recently Attorney General K.K. Venugopal […]
Manesar land case: CBI files chargesheet against Hooda
February 02, 2018 The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and 34 others in the Manesar land deal case, officials said in New Delhi on Friday. The agency has filed the chargesheet under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy and cheating, and relevant provisions of […]
Upset over Budget, TDP declares ‘war’ on ally BJP
February 02, 2018 The Telugu Desam Party has declared “war” on its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party over what it called a “raw deal” meted out to Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget. “We are going to declare war (on the BJP). We now have three options. One is to try and continue. The second […]
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 […]
