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December 15, 2016 7:02 AM

SC gives slew of directions for protection of northeast people

The Supreme Court has passed a number of directions, including setting up of a panel, to enhance a sense of security and inclusion of the people from north-eastern states who face racial violence and hate crimes. <br/><br/>The panel, to be headed by a Joint Secretary-level officer, has b...

December 15, 2016 7:01 AM

Protests, discussion can't happen simultaneously: Sumitra Mahajan

Amid the deadlock in Parliament over demonetisation, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has said, protests and discussion cannot happen simultaneously. Talking to media outside Parliament, Mrs Mahajan said, she is pained to see that the House is not being allowed to function.<br/><br/>The...

December 15, 2016 7:00 AM

Forbes ranks PM Modi 9th among world's 10 most powerful people

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes. Mr Modi ranks 9th on the list of 74 topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin for a fourth straight year. <br/><br/>Forbes said, India's populist Prime Minister remains hugely...

December 15, 2016 6:58 AM

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: SC notice to Centre on plea for probe

The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Centre and CBI on a plea seeking probe into the alleged larger conspiracy behind assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. <br/><br/>The plea was filed by AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the case. He said, despite an orde...

December 14, 2016 8:52 PM

Cabinet approves Major Port Authorities Bill

Union Cabinet today approved the Major Port Authorities Bill- 2016 which will replace Major Port Trusts Act- 1963. The Bill seeks to empower major ports to perform with greater efficiency on account of full autonomy in decision making.<br/><br/>It will also promote expansion of port infr...

December 14, 2016 8:51 PM

BJP rejects Rahul Gandhi's allegation against Prime Minister

BJP has rejected Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's claim that he has personal information about the corruption of the Prime Minister. The party said that 125 crore people of the country have a liking for Narendra Modi as there is no question on his integrity. &apos;<br/><br/>Re...

December 14, 2016 8:50 PM

Cleaning system from black money high on my agenda: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, cleaning the system of black money and corruption is presently high on his agenda. Mr Modi was speaking after jointly inaugurating via video conferencing the Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave in Kuala Lumpur along with Malaysian Prime Minister Na...

December 14, 2016 8:28 PM

All efforts on to roll out GST from April 1: Govt

The government today said that all efforts are on to meet the time limit to roll out Goods and Services Tax,GST from 1st of April, 2017. It said, members of the GST Council are participating in the meetings with a very positive attitude and are working towards the roll-out of GST.<br/><br/&...

December 14, 2016 8:17 PM

Income Tax Department warns of penal action if taxpayers misuse ITR

Income Tax Department has warned the taxpayers they will have to face penal action if they try to misuse the provision of revised I-T returns.<br/><br/>In a statement Central Board of Direct Taxes said that post- demonetisation, some taxpayers may misuse this provision to revise the retu...

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