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Patna/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress-RJD alliance over a controversial social media post by the Kerala Congress that compared Bihar to a bidi after GST revision, calling it an insult to the state. "You must have noticed that RJD's ally, the Congress party, is comparing Bihar to a beedi on social media. People have so much hatred for Bihar. They harbour so much hatred for Bihar and, through corruption and scams, have caused great harm ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Medicover Hospitals is set for massive expansion in Hyderabad with Rs 250 crore investment. As part of the plan, its 24th facility, a 350-bed multi-speciality hospital will be iaugurated on Tuesday. Continuing with expansion, the group plans a 500-bed hospital in financial district, expected to be operational by year-end. The Secunderabad facility is built on the site of the former Sangeet Theatre Additional projects are being explored in Pune and Bengaluru, where the group is seekin ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a major relief to private educational institutions, deputy chief minister and finance minister Bhatti Vikramarka announced on Monday that the govt will release an initial Rs 600 crore to clear pending fee reimbursements. Following this assurance, the prolonged strike by private college managements was called off after productive discussions between the stakeholders and the state govt.Speaking at a press conference, Vikramarka acknowledged the financial strain on colleges but affirm ...Read More >
The post was aimed at the central government's GST policy on tobacco products. (File) ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Congress compared Bihar with bidis, sparking controversy and insult to Biharis, said PM Modi * Prime Minister Modi condemned Congress and RJD for alleged misgovernance in Bihar * PM Modi accused opposition of supporting infiltrators and pledged their removal by NDA Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Purnea: Prime Minis ...Read More >
GST 2.0 simplifies India's indirect tax regime with two core rates of 5% and 18%, plus a 40% de-merit slab. Insurance premiums become GST-exempt, renewables gain from lower costs, and consumer electronics see relief. The reform aims to boost compliance, influence spending patterns, and realign sectoral margins. India's indirect tax regime has undergone a structural shift. Announced on September 5, 2025, and scheduled to take effect from September 22, GST 2.0 rationalises the current four-tiered ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], September 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) parties for allegedly insulting Bihar, citing a now-deleted social media post by the Congress Kerala unit, referring to the GST cut on the tobacco product, beedi. Addressing a rally in Purnea, PM Modi alleged opposition leaders for hating Bihar and causing damage to Bihar reputation. Historic construction works have taken place, and Bihar-made railway engines a ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], September 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) parties for allegedly insulting Bihar, citing a now-deleted social media post by the Congress's Kerala unit, referring to the GST cut on the tobacco product, beedi. Addressing a rally in Purnea, PM Modi alleged opposition leaders for 'hating Bihar' and causing "damage to Bihar's reputation." "Historic construction works have taken place, and Bihar-made railway ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], September 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised his government's focus on the welfare of the common people, 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vishwas', contrasting it with opposition parties like RJD and Congress, which he said prioritise their own families. Addressing a public rally in Purnea, the Prime Minister said, "For RJD and Congress, the biggest concern is to worry about their own family. These people will never worry about your family. But for Modi, you a ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 (ANI): The fans of actors Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor are in for a treat as their favourite stars film 'Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari's trailer is finally out on Monday. After the chartbuster hits like 'Panwadi' and 'Bijuria', the 'Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari' has been creating quite a buzz in the film industry. Also Read | 'The Godfather' India 4K Re-Release: Fans Unhappy After Censor Board Chops Off Iconic Horse Head Scene, Nudity and More in ...Read More >
The rationalisation will not only reduce vehicle prices but also support MSMEs in the auto component supply chain, enhance logistics efficiency, and incentivise replacement of old, polluting vehicles with fuel-efficient models. The government's sweeping rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates for the automobile and road transport sector is set to make vehicles more affordable, strengthen manufacturing competitiveness, and generate large-scale employment, the Ministry of Road Transp ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Friday suggested major reforms in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code "to restore faith in the regulatory and insolvency framework," even as it urged the government to come up with a revival fund to provide financing for stressed real estate projects undergoing insolvency proceedings. The apex court said that the Right to Housing was not merely a contractual entitlement but a facet of the fundamental Right to Life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution and the governmen ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that the reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates has significantly eased the tax burden on people and strengthened state revenues. Speaking at the 'Tax Reforms for Rising Bharat' conclave in Mylapore here, Sitharaman said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had entrusted her with the responsibility of explaining GST when it was introduced in 2017. "Back then, the GST regime had four tax slabs. Today, we have simplified it to two ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Highlighting misuse of insolvency proceedings in real estate sector which is triggered by speculative investors and affecting the interest of genuine homebuyers, Supreme Court said such investors are acting like a "slow poison" for the residential real estate sector and they are interested in making profits and not in getting possession of flats.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said that "trigger-happy" speculative investors always intend to seek easy exits from the pr ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said an average home buyer desires a stable roof over their family's head and the anxiety of not having a home despite paying a fortune is bound to take a serious toll on health, productivity, and dignity, and the Centre cannot continue to be a silent spectator, when desire for a dream home of the taxpayers' is shattered. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said: "The Union government shall consider establishing a revival fund under Nationa ...Read More >
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India is set to roll out Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms later this month. While the new rates have made the middle class happy, food delivery through online aggregators â€" which has become ubiquitous â€" could get costlier as GST 2.0 becomes effective. India has got its new Vice-President. CP Radhakrishnan, the candidate proposed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), has won the elections and taken the oath. New Delhi is making efforts to extradite the fugitive diamantaire Mehul Ch ...Read More >
"I look forward to his continued guidance and blessings as we advance key initiatives for growth and prosperity," he said in a post on X. (Image: X/@naralokesh) Andhra Pradesh IT and Human Resource Development Minister Nara Lokesh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Friday and sought the Centre's continued support for the State's development and investment initiatives. Lokesh thanked the Prime Minister for the recent GST rationalisation, describing it as a landmark reform that would e ...Read More >
NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court on Friday scaled back its order to catch and remove tens of thousands of stray dogs from the capital, after feasibility questions about the sheer scale of the exercise. TEMPORARY VICTORY A stray dog is seen on a street following the verdict that modified an earlier order to relocate canines like it in India's capital New Delhi on Aug. 22, 2025. EPA PHOTO The court earlier this month handed city authorities a deadline of eight weeks to round up all dogs, order ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, through a voice vote, bypassing debate amid intense protests from Opposition members seeking discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bihar. The bill, introduced by Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, aims to regulate India's booming online gaming sector while imposing restrictions on online money games ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, aiming to promote e-sports and online social games, while outlawing online money gaming. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha earlier today. The Bill was brought in to encourage e-sports and online social games while prohibiting harmful online money gaming services, advertisements, and financial transactions related to them. The Bill seeks to completely ban on offering, ope ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday the goods and services tax (GST) would be reformed and taxes lowered by Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, set to be celebrated in October this year. "This Diwali, I am going to make it a double Diwali for you. Over the past eight years, we have undertaken a major reform in goods and services tax. We are bringing next-generation GST reforms that will reduce the tax burden across the country," he said during a sp ...Read More >
India's top 10 merchandise export destinations in 2024 list: Together, the top 10 countries notably make up 51% of India's total share of merchandise export percentage in 2023-24, with the US leading at 17.90%, India's top 10 merchandise export destinations in 2024: Amid rising global economic instability, marked by trade conflicts and tariff disputes, India's exports have reached USD 778.21 billion in 2023-24. It saw a historic rise of 67 per cent over the past decade (2013-14), according to ...Read More >
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday said US tariffs-related challenges will dissipate in the next one or two quarters, and urged the private sector to do more as the country navigates through other longer-term challenges. He attributed the growth slowdown in FY25, which saw a deceleration to 6.5 per cent from FY24's 9.2 per cent, to tight credit conditions and liquidity issues. The right agriculture policies can add 25 per cent t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 12 is set to witness an exciting clash between former teammates Aslam Inamdar and Akash Shinde -- now part of rival sides -- on August 29, with Bengaluru Bulls facing Puneri Paltan in the second match of the day. The league stage will also take place in Jaipur, Chennai, and New Delhi till October 23.The Instagram Live-part of a special Thursday series running every week until the season starts -gave fans a glimpse of the com ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside an order of bail to Olympic medallist and wrestler Sushil Kumar in a 2021 murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at the Chhatrasal Stadium in the national capital. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra noted the allegations in the FIR, which said the national capital was made into a "criminal playground" to settle scores with no regard for the law of the land, and directed Kumar to surrender ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Global trade wars have pushed companies to speed up the diversification of their supply chains and India will be key to Ikea's sourcing strategy where it is expanding beyond textiles to build supply capabilities in plastic, metals, and furniture, said Patrik Antoni, CEO at the Swedish retailer's India unit, who took charge earlier this month. While exporting products (largely textiles) from India to the US would mean higher retail prices for American consumers, in India, the expansion of ...Read More >
The Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday hit out at the chief minister Nayab Singh Saini-led government in Haryana over a "steep hike" in collector rates for property registration, saying that this move will be a blow to the common man's dream of owning a house. The state government has already dismissed as "unfounded and misleading", the claims of a section of the Opposition leaders that the collector rates have been hiked by more than 130%. "The arbitrary increase in ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has directed officials to expedite the relocation of all polluting industries currently operating within the Outer Ring Road (ORR) to areas beyond it. On Saturday, the minister chaired a Cabinet subcommittee meeting on revenue resource mobilisation at the Secretariat. Ministers and committee members N Uttam Kumar Reddy, D Sridhar Babu and Jupally Krishna Rao were present. The committee instructed officials to formulate clear guidelines a ...Read More >
These trains feature modern amenities, such as foldable snack tables, mobile and bottle holders, fast-charging ports, radium-lit flooring, and improved seating. (Representative image) With the launch of four new non-AC Amrit Bharat trains by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, Bihar has now become the originating point for five of these upgraded, high-tech trains designed to serve the economically weaker sections. This gives the poll-bound state the distinction of hosting the highest numbe ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Commercial Tax Department has once again issued a clarification regarding the recent tax notices sent to bakeries, condiments, and tea stalls in Bengaluru. Following earlier backlash, the department had stated that traders with annual turnover below ₹1.5 crore can opt for the Composition Tax Scheme and pay only 1% tax, offering significant relief. Now, in a press release, the department reiterated that traders who have received notices should visit their respective tax ...Read More >
Kapil Raj, a former Enforcement Directorate officer, has resigned after 16 years of service. He oversaw the arrests of Hemant Soren and Arvind Kejriwal. Raj, an Indian Revenue Service officer, cited personal reasons for his decision. He supervised high-profile investigations, including those involving Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. Kapil Raj, a former ED officer who supervised the arrests of two chief ministers under the anti-money laundering law, has resigned from government service after servin ...Read More >
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