Washington DC: Former US President Donald Trump’s senior trade adviser, Peter Navarro, lashed out at social media platform X after it fact-checked his remarks accusing India of profiteering from Russian oil imports. Navarro described the platform’s clarification as a “crap note,” sparking fresh controversy amid already strained India-US trade relations. In his post on X,...
Kolkata: Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya on Sunday strongly criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government over the 2016 West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam, alleging that teacher jobs were “openly sold in the market” and the entire selection process was marred by “systematic fraud.” Speaking to ANI after the Supreme Court’s judgment,...
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar joined a beach cleanup drive at Juhu Beach on Sunday, September 7, a day after Ganpati Visarjan. The initiative also saw the participation of Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani. Videos circulating on social media captured Akshay personally collecting waste and visarjan...
Noida: A man has been arrested in Greater Noida for allegedly generating fake GST bills worth nearly ₹10 crore to fraudulently claim an input tax credit (ITC) of ₹1.8 crore. The accused, identified as Abhinav Tyagi from Moradabad and currently residing in Bisrakh, was taken into custody by the Noida Cyber Police on Saturday, September...
New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said that the recent reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on agricultural equipment will significantly lower farming costs and enhance farmer profits. Speaking to the media in Bhopal, Chouhan explained that GST on bio-pesticides and micro-nutrients has been reduced, encouraging...
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has announced its support for the Opposition’s Vice Presidential candidate, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy. Party president Asaduddin Owaisi confirmed the decision on Saturday, stating that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had personally requested AIMIM’s backing. Taking to X, Owaisi wrote, “@TelanganaCMO spoke to me today and requested that...
Chandigarh: The devastating floods in Punjab have claimed three more lives in Amritsar and Rupnagar districts over the past 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 46 across 14 districts. Punjab’s Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian confirmed that three people remain missing in Pathankot district. In the last 24 hours,...
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Saturday confirmed that more than 300 out of 457 people who were taken into custody are South Korean nationals. Cho also said that he may visit the United States to discuss with Washington the arrests of hundreds of Koreans by US immigration authorities at a South Korean battery...
New Delhi: In a landmark reform, the government has abolished Goods and Services Tax (GST) on a wide range of weapons, military aircraft, and defence equipment, while drastically reducing GST on drones from 28% to just 5%. The move is expected to provide a major push to India’s defence manufacturing ecosystem. Chief of the Army...
Mumbai: Diwan Arun Nanda, one of India’s most iconic advertising leaders and co-founder of Rediffusion, passed away on Saturday at the age of 76. His funeral will be held on Sunday, September 7, at Worli Crematorium in Mumbai at 11 a.m. An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Nanda was the institute’s first gold medallist from its...