Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:29:26
Rahul Gandhi on Friday chaired the meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) for the first time and launched an all-out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of practising TRP politics and making the country suffer due to his “vanity and incompetence”. Addressing the CPP meeting in the absence of his mother Sonia Gandhi, who is indisposed, the Congress Vice President described t
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:28:06
Citing constitutional compulsion, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday sought to drive home the point that the Goods and Services Tax has to roll out before September 16 next year as the existing indirect taxes will come to an end by then and it would not be possible to run the country without revenue collection. He made a pitch for widening the tax base, saying efforts are on to make taxation
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:26:01
The BCCI maintained its opposition to some of the reforms recommended by the Lodha committee and will wait with bated breath for the Supreme Court’s verdict on the matter come December 5.
At a Special General Meeting, the Board did not take any decision on the recommendations but it has been learnt from sources that state associations have been told to keep a Plan B ready in case the verdict is
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:23:56
The biggest-ever seizure of cash in new currency on Friday grew to over Rs 5 crore even as the Income Tax department said it detected unaccounted income worth Rs 152 crore after it conducted searches in a dozen premises in Bengaluru and other locations.
I-T officials said the cash found, after searches were launched on Thursday on the premises of two engineers, working with the state government
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:21:00
CBI Director Anil Sinha today retired from the post handing over the baton to his second-in-command, Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana, as the government did not name any full-time chief.
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:18:40
Former India opener Virender Sehwag is confident that the current Test team under Virat Kohli has the quality in its pace attack to win outside the sub-continent just like Sourav Ganguly's team did during 2000-2004.
The Test team under Kohli has been invincible at home, having thrashed South Africa and New Zealand by identical margins of 3-0 and is also on a roll against England leading 2-0 in
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:16:33
Some of his best centuries have come against the mighty Australian attack which comprised a battery of fearsome pacers, but batting legend Rahul Dravid admitted that the greatest fast bowler he had faced was Aussie Glenn McGrath. "They (Australia) were the best cricket team in my generation. Amongst them all, the greatest bowler that I played against, not only the greatest Australian bowler, but t
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:13:35
Two senior Karnataka government officials were suspended today in connection with the searches conducted by the Income Tax Department on their premises as part of the country-wide operation that has resulted in the biggest-ever seizure of cash in new currency.
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Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:11:56
Cyclonic storm Nada weakened into a depression and crossed the coast near Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu today and further diminished as a well marked low pressure area that lies over interior Tamil Nadu today. The low pressure area could influence rains at many places.
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