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Kumaraswamy calls GST regime ‘monster symbol’ against states
Senior JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday termed Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime as a ‘monster symbol’ of curtailing the financial autonomy of states in the federal system of governance. The former chief minister alleged that the GST regime is aimed at diverting the revenues of states...
Muslim cleric questions RSS chief’s assertion on ‘lynching’
In response to the statement made by RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat regarding lynching in the name of cows, Muslim clerics have said that it would be better if Mohan Bhagwat makes his own people understand what he says. Speaking at a program organized by Muslim Rashtriya Manch, the RSS Chief on Sunday had stated that people can’t be differentiated on how they worship. Speaking to news18, noted cleric, Maulana Sufiyan Nizami said on Monday, “Mohan Bhagwat has been repeatedly saying that those...
Sanjay Raut says BJP-Sena friendship ‘intact’
A day after senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said his party and former ally Shiv Sena are “not enemies” though there are differences of opinions between them, Sena’s Sanjay Raut likened the relationship to that shared by Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and his filmmaker wife Kiran Rao who recently...
Mamata writes to Modi over fuel price
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to reduce the taxes charged by the Centre on petrol and diesel “to check the overall inflation” in the country. Mamata said that petrol prices were hiked 8 times since May,...
Germany lifts ban on travellers from India, UK, Portugal
Germany’s health agency said on Monday five so-called virus variant countries would be reclassified as “high incidence areas”, lifting a ban on entry for travellers from those nations who were not German residents or citizens. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said India, Nepal, Russia, Portugal and Britain would be...
12 Maha BJP MLAs suspended for ‘misbehaving’ with Speaker
Twelve BJP MLAs were on Monday suspended for the period of one year from Maharashtra assembly for allegedly creating ruckus in ongoing monsoon session of the House and “misbehaving” with Speaker in-chair Bhaskar Jadhav. The motion to suspend the MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab...
An intercontinental effort to bring ailing student home
New Delhi: In a rare humanitarian gesture, authorities in India and Australia came together to help repatriate a 25-year-old Arshdeep Singh, suffering from a chronic renal ailment, to India. He was airlifted from Melbourne in a special flight that is being flown by Qantas – Australia’s largest airline by...
SC shocked at use of banned law to arrest online activists
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed shock and displeasure on being told that over 1,000 cases had been filed under Section 66A of the IT Act – a controversial law that allowed police to arrest people for posting “offensive” content online – since it was struck down seven years...
CBI files new case in Akhilesh’s Gomti river project
The CBI today filed a fresh case in connection with the alleged irregularities in the 1,500 crore Gomti riverfront development project in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow. The project was carried out by the previous Samajwadi Party government but the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is not named as...
Pranab’s son to quit Cong, join TMC
Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee, the son of former president Arnab Mukherjee is gearing up to join the Trinamool Congress. Abhijit Mukherjee has been a two-term MP in the Lok Sabha in his father’s seat of Jangipur and has been in talks with the TMC leadership for the past few...
