Model GST Bill to raise peak tax rate to 20%, slab structure to remain unchanged
The GST Council has proposed to raise the peak tax rate to 20%, from the current 14%, in the model goods and services tax Bill to ...
Varsities should be place of debate, not violence : President
Kochi, Mar 2 : Advocating free thinking in university campuses, Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said students and faculties must engage ...
Govt must declare computer systems as ‘protected’ : Expert
New Delhi, Mar 2 : The government must declare all computer systems as protected or at least bring them under the purview of ...
Govt’s idea of annual spectrum auction very progressive : Bharti Mittal
The government’s proposal to auction spectrum every year has got a backer in Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, who ...
Per capita income expected to rise 10.2 per cent
New Delhi, Feb 28 : India’s per capita net national income is expected to rise 10.2 per cent to Rs 103,818 in the current ...
Lawyer gets 2 months’ imprisonment for contempt of court
Nagpur, Feb 28 : The Bombay High Court today sentenced lawyer Satish Uke to two months of simple imprisonment for committing a ...
Kohli named captain of the year at ESPNcricinfo Awards
New Delhi : India Test skipper Virat Kohli has been named as the ‘Captain of the Year’ at the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo ...
Om Puri, Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher honoured at Oscars
Los Angeles : Indian actor , “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Bill Paxton were among late stars, ...
Former Union Minister P Shivshankar passes away
Hyderabad : Former Union Minister P Shivshankar, a Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist who quit Congress in his twilight years, passed away ...
Merkel formally nominated for German election run
Berlin : Angela Merkel’s conservatives have formally nominated the German chancellor as her party’s top candidate for the ...