Robust GST reforms herald positive impact on economy, boost consumption

IANS | December 25, 2025 12:00 PM

New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Over the past years, the government has undertaken a historic wave of reforms, abolishing over 40,000 unnecessary compliances and repealing more than 1,500 outdated laws, thus creating a modern, efficient, and citizen-friendly ecosystem. The GST rate rationalisation, which came into effect from September 22 this year, was one such ‘Big Bang reform’ towards building a 'Viksit Bharat'.

K'taka bus tragedy: All I remember is overspeeding truck hitting my bus, says driver

IANS | December 25, 2025 9:55 AM

Chitradurga, Dec 25 (IANS) Recounting the tragedy in which nine people were burned alive, including eight passengers travelling in the Sea Bird sleeper coach bus in Chitradurga district of Karnataka in the early hours of Thursday, the bus driver, Rafeeq, said from his hospital bed that all he remembers is a speeding truck suddenly crashing into his bus.

ISI fans anti-India narrative in Bangladesh to rig Feb polls: Intelligence inputs

Vicky Nanjappa | December 25, 2025 9:41 AM

New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The ISI’s role in attempting to fan an anti-India sentiment in Bangladesh is most certainly confirmed, given the rhetoric by some Pakistan news outlets and a few leaders. Some media outlets have recklessly blamed India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for the murder of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi. The claim has been made at a time when the Bangladesh authorities themselves are unclear about the killers and their motive.