New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the GST 2.0 reforms, which came into effect from September 22, have given a significant push to the domestic automotive industry, with car sales more than doubling to over half a million units.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The BJP launched a blistering attack at the INDIA Bloc (RJD-Cong-Left alliance) on Wednesday, over its “impractical” and “unrealistic” poll promises and sops in the run-up to the Bihar elections and also termed its “parivaarvad” culture as a hindrance to the state’s progress.
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Oct 22 (IANS) An alleged security lapse surfaced on Wednesday after an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying President Droupadi Murmu to Sabarimala got its wheels stuck in wet concrete at a swiftly built temporary helipad inside an indoor stadium complex near here, prompting officials to push the chopper out.
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) A major political controversy has erupted in Mumbai ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections after Congress MLC Bhai Jagtap announced that the party would contest independently, ruling out any alliance with Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) or Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT).
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) With no clarity yet on the seat-sharing arrangement within the Mahagathbandhan alliance of Opposition parties, the BJP on Wednesday criticised them and said that an alliance unable to distribute seats properly is unfit to run a government.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A crucial meeting between representatives of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) with senior officials of the Union Home Ministry is underway in Delhi on Wednesday.
Patna, Oct 22 (IANS) Janshakti Janata Dal candidate from Bihar's Raghopur Assembly constituency, Prem Kumar Yadav, on Wednesday said that his decision to quit the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) stemmed from the party's growing preference for those with money and muscle power over genuine grassroots workers.
Pamba, Oct 22 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu, on her first visit to the famed Sabarimala temple in Kerala, prayed before the deity on Wednesday after arriving by road at the foothills of the temple town in Pamba and then driving up the hill.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The disclosure by a senior adviser to the Muhammad Yunus government in Bangladesh clearly suggests that the first phase to set up the Islamic Revolutionary Army (IRA) is underway. On October 20, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, an adviser to the interim government, said on social media that recruitment and training were being imparted to 8,850 individuals across several centres.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) As the election heat rises in Bihar, sharp political attacks have started between the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan, with leaders from the ruling alliance launching scathing critiques of the opposition's internal rifts, accusing it of being "disorganised" and "plagued by infighting" over seat-sharing.
