I am an admirer of PM Modi’s fitness: Milind Soman

IANS | September 7, 2025 5:53 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Actor and fitness icon Milind Soman on Sunday said he is not only a big fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi but also an admirer of his commitment to fitness, as he launched the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s (BJYM) ambitious ‘Namo Yuva Run’ campaign in the national capital to mark PM Modi 75th birthday.

CBIC denies viral claims on GST transition benefits from Sep 22, calls message misleading

IANS | September 7, 2025 5:45 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Sunday refuted a viral social media message claiming that new GST transition benefits, including unutilised cess credit, ITC on exempted supplies, and fresh price adjustment provisions, will take effect from September 22, calling the claims “false and misleading.”

After foreign visits, PM Modi briefs President Murmu - a protocol Rajiv Gandhi refused with Zail Singh

IANS | September 7, 2025 5:10 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) In the grand corridors of power in Delhi, the relationship between the President of India and the Prime Minister has often been symbolic — one ceremonial, the other executive. But the symbolism carries weight, respect, and tradition. How that tradition is upheld — or ignored — tells a deeper story of political culture, constitutional respect, and the character of leadership.

FairPoint: NC's emblem 'activism' can again take Kashmir to the edge

Deepika Bhan | September 7, 2025 4:13 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The barbaric stone attack on India's national emblem in Kashmir's revered dargah has shocked the nation. Does the national emblem have a religion? Perhaps this question, never seriously contemplated in all the decades since India became a Republic, has now surfaced as a disturbing reality in the 79th year of Independence.

Himachal High Court sets up fund to help those 'struggling to rebuild lives'

IANS | September 7, 2025 3:44 PM

Shimla, Sep 7 (IANS) Exhibiting a humane approach towards building resilience and supporting natural calamity-hit communities, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has set up a dedicated voluntary fund with an appeal to "call of conscience" to help those “struggling to rebuild their lives”.

PM Modi sits in last row among BJP MPs during party workshop

IANS | September 7, 2025 2:19 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the BJP workshops at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament complex, choosing to sit in the last row among fellow MPs, as the session unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the Centre's sweeping Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms.

India backs WTO-centred fair trade system at SCO trade ministers’ meeting

IANS | September 7, 2025 1:36 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) India emphasised the need for an open, fair, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system centred around WTO norms, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, amid the ongoing uncertainty in global trade triggered by the US tariff turmoil, the Commerce and Industry Ministry announced on Sunday.