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Union Minister Ramdas Athawale slams Rahul Gandhi over his 'vote chori' remark

IANS | September 4, 2025 4:15 AM

Raipur, Sep 4 (IANS) Taking a sarcastic jibe at the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's over his "'vote chori' hydrogen bomb threat" remark, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale has said that if the Congress leader has a hydrogen bomb then he should send it to Pakistan as India does not need it.

GST reforms to boost affordability of life saving drugs, address public health: Pharma experts

IANS | September 4, 2025 12:01 AM

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The reforms made in Goods and Services Tax (GST) by the GST Council, in its 56th meeting on Wednesday, will boost the affordability of life-saving drugs as well as address public health, pharma industry experts said.

Centre simplifies GST registration process for small and low-risk businesses

IANS | September 3, 2025 11:51 PM

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said that in order to continue with ease of doing business reforms, the GST registration process has been further simplified, especially for small businesses and low-risk applicants.

Six of family convicted in murder case in Odisha's Nabarangpur

IANS | September 3, 2025 11:04 PM

Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 (IANS) A court in Nabarangpur district of Odisha on Wednesday convicted six members of a family in connection with a murder case registered at the Kodinga police station of the district in 2022.

GST 2.0: What gets cheaper and costlier from Sep 22

IANS | September 3, 2025 10:55 PM

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The GST Council on Wednesday approved historical changes to India's indirect tax structure — adopting a 5 per cent and 18 per cent tax structure — and several daily-use goods will become cheaper from September 22.

'People shouldn't listen to rumours': J&K CM Omar says flood situation not alarming

IANS | September 3, 2025 10:49 PM

Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) Even as the administration announced a preventive evacuation programme of people living in the flood-prone villages of Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Srinagar districts, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah tried to curb rumours by assuring that the flood situation is bad, but not worse as rumour mongers are trying to spread.

Independence Day pledge realised: PM Modi welcomes GST overhaul

IANS | September 3, 2025 10:45 PM

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) In a historic step toward overhauling India’s indirect tax system, the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Wednesday approved sweeping rate rationalisation reforms, cutting down the existing four-rate GST structure to just two slabs -- 5 per cent and 18 per cent.

ABVP creates history by winning Panjab University polls

IANS | September 3, 2025 9:50 PM

Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) In a first in the university's history, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the BJP, on Wednesday scripted history by winning the Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) election.

Jal Jeevan Mission brings clean water to Dhamtari's thirsty villages

IANS | September 3, 2025 9:25 PM

Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh), Sep 3 (IANS) For decades, thousands of tribal families in the forested Nagri block of Dhamtari district have been forced to drink contaminated “red water” from handpumps and makeshift wells dug near streams. But now, thanks to the Central Government’s Jal Jeevan Mission under the Multi Village Scheme (MVS), clean and safe drinking water is finally reaching their homes. This is also keeping villagers happy and healthy.

People of country will give Oppn a befitting reply in coming polls: Eknath Shinde on abuses at PM Modi's mother

IANS | September 3, 2025 9:05 PM

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, in an exclusive interview to IANS, said that the "people of this country will not forgive the people who hurled abuses at Prime Minister Modi's late mother and will give them a befitting reply in the upcoming polls."