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Meeting on GST system streamlining

Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey will hold a day-long meeting on January 7 with tax commissioners to discuss ways for streamlining the GST system and plugging leakages due to fraud. Besides, sources said, this meeting with Commissioners of State Tax and Chief Commissioners of Central Tax will also deliberate on…

PFI calls for anti-CAA protest in Bengal, invites TMC MP

Islamic organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI) has called for a protest rally against the CAA in West Bengals Murshidabad district on January 5 and "invited" local TMC MP Abu Taher Khan to address it, an office-bearer of the outfit said on Thursday. The Uttar Pradesh government has sought a…

India sets up dedicated desk to look after Ayodhya issue

The government has set up a dedicated desk, headed by an additional secretary, to look after all matters related to the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue. In an official order, the Union Home Ministry said Ayodhya matters and related court judgements will be handled by three officers, headed…

DCC clears Rs 5.22 lakh crore spectrum sale plan

The Digital Communications Commission, the apex decision-making body at the telecom department, on Friday approved a Rs 5.22 lakh crore spectrum auction plan entailing 8300 MHz of airwaves across 22 circles and the sale is likely to take place in March-April. "The DCC has today approved the recommendation of Telecom…

Four convicts in 2008 Jaipur blasts case awarded death penalty

A special court here on Friday awarded death penalty to four convicts for the 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blasts that had left 71 dead and 185 injured. Magistrate Ajay Kumar Sharma pronounced the quantum of punishment amid tight security arrangements in the court. "The court awarded death penalty to four…

India needs to keep fiscal deficit target: Gopinath

IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on Friday said India needs to keep its fiscal deficit target, which would require expenditure rationalisation and increased revenue mobilisation. Speaking at the 92nd Annual Convention of Ficci, she said that in the past few quarters, there has been a steep slowdown in private sector…

Industry needs to come out of ‘self doubt’ mood: Finance…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked India Inc to come out of "self doubt" mood and unleash the animal spirit as she stressed that steps taken post Budget have started showing some results on the ground. The government has shown conviction to change India's system, take some tough decisions…

Indian court hands life term to ex-lawmaker for rape

A COURT sentenced a former lawmaker from India's ruling party to life imprisonment for raping a teenager, his lawyer said on Friday (20), the highest-ranking Indian politician to get such a significant jail term in recent years. Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in the northern state…

Those born before 1987 or whose parents born before 1987…

ANYONE born in India before 1987 or whose parents were born before 1987 are bonafide Indian citizens according to law and need not worry due to the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) or a possible countrywide NRC, a top government official said on Friday. According to the 2004 amendments of…

India open to accept suggestions of protesters of CAA

The government is open to accept suggestions, if any, from people who are staging protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), a top official said on Friday. The Home Ministry is preparing the Rules for the CAA in consultation with the Law Ministry that will indicate the process to apply…