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8:05 PM

Satellite launch services provided by private organisations exempted from GST

Satellite launch services provided by private organisations have been exempted from Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Minister Sitharaman said.

7:56 PM

FM on decision to fix 28% GST on online gaming, horse racing, casinos

The GoM recommendations on online gaming were discussed, and the Councilarrived at decision of 28 per cent GSTfor online gaming, horse racing, casinos on full face value, FM Sitharaman said. The amendment to GST law will be made to include online gaming into it, she added.

7:51 PM

Rates on fish soluble paste, LD slag from 18% to 5%

Rates have been brought down on four items, including fish soluble paste and LD slag from 18 percent to 5 percent, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

7:51 PM

Three items have received exemption from GST rates

Three items have received exemption from GST rates, inclunding medicines for rare diseases, Finance Minister Sitharaman said.

7:51 PM

'Council approved 22% cess rate on MUVs but sedan not included'

The GST Council has approved 22 percent cess rate on MUVs, but Sedan has not been included in the list, FM Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters.

7:47 PM

GST Council exempts cancer fighting drugs, medicines, says FM

GST Council exempts cancer fighting drugs, medicines for rare diseases from GST tax, says FM Sitharaman after GST Council meeting.

6:56 PM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah met US Ambassador Eric Garcetti and had a productive conversation

6:50 PM

GST Council meeting

GST Council clears 28 per cent tax on online gaming on full face value amount: West Bengal finance minister

5:34 PM

Amarnath Yatra resumes after three-day halt from Ramban as weather improves

4:22 PM

Spiritual leader Dalai Lama along with Union Minister Anurag Thakur reach Leh district of Ladakh today

3:18 PM

In West Bengal, elections and violence have become synonymous: Sambit Patra

2:52 PM

Kharge invites leaders for next Opposition meet in Bengaluru on July 17-18

2:22 PM

SC terms extension of tenure of ED director 'illegal', says he will serve post till July 31

Supreme Court says, extension of tenure of ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra is illegal but he will continue to serve the post till July 31, 2023

 

2:09 PM

SC protects woman lawyer from arrest in FIR lodged by Manipur Police

The Supreme Court on Tuesday protected a woman lawyer from arrest in connection with an FIR lodged by the Manipur Police for her visit to the strife-hit state as part of a fact-finding mission.

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the submissions of senior lawyer Siddharth Dave, appearing for advocate Deeksha Dwivedi, while protecting her from arrest and listed her plea for further hearing this Friday.

1:44 PM

West Bengal rural polls counting underway, TMC leading in over 3,068 gram panchayats

The latest trends indicate that Trinamool Congress is leading in over 3,068 gram panchayat seats in West Bengal while the BJP is ahead in 1,151 seats as of 12.30pm, State Election Commission officials said on Tuesday. The CPI(M) is currently ahead in over 400 gram panchayat (GP) seats followed by its ally Congress in 110 GP seats, they said. "These are unofficial figures, we will make an official announcement later," a poll official told PTI.

1:38 PM

Ruckus ensued at a counting centre in Sovanagar gram panchayat of Malda

1:36 PM

50th GST Council meet underway, taxation on online gaming on agenda

In 49 meetings held so far, the Council has taken approximately 1,500 decisions in the spirit of co-operative federalism, the office of Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted. "The 50th meeting is a milestone which indicates success of cooperative federalism and establishment of a good & simple tax regime," the tweet said. A clarity on taxation of Multi Utility Vehicles (MUV) or multipurpose vehicles or Crossover Utility Vehicles (XUVs) for levy of a 22 per cent compensation cess over and above the 28 per cent GST rate is also expected.

12:52 PM

BJP disrupts assembly proceedings in Bihar demanding Tejashwi's resignation

The Bihar Assembly was on Tuesday adjourned till 2 pm amid uproar by members of the opposition BJP who entered the well demanding Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's resignation following a CBI chargesheet.

The proceedings began at 11 am, when BJP members rose in their seats and trooped into the well, pressing the demand for the resignation of the RJD leader who is named in a land-for-jobs scam which is being investigated by the CBI.

12:22 PM

Counting for Bengal rural polls underway, TMC leading

Early trends indicate that the Trinamool Congress is leading in over 2,229 gram panchayat seats in West Bengal while the BJP is ahead in 664 seats, State Election Commission officials said on Tuesday.

 

12:22 PM

Counting for Bengal rural polls underway, TMC leading

Early trends indicate that the Trinamool Congress is leading in over 2,229 gram panchayat seats in West Bengal while the BJP is ahead in 664 seats, State Election Commission officials said on Tuesday.

 

12:18 PM

With GST being linked to ED, traders paying tax can be arrested: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged on Tuesday that with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) being linked with the Enforcement Directorate (ED), even those traders paying the tax can be arrested by the federal agency.

The government has amended the provisions of the money-laundering law to allow the ED to share information with the GST network. The move would help in the recovery of the GST evaded through money laundering.

11:46 AM

A helicopter with 6 people on board has gone missing in Nepal: Report

 

“The chopper was en route to Kathmandu from Solukhumbu and got disconnected with the control tower at around 10 in the morning,” Information Officer Gyanendra Bhul. 

 

The helicopter with the call sign 9NMV got off the radar at 10:12 AM (Local Time). There were 5 foreign nationals on the missing chopper.

11:27 AM

Kharge, Rahul Gandhi hold a meeting with leaders of Maharashtra Congress

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi hold a meeting with leaders of Maharashtra Congress, at the party HQ in Delhi.

11:08 AM

SC to hear pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 from August 2

Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench says hearing of a batch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir will start from August 2.

 

10:44 AM

National Investigation Agency raids 5 locations in South Kashmir in terror conspiracy case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at five locations in South Kashmir in a terror conspiracy case. In May this year, the NIA had also searched 13 locations in Budgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Srinagar, and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir in the case that relates to the hatching of a conspiracy by terror outfits through both physical and cyberspace. As per the NIA, which registered the case last year, proscribed terrorist organisations hatched plans to unleash violent terrorist attacks in the Jammu and Kashmir with sticky bombs, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)and small arms.

10:32 AM

Jammu and Kashmir officials arrange buses for stranded Amarnath Yatris

10:00 AM

6 killed in school bus-car collision on Delhi-Meerut Expressway near Ghaziabad

At least six people died in a collision between a school bus and a car on the Delhi Meerut Expressway on Monday morning, the police said. According to the police, the school bus was empty and was reportedly coming from the wrong direction. "A school bus and a TUV met with an accident on the Delhi Meerut Expressway at 6.00 am today. The bus driver was coming from the wrong direction after filling CNG from Delhi near Ghazipur. The people in the car were coming from Meerut and had to go to Gurgaon. There was a head-on collision. 6 persons died and 2 are seriously injured. The driver of the bus has been caught. The entire fault was of the bus driver who was coming from the wrong direction", Ramanand Kushwaha ADCP Traffic Police told ANI.

9:13 AM

3 dead, several vehicles buried on National Highway amid rain in Uttarkashi

9:05 AM

Rail traffic over old Yamuna bridge in national capital temporarily suspended

The rail traffic over the old Yamuna bridge in the national capital was temporarily suspended on Tuesday as the water level crossed the danger mark in the Yamuna due to heavy downpour over the past few days, officials said. The official informed that the traffic was suspended since 6.00 am today. "Rail traffic over the old Yamuna bridge, temporarily suspended since 06.00 a.m today--July 11," Northern Railways informed.

8:58 AM

We have aligned with BJP, but not abandoned our ideology: Ajit Pawar camp leader Chhagan Bhujbal

Maharashtra cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said though they have aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party, they have not abandoned their "ideology", and criticised NCP founder Sharad Pawar for changing his stand on joining hands with the BJP on multiple occasions. Bhujbal claimed 45 of the 53 NCP MLAs have gone with Ajit Pawar and said, "What would have I done by remaining outside.". Speaking to reporters at Mahatma Phule Wada in Pune on Monday, Bhujbal said Sharad Pawar announced support to the BJP in 2014 after it formed government following the Assembly polls without the Shiv Sena's backing.