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Oppn demands for caste census, tax on rich, GST removal on insurance in RS

Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday pressed for a caste census, imposition of super rich tax, and removal of GST levy on life and medical insurance premiums.

Oppn slams govt for not withdrawing GST on health, life insurance premiums

Opposition MPs staged a walkout from Lok Sabha after an amendment moved by RSP member N K Premchandran seeking removal of 18 per cent GST on medical and life insurance premiums was not taken up

Opposition's walkout on GST issue a 'face-saver', says FM Sitharaman

Speaking to reporters in Parliament House Complex, Sitharaman said the GST Council, which is a constitutional body, can take up any matter related to the GST

Cong asks govt to allow indexation benefits for savings in stocks, FDs

Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi in his response to the Budget in Parliament categorically said that this was a "betrayal of the middle class" through removal of indexation

Tenders for boosting grain storage capacity given via online process: Govt

Bandyopadhyay raised concerns about the sufficiency of the storage capacity at FCI godowns and the involvement of a private entity in the sector

Preamble to the Constitution not removed from NCERT textbooks: Pradhan

During Zero Hour, Leader of the Opposition and Congress President Kharge said Preamble, which is the soul and foundation of Indian Constitution, used to be published in NCERT textbooks

Bill to overhaul Waqf Act likely today in Parliament: 5 proposed changes

The draft Bill seeks to omit Section 40 of the Waqf Act, which is linked to the powers of the Board to decide if a property is Waqf property

Flying drone without permit: Case registered against BRS leader KT Rama Rao

BRS working president KT Rama Rao allegedly flew a drone without permission to capture images of damage to Medigadda barrage, part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

INDIA bloc stages protest against GST on health, life insurance premiums

MPs from various parties such as TMC, Congress, AAP and NCP (SC), among others, participated in the protest on the steps leading to the Makar Dwar of Parliament

Bangladesh crisis: In talks with Dhaka amid attacks on Hindus, says govt

With UK plan in limbo, Hasina may be eyeing Finland, West Asia for asylum

Centre to unilaterally release its share of crop insurance premium

Replying to a Parliament question, Chouhan said that earlier farmers had to wait for their claims unless both the Centre and states released their share of the premium subsidy

LK Advani admitted to hospital in Delhi after being discharged two days ago

The 96-year-old, who was born in undivided India, was admitted to the Apollo hospital here today, a hospital source told PTI earlier in the day

Rahul meets SKM delegation, discuss pressing govt for MSP guarantee

Sources said the delegation briefed him about the issues the farmers were facing in the country and stressed the demand for legal guarantee for minimum support price

Priyanka Gandhi didn't attend Ambani wedding: Congress retorts to claims

Participating in a debate on Finance Bill in Lok Sabha, Dubey had claimed that Gandhi attended the recent wedding of industrialist Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani, but none of the Gandhis attended

Assembly elections in J&K to be held in Sept: Union minister G Kishan Reddy

A new J&K has emerged where terrorism, stone-pelting, hoisting of Pakistani flags, and an insult to the Tricolour are history, said the minister in Jammu rally

BJP-JD(S) 'Mysuru Chalo' march demanding CM's resignation enters day 4

The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3.16 acres of her land, where MUDA developed a residential layout

BJP spreading lies, trying to create fissures in BJD: Odisha's Oppn whip

Her comment comes after BJP MP Sarangi MP Mamata Mohanta joining BJP was just a trailer

Wayanad landslides: Bhupender Yadav says Kerala allowed illegal mining

The minister said that the Union government has already constituted a committee headed by former Director General of Forests Sanjay Kumar to study the eco-sensitive zone

Opposition slams government over 18% GST on life and health insurance

Sources in the TMC said that its MPs have raised the issue in Parliament and their party chief, WB CM Mamata Banerjee, has written to FM Nirmala Sitharaman on the matter

UP CM Yogi Adityanath to begin his two-day Ayodhya visit on Tuesday

Adityanath is scheduled to visit Hanumangarhi and Shri Ram Lalla temples on Tuesday morning