GST council for reducing tax rates from 28% to 18% on 177 items
AMN / Guwahati UNION Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the GST council has decided to bring down tax rates from 28 per cent to 18 per cent on…
201 people arrested in anti-corruption swoop in Saudi Arabia
AMN Saudi Arabia says 201 people are being held so far for questioning over an estimated 100 billion US dollars in embezzlement and corruption, after the biggest purge of the…
All India Lawyers Union condemns Rajasthan ordinance
AMN The All India Lawyers Union has condemned the Rajasthan government ordinance which seeks to protect judges, magistrates and public servants from being probed without prior sanction, saying it reflected…
GST needs complete overhaul: Yashwant Sinha
AMN Veteran BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today launched a fresh attack on the government, saying Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had not applied his mind while rolling out GST. Sinha, who…
RELIEFS IN GST WILL BE A GAME CHANGER: CAIT
TRADERS ARE READY TO COMPENSATE LOSS IF GST IS SIMPLIFIED AMN / NEW DELHI Various relief granted by the GST Council today will be a game changer in simplifying…
Trade unions threaten to intensify protest against Govt
Our Correspondent / NEW DELHI On the second day of the protest by workers of the Central Trade Unions and independent federations, large number of workers from the states of…
SC refuses to stay release of Padmavati
AMN / NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Friday refused to stay the release of ‘Padmavati’ over which the Allahabad High Court also declined to entertain a plea seeking a ban…
NGT asks Delhi govt to establish the basis for odd-even scheme
AMN / NEW DELHI The National Green Tribunal Friday directed the Delhi government to submit data or studies on the basis of which it has planned to introduce the odd-even…
Govt approves utilisation of pulses from buffer stock
AMN / NEW DELHI Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA has approved utilisation of pulses from the buffer stock for meeting the protein component under various Central Government schemes providing…
Pak allows Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife
AMN Pakistan on Friday said it will allow convicted Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife, months after India had requested Islamabad to grant a visa to…