Govt to consider rollback of tax on withdrawals from EPF
Government Tuesday promised to consider demands for a partial rollback of the proposal to tax 60 per cent of withdrawals from provident fund and a ceiling on employers’ contribution. It…
CPM gives privilage notice against Smirti Irani
AMN / CPI-M deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Md Salim today gave notice of privilege under Rule 223 of the House, stating that the statement given HRD minister Smriti…
Congress moves adjournment motion in RS over minister ‘hate speech’
AMN / New Delhi: The Congress today moved an adjournment motion in the Rajya Sabha against Minister of State for Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ram Shankar Katheria for hi…
Sedition law being reviewed: Govt to Parliament
Our Correspondent / The Controversial Sedition Law is likely to reviewed as Government today said that it was reviewing a section of the Sedition Law. In a written reply in…
India has an effective mechanism to deal with ISIS threat: Minister
TIA News / The government of India today affirmed MPs in the Lok Sabha, the lower House of Parliament that it has an effective mechanism to deal with terrorist funding…
Parliament faces adjournments over demand of action against Chidambaram
AMN / AIADMK members in both the Houses of Parliament forced repeated adjournments in the pre-lunch session today demanding the government to take action against former Home Minister P Chidambaram…
Former Maharashtra minister Nihal Ahmed laid to rest
Malegaon : Veteran Socialist leader and former Maharashtra minister Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman died yesterday after prolonged illness. He was 90 . He was laid to rest at the…
8 Maoists killed in encounter on Telangana-Chattisgarh boarder
AMN / At least eight Maoists including five women were killed in an encounter in the Gottepau forest area on the Telangana – Chattisgarh boarder this morning. The Khammam district…
Swine flu claims 34 lives in Rajasthan
Swine flu has claimed 34 lives in the months of January and February in Rajasthan,. A state Health department official said in Jaipur yesterday, 162 people in Rajasthan were tested…
Visa on Arrival for Japanese nationals
The Visa on Arrival will be given to Japanese nationals from today. This facility will be available at six airports Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad. In a release,…