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'Full benefits of GST rate cuts must be passed on to consumers'

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday asked the industry to pass on the full benefit of GST rate cuts to consumers, thereby increasing the demand of domesti... Read More


India, Israel ink bilateral investment treaty

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- India and Israel on Monday inked a bilateral investment agreement with an aim to promote and protect investments in each other's countries, the finance ministry said. The pact i... Read More


LG thanks PM, Minister Nadda for sanctioning 50 MBBS seats at SMVDIME

Jammu, Sept. 8 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda for sanctioning 50 MBBS seats for the newly established Shri ... Read More


In rare ruling, Israeli Supreme Court says Israel deprives Palestinian prisoners of food

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, Israel's Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsist... Read More


No justification for PSA detention of MLA Mehraj Malik: CM Omar Abdullah

Jammu, Sept. 8 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday strongly criticised the detention of Doda legislator Mehraj Din Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), terming it unjustified and a blow to d... Read More


Charitable hosps flouting beds quota to face harsher penalties

India, Sept. 8 -- Senior management of charitable hospitals in Mumbai, including some of the city's top medical institutions, could face a year-long jail sentence if these institutions continue to vio... Read More


Nepal protest reaches KP Oli's hometown, stones hurled at PM's ancestral house: Report

India, Sept. 8 -- The protests in Nepal against the social media ban have taken an ugly turn on Monday, as at least 16 people have died in clashes with the police. Even as the protestors clashed with... Read More


Military reforms, readiness to be in focus at top defence meet next week

India, Sept. 8 -- Transformation and reforms in the military along with its operational readiness will be in sharp focus at the Combined Commanders' Conference (CCC) to be held in Kolkata next week, w... Read More


National Human Rights Commission urges restraint as 14 dead in Gen Z protests

Kathmandu, Sept. 8 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged authorities to exercise restraint in handling protests after at least 14 people lost their lives during the protest organise... Read More


Assam Governor recalls contributions of Bhupen Hazarika as birth centenary celebrations begin

Guwahati, Sept. 8 -- Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, along with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, paid floral tributes to Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika on the occasion of his birth centena... Read More