The Kerala government in its budget presented on Friday has decided to slap 210 per cent tax on liquor costing over Rs 400, and 200 per cent tax on those costing less than Rs 400, while beer would be taxed at 100 per cent. State Finance Minister Thomas Issac while presenting his third state budget for the new fiscal decided to give the nod for ...
Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were disrupted on Friday as opposition parties, including Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party, raised the issue of communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj and the sealing drive in the national capital. As the House met for the day, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien finished the important legislativ...
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Friday approved changes to the city's Master Plan - in a move to provide relief to traders hit by the sealing drive. The proposed amendments in the Master Plan include -- increasing Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of local shopping complexes (LSCs) from existing 180 per cent to 300 per cent, and regularising agri...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has conveyed to leaders of all political parties of Nepal, including Prime-Minister-in-waiting K.P. Sharma Oli, that India is looking forward to working with the new government in the Himalayan nation, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday....
Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were disrupted on Friday as opposition parties, including Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party, raised the issue of communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj and the sealing drive in the national capital....
The BJP on Friday announced its first list of 45 candidates for the Meghalaya Assembly polls and voiced the confidence to oust the ruling Congress that has been in power for the last one decade. ...
Clashes erupted in the Maldives between police and supporters of former President Mohamed Nasheed on Friday as they took to the streets celebrating a ruling by the Supreme Court to release the exiled leader along with other high-profile prisoners....
Indian equity markets on Friday tumbled and provisionally closed deep in the red -- the BSE Sensex shedding over 800 points -- following negative global cues and a disappointing announcement in the Budget on the reintroduction of the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax....
A court here on Friday accepted framing of terror charges against Pakistan-based...
The Kerala budget for the 2018-19 fiscal saw the largest ever allocation of Rs...
