The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed legislation to extend the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to Jammu and Kashmir, making it part of the "one nation, one tax" regime. The House passed the the Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir), Bill, 2017 and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir), Bill, 2017 aft...
Cisco Executive Chairman John Chambers says it was wrong to replace American workers by bring in software professionals from abroad, cautioning "we have to be careful not to misstep" when it comes to H-1B visa. "You cannot go in and take a whole bunch of H1-B visas and displace American workers because you can do it at lower cost...
India has not pulled out its troops in Doklam where they are locked in a stand off with the Chinese army for nearly two months, government sources said on Wednesday, rebuffing a claim by China that fewer Indian troops were stationed in the area in Sikkim sector. "Status quo continues, there has been no pullout," government sources said. Ch...
Income Tax searches were conducted on Wednesday at the residences of Karnataka Power Minister D.K. Shivakumar and in a private resort outside Bengaluru where 44 Gujarat Congress MLAs have been housed, stoking a major political row that rocked Parliament and triggered cries of foul play by the Congress. "Our state invest...
Youth Congress leader Vikram Goud, who was injured in a firing last week, had stage-managed the incident and struck the deal for Rs 50 lakh with the gang he had hired to execute the plan, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Hyderabad Police Commissioner Mahender Reddy said that Goud, who was still undergoing treatment at a hospital,...
Pakistan and India have concluded the much-delayed water talks here "in a spirit of goodwill and cooperation", raising hopes of avoiding further tensions over an issue with far-reaching consequences. "The Secretary-level discussions between India and Pakistan on the technical issues on the Indus Waters Treaty took place this week in a spirit of goodw...
Beijing, Aug 2 China on Wednesday said it had informed India in advance about its road building activity in Doklam on the border and reiterated its demand that New Delhi must withdraw its troops immediately from the area. Beijing, which earlier said it won't talk to New Delhi until the Indian troops leave, also hinted that the two sides ...
The Rajya Sabha was on Wednesday repeatedly adjourned over the Income Tax Department...
The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP government of using investigative agencies...
An inquiry against Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, for his...
