New Delhi: Helped by improved compliance, GST collections increased by 10 per cent to over Rs 1.62 lakh crore in September, crossing the Rs 1.6 lakh crore mark for the fourth time during current financial year. Gross GST revenue collected last month was Rs 1,62,712 crore. Of this, Central GST was Rs 29,818 crore, State […]
New Delhi: India’s fast-growing civil aviation market has the scope to have 130-150 more wide-body planes as airlines expand their operations and there is also the potential for more such aircraft to be deployed in dense domestic routes, GE Aerospace South Asia CEO Vikram Rai said. GE Aerospace, a leading aircraft engine maker, sees a […]
Lucknow: Mahatma Gandhi had a special connection with the old Lucknow’s iconic Firangi Mahal which used to be a popular centre of culture and Sufism. According to historical documents, Mahatma Gandhi visited the Firangi Mahal thrice during the Khilafat movement that started in 1920 as a guest of Maulana Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali, an influential […]
New Delhi: India’s labour-intensive export sectors such as apparels, marine products, plastics, and gems and jewellery are showing a “troubling pattern” as the country is experiencing a decline in global market share across these segments during the last five years, a FIEO report has said. Apex exporters body Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) also […]
Washington: The India-US relationship is at an all-time high and the two nations have moved to a position where they see each other as very desirable, optimal and comfortable partners, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, stressing that like the Chandrayaan, bilateral ties will go to the moon and maybe even beyond. Jaishankar made […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Asian Games medallists, praising the performance of “phenomenal” Tajinderpal Singh Toor and “unstoppable” Avinash Sable in shot put and steeplechase events respectively. While Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival, Sable became the first […]
Srinagar: Two heavily armed infiltrators were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, police said. Based on intelligence inputs generated by the Kupwara police, a joint alert party of police and Army launched a search operation in the Kumkadi area along […]
Jammu: The NIA on Saturday conducted raids on the premises of several suspects in Poonch district in connection with an attack that killed seven civilians in the Dhangri village of Rajouri district earlier this year, an official said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids were conducted at five locations across the Gursai village of Mendhar […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday requested the Army to investigate allegations that some units in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district were harassing local youth by putting them into bonded labour. A defence spokesperson, however, refuted the allegations. “Received distressing calls from residents of Kanslo Kanda area in Kulgam about them being allegedly harassed […]
Kargil: The BJP has lost its moral ground to stand before the people of Kargil post-bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. Addressing a rally here ahead of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil election on October 4, he slammed the BJP for not giving […]