Newdelhi:1/7/17:The Goods and Services Tax came into force at midnight, amid a historic midnight session in the Central Hall of Parliament. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed the gathering, before the President and the Prime Minister pressed a button to mark the launch of GST. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said ...

GandhiNagar:1/7/17:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi  inaugurated Textiles India 2017, India’s first ever mega textiles trade fair, being held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Addressing the gathering at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, the PM said that based on Make in India, the textile industry is being infused with the mantras of ‘skill,scale,speed’ & ‘zero-defect, zero-effect’. The PM said that the textile sector offers significant ...

Newdelhi:1/7/17;Narendra Kumar Sinha, IAS (Bihar: 1980) today assumed charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on transfer of Shri Ajay Mittal, IAS. Prior to his appointment, Shri Sinha was Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. During a career span of more than 35 years, Shri Sinha has held various field postings and has worked from grassroots to ...

Newdelhi:1/7/17:A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Thailand was signed in the presence of Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Minister of Justice of Thailand, Mr. Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, on Cooperation in Controlling Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances, their Precursors and Chemicals and Drug Abuse, here today. The MoU was signed by Dr. Rina Mitra, Special ...

Newdelhi:30/6/027;Femina Miss India 2017’s first runner-up Sana Dua, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, says she feels happy and proud that with her victory, her state is in the news for the right season. Considering there is constant political turmoil in the Kashmir Valley, asked about her feelings of coming from that state to win the first runner-up crown in ...

New Delhi:30/6/17;The new Vice President of India will be elected on August 5 and results will be declared the same day. Election, if needed, will be held on August 5 and results will be announced the same day. Last date for filing nomination is July 18, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced today. Rajya Sabha Secretary General Shamsher Sheriff will ...

New Delhi30/6/17; The opposition Congress party said on Thursday it won’t attend the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) scheduled for midnight on June 30 in a special Parliament session, sources said. The Congress joins the Trinamool Congress (TMC) which announced Wednesday it would boycott the special session of Parliament. It is firm on rolling out GST, which replaces a slew of indirect taxes on goods ...

Newdelhi;29/6/17;The Union Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley asked the representatives of Trade and Industry to ensure that all benefits arising due to implementation of GST from 1st July, 2017 are passed on to the consumers in a transparent manner. Adopting a pro-active approach on the eve of roll-out of GST, the Finance Minister Shri Jaitley ...

New Delhi:28/6/17; The government has made it mandatory for taxpayers to link existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN cards with effect from July 1. Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrolment ID a must at the time of application of permanent account number (PAN). Finance minister Arun Jaitley through ...

Newdelhi:28/6/17;Opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Wednesday filed her nomination for the July 17 Presidential election. Opposition leaders, including from the Congress and Left, along with Meira Kumar assembled at Parliament’s Gate Number 1 and later left for the Lok Sabha Secretary General’s chamber to file the nomination. Among the leaders present were former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia ...