New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Reflecting consumption slowdown in the economy, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection fell 2.67 per cent to Rs 91,916 crore in September on a year on year basis. This is yet another month in a row when GST mop-up has slipped below Rs 1[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 1 (IANS) Sony has tweeted departure of Shawn Layden, PlayStation Worldwide Studios boss, after around three decades of service. In a tweet on Monday, it said, “It is with great emotion that we announce that Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden will be departing SIE. His visionary leadership[Read More…]
Guwahati, Oct 1 (IANS) The army in association with the Assam Police arrested six militants of the banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland’s (NDFB) anti-talk faction from the Ripu Reserve forest in the Kokrajhar district, officials said on Tuesday. The security forces also recovered one M16 assault rifle, six 7.65[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Leaders from across the political spectrum, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wished President Ram Nath Kovind on his birthday on Tuesday. Greeting the President, Modi said India has gained significantly from his insights and understanding of policy matters. “One can always see his passion towards[Read More…]
Patna, Oct 1 (IANS) As incessant monsoon floods wreak havoc across parts of India, especially Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, several celebrities including Manoj Bajpayee and Pankaj Tripathi, who hail from Bihar, have appealed to people to help the victims. Manoj on Monday took to Twitter and wrote: “Dear friends, Bihar[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Oct 1 (IANS) Comedian author and political activist Russell Brand, who has previously spoken about drug use, says being drug-free makes him think that anything is possible. A twitter user on Tuesday asked Brand: “Very personal question and you may not want to answer but do you feel[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Senior RSS functionary and ABVP head Sunil Ambekar has created a storm with his new book “The RSS: Roadmaps for the 21st century”. He has talked about things you don’t expect someone from RSS to talk about – feminism, rape culture, live-in relationship et al.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora was on Tuesday appointed as the new vice chief of Indian Air Force (IAF). He succeeds Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, who was appointed the IAF’s new chief on Monday. An IAF official said Arora had been commissioned into[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday sent corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar to judicial custody till October 16 in the CBI case relating to an illicit aviation deal. Special CBI Judge Anil Kumar Sisodia also reserved the bail application for October 3. The cognisance of the charge[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 1 (IANS) The Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) has said that it has suffered a loss of Rs 2.68 crore due to the agitation over the death of a goat in the Talcher Coalfields area in Odisha. MCL suffered the loss on the account of stoppage of coal transportation[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Actors Rashami Desai and Sidharth Shukla have been seen giving cold vibes to each other since they entered the “Bigg Boss 13” house on Sunday. Before the reality show, they have acted together in the daily soap “Dil Se Dil Tak”, and it seems their past[Read More…]
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Seoul, Oct 1 (IANS) North Korea on Tuesday said that its working-level negotiations with the US would resume later this week. “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the US agreed to have preliminary contact on October 4 and hold working-level negotiations on October 5,” North Korea’s First[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu, who recently performed with Garba Queen Falguni Pathak on her song “Chudi jo khanki” at Navratri Utsav, has praised the singer, saying she broke several stereotypes. “It was such fun dancing with Falguni. She breaks stereotypes in the way she conducts herself, just[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) Ahead of the state’s formal bifurcation into two Union Territories on October 31, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced elaborate measures for the annual Durbar move of its offices from Srinagar to winter capital Jammu. Issuing a 19-point directive on how to go about[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Google Doodle on Tuesday honoured noted American psychiatrist Herbert Kleber on the 23rd anniversary of his election to the National Academy of Medicine, earlier known as the Institute of Medicine. Born on June 19, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the USA, Kleber was a psychiatrist[Read More…]
Kathmandu, Oct 1 (IANS) The Speaker of Nepals Parliament resigned on Tuesday following an allegation that he raped a woman staffer while he was intoxicated. Krishna Bahadur Mahara’s resignation follows a meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) that asked him to step down as the Speaker and member of[Read More…]
Gurugram, Oct 1 (IANS) Starting a new era of smartphone design, Samsung on Tuesday unveiled its much-anticipated foldable “Galaxy Fold” smartphone-cum-tablet with 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage in India for Rs 164,999. Pre-bookings for Galaxy Fold in Premium Cosmos Black colour will open on October 4 and deliveries will[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 1 (IANS) The TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) Feeder Tour will stage the sixth and last event of its 2019 season at the Palms Golf Club & Resort, Sushant Golf City, Ansal API, here between October 2-4. The tournament carries a prize purse of Rs.[Read More…]
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 1 (IANS) The assistant regional manager of UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has tendered his resignation after the District Magistrate of Ballia allegedly misbehaved and made casteist remarks against him. Ballia’s District Magistrate Bhawani Singh Khangraut, however, has denied the allegation. saying he had not[Read More…]
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Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar’s photograph with Ma Anand Sheela, secretary of the late godman Bhagwan Rajneesh, popularly known as Osho, has raised eyebrows on social media. Karan had shared a selfie with her on Instagram, terming her “fun” and “fabulous”, shortly after he interviewed her at an[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANSlife) Actor Milind Soman and squash champion Dipika Pallikal Karthik have been roped in as brand ambassadors of beauty brand Pond’s new skincare range. The Ponds Skin Fit line is especially designed to suit a workout or exercise regimes. “Being a fitness enthusiast, I understand the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to file its response on a petition filed by CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, challenging detention of his party colleague Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami in Kashmir. The Centre’s response was sought by a three-judge bench, headed by Justice N.V.[Read More…]
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