Service tax rates have seen an increase over the last two years. In 2015-16, service tax was increased from 12.36% to 14%. The Swachh Bharat cess of 0.5% also was hitched to it. This financial year, the Krishi Kalyan cess of 0.5% was imposed, taking the tax rate to 15%.[Read More…]
A renowned actor, writer and director, Alan Alda turns 81 on January 28, 2017. Alda earned recognition for his excellent work all over the world. The ace artiste has been nominated for an EMMY 34 times and won 7 EMMYs. He has the distinction of being nominated for an Oscar,[Read More…]
Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Modi’s government on Friday for awarding the Padma Vibhushan to someone who is allegedly involved in the Babri Masjid massacre. BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi was slammed for his alleged role in the Babri Masjid demolition case. As BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi receives PadmaVibhushan, All India[Read More…]
Congress leader and MLA Preneet Kaur today slammed both AAP and SAD as organisations for having radical ideologies. He claims that AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal brought outsiders for his rally in Patiala district. Preneet Kaur, who is campaigning for her husband Capt Amarinder Singh and other party candidates in[Read More…]
After a series of videos were posted online by jawans from the army, Indian Air Force and central police forces concerning various conditions that they work under and which became viral with attracting huge criticism from celebrities as well as commoners, the army has set up a WhatsApp number for[Read More…]
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said that ‘the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is ‘comfortable’ with new administrator’, praising the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Sisodia said Baijal had previously worked together in several departments in Delhi and have the first-hand information of the problems faced by the national capital.[Read More…]
Section 144 has been imposed in Gurgaon and in parts of Rohtak district as a precautionary measure ahead of the the fresh Jat agitations that is scheduled to resume in Haryana from January 29, by the district administration. The order was issued by Deputy Commissioner Hardeep Singh. It bars people[Read More…]
Roads in Kashmir are blocked with snow. Travelling through roadways is not an option in Kashmir anymore. And due to rising demand of air-tickets, there has been an intense inflation of price on Saturday came at a cost of Rs 38,379. At the same time, the cheapest ticket from Srinagar[Read More…]
UP Chief Minister and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will jointly address the first press conference after the alliance in Lucknow on Sunday. “The time and venue of the media interaction is yet to be finalised,” a senior SP leader told reporters on Friday. The[Read More…]
Central government is planning to revive a cluster of colonial-era gold mines – shut for 15 years but with an estimated $2.1 billion worth of deposits left – as India looks for ways to cut its trade deficit, officials told media. State-run Mineral Exploration Corp Ltd has started exploring the[Read More…]
The bodies of four army personnel who went missing after avalanches struck an army camp and patrol in Gurez area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district have been recovered. It took the total death toll to 14 with army spokesman Rajesh Kalia saying that the search operation had been stopped.[Read More…]