Day: December 5, 2019

Oppn members in Rajya Sabha stage walkout

Rajya Sabha nod to lower corporate tax rates

7:44 pm December 5, 2019

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Thursday gave its consent to the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, replacing an ordinance that was used to slash corporate tax rates to stimulate growth. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill and the Upper House cleared the legislation with voice vote without any changes. As per rules, […]

Srinagar-Leh highway reopens after four months

Srinagar-Leh highway to be reopen for traffic on Friday

7:43 pm December 5, 2019

Zojila/Jammu: The Srinagar-Leh highway will reopen for vehicular traffic on Friday after remaining closed for 15 days as the Border Roads Organisation has cleared the snow at the high-altitude Zojila pass on Thursday, officials said. The highway was closed on November 21 after the second spell of snowfall hit the Kashmir region disrupting normal life. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Car of Arjuna awardee stolen from Rohini

7:39 pm December 5, 2019

New Delhi: The car of a 30-year-old Arjuna awardee was stolen from outside his relative’s house in Rohini, police said on Thursday. Abhishek Verma, a resident of Model Town, currently serves as an Income Tax officer. He won gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the men’s compound archery team event, along […]

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul

Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at FM over onions

7:36 pm December 5, 2019

Wayanad (Ker): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a jibe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the issue of onion prices, saying none asked her what she eats, but people wanted to know why the economy was struggling. On Wednesday when asked by an MP if she ate onions, the prices of which had […]

Arun Singh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from UP

7:25 pm December 5, 2019

Lucknow: BJP national general secretary Arun Singh was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Singh had filed his nomination papers on December 2 for the Rajya Sabha by-election, which was necessitated following the resignation of Samajwadi Party member Tazeen Fatma, who is now the MLA from Rampur. According to the […]