Day: November 18, 2020

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

Maha: Inter-state GST invoice racket busted

7:24 pm November 18, 2020

Nagpur: An inter-state tax invoice racket with fake transactions of over Rs 131 crore and fraudulent input tax credit of over Rs 26 crore was busted by the Nagpur unit of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), an official said on Wednesday. The racket involves three tax payers, one from Maharashtra and two others […]

57 per cent Bihar ministers have declared criminal cases against them: ADR

7:20 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: Eight of the 14 newly sworn-in ministers in Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Six (43 per cent) of the ministers have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, according to the poll rights group. Serious criminal cases are non-bailable offences with over five years […]

PM pays tributes to Netaji on eve of birth anniversary

Mamata urges Modi to declare Jan 23 national holiday

7:10 pm November 18, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday on January 23 as national holiday. She also urged Modi to personally see that the Centre takes appropriate steps to give a conclusive picture on the freedom fighter’s disappearance on […]

Madhya Pradesh to have `cow cabinet’

7:07 pm November 18, 2020

Bhopal: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to set up a “gau cabinet” for the protection and promotion of the cow, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Wednesday. Opposition Congress said the BJP has forgotten its election promise of creating a separate cow ministry. “It has been decided to constitute a `gau […]

Rupee rises for 3rd day, up 27 paise to 74.19 per USD

7:03 pm November 18, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee continued its winning run for the third session in a row on Wednesday, spurting 27 paise to settle at 74.19 against the US dollar amid unabated foreign fund inflows and a weak greenback overseas. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 74.49 against the US dollar and touched an […]