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Congress alleges rampant fraud in voters' list in Kerala

Congress slams BJP govt in Gujarat over infant deaths

3:25 pm March 4, 2020

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday held the BJP government in Gujarat responsible for the death of over 15,000 infants during treatment at newborn care units across the state in the last two years. Responding to a set of questions raised by Congress MLAs in the Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, […]

"Depressed" dental student leaps to death in Hyderabad

Man jumps to death from 10th floor of AIIMS hostel

3:41 pm March 2, 2020

New Delhi: A 48-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the tenth floor of a hostel at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Monday, police said. Vipin Sahu was declared brought dead by doctors at the hospital’s Trauma Centre, they said. Police said he jumped from the tenth floor of […]

Bill for extending upper limit of abortion to 24 weeks introduced in Lok Sabha

3:33 pm March 2, 2020

New Delhi: A bill that seeks to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan introduced the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 amid vehement protests by opposition members against the Central government over the Delhi […]

Fire breaks out on second floor of Azad Bhawan at ITO

10:20 pm March 1, 2020

New Delhi: A fire broke out on the second floor of Azad Bhawan at ITO on Sunday, a Delhi Fire Service official said. No injury was reported, he said. According to the fire department, a call about the blaze was received at 3.53 pm after which three fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The […]

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

GST collections at Rs 1.05 lakh cr in February

8:14 pm March 1, 2020

New Delhi: The government has collected Rs 1.05 lakh crore as GST revenue in February, up 8 per cent over the same month last year. The collection from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in February was, however, lower than the Rs 1.10 lakh crore collected in January 2020. “The gross GST revenue collected in the […]