Centre raises export duties on diesel and ATF, while scrapping the levy on petrol exports for the next fortnight NEW DELHI: Govt Saturday increased the windfall gains tax on exports of diesel and jet fuel (ATF), while slashing the levy to zero on petrol for the fortnight beginning Oct 31.There is no change in excise…
Nepal PM Balen Shah is expected to seek Indian aid for flood reconstruction, fresh hydropower investment and faster progress on stalled infrastructure projects during his proposed visit later this month NEW DELHI: Nepal will seek Indian financial assistance for flood reconstruction, fresh investment in hydropower and faster implementation of stalled infrastructure projects during Prime Minister…
Protesters marched through the streets raising slogans. (Photo credit: Reuters) NEW DELHI: Thousands of people from different communities, including residents of Manipur’s hill and valley regions, took part in a rally organised by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) in Imphal.The protesters demanding the scrapping of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement with militant…
Rahul Gandhi warned the CEC and other officials against assuming that constitutional immunity would shield them from accountability. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah may be at the top of the political chain of command, but Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that the opposition’s first target is Chief…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Saturday unanimously passed a “resolution” to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls during a “mock Parliament” organised at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence.Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar presided over the proceedings, with several MPs and activists supporting…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A business arrangement built around the promise of a share in future software profits ended in a legal dispute after a Georgia technology company terminated its relationship with a software developer. The developer claimed he had been promised 30% of the profits from products created by a joint venture, along with an…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a drone exhibition in Kangwon Province on Oct 29 North Korea has built a billion-dollar cyberwar machine that allows it to target global financial institutions, steal cryptocurrency and generate revenue despite sweeping international sanctions.Its state-sponsored hackers, suspected of carrying out the $6.3 billion Binance heist, have repeatedly exploited…
Woman’s brothers and others allegedly arrived in three cars, abducted Pradeep while he was walking home and took him to her house. UDUPI: A 27-year-old man died by suicide in the toilet of the government district hospital at Ajjarkad on Friday, allegedly following an assault and threats by the family members of a woman he…
Kharge accused the CEC of centralising control over electoral rolls and acting at the behest of PM Modi. NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar of facilitating “vote theft” and listed six charges against him at a symbolic “public impeachment” organised by…
Sharing the picture, Abdullah wrote, “A new journey began yesterday”. NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and journalist Nidhi Razdan made their relationship formal on Saturday by sharing photos of a ceremony on social media.In a post on X, CM Omar Abdullah wrote: “A new journey began yesterday”. “It’s done bro,” Nidhi…
