The Centre’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in March touched an all-time high of over Rs 1.42 lakh-crore due to rate rationalisation and anti-evasion steps, said the Union Finance Ministry on Friday. The last high was Rs 1.41 lakh-crore mopped up in January this year. The healthy collections helped exceed the revised budget target […]
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday offered a straightforward advice to police officers complaining about harassment after government change, asking them to be impartial, saying “when you endear yourself to powers, you will have to face consequences”. He also said that the CBI’s credibility has come under deep public scrutiny with the passage […]
Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that the government would form the panel on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as early as possible, provided it receives names of representatives from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). Speaking in the House in response […]
Russia has put in place mechanisms for payments in national currencies for transactions with India and other partners and their use will be intensified to bypass sanctions imposed by the West over the Ukraine conflict, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. Lavrov told the media after holding talks with his Indian counterpart S […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reiterated his call for early cessation of violence in Ukraine during a meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, and conveyed India’s readiness to contribute in any way to peace efforts. The Indian side has repeatedly called for respecting the UN Charter and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of […]
Punjab State U-25 years Men’s Team for Col.CK Nayudu Trophy 2021-22 played their second Inter-State match against Jammu & Kashmir at Arun Jaitely Stadium, New Delhi. Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to bat. Batting first J&K bundled out for 320 in 100.2 overs in their first innings. MusaifAjaz 112 off 185 with […]
Government College of Yoga Education and Health, Sector 23, organised the 7th Annual Athletic Meet 2021-22. On this occasion Sh. Prashant Kumar Gautam, Director Sports, Directorate of Sports, Panjab University Chandigarh was the Chief Guest for the inaugural session. The Programme commenced with the inauguration of the meet by unfurling the college flag by the […]
The India Men’s Hockey Team is all geared up to take on England in their next set of FIH Hockey Pro League 2021/22 matches, which is scheduled to take place on April 2 and 3 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium. Ahead of the two-legged affair, Indian Men’s Team Captain Amit Rohidas spoke on the opposition […]
Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, on Friday, launched the Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) project in the state, thus making Punjab the first state in the country to initiate ultra-modern technology equipped with GIS maps for reducing road accidents to the minimum level, improving road designs and identifying accidental black spots. After inaugurating intra-departmental […]
The Delhi high court on Friday directed the police to submit a status report on the investigation into the vandalisation outside chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. After perusing a video of the incident, the court observed that the security was inadequate outside the chief minister’s residence and an element of threat was created. A bench […]