New Delhi The all-powerful GST Council, in its 38th meeting here on Wednesday, voted for uniform rate of 28% on lotteries across the country. Despite pressure to boost revenues amidst a shortfall, the GST Council chose not to tamper with the rates. It was decided to extend the annual date of GSTR 9 filing to […]
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Internet and Mobile services suspended in parts of Delhi
New Delhi The protest against the new citizenship law is heating up in national capital Delhi. As a precautionary measure, the government has asked mobile phone operators to suspend voice, data and internet services in some areas. The order to suspend the services was issued on Wednesday. The users of Airtel were first to find […]
Exams Time is here: CBSE Class 10, 12 Board Exams Begin On February 15
New Delhi The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), one of the biggest education boards of the country, conducts class 10, 12 board exams for more than 30 lakh students, every year, in both class 10 and class 12 level. Of the 240 subjects in which the Board conducts the exams at secondary (class 10) […]
Ranji Trophy: Kapil Dev’s son Ankit Kaushik saves Chandigarh Cricket Team
Chandigarh A couple of years back, he fell one short of equaling former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of 14 sixes in the Vijay Hazare trophy but on Tuesday, Ankit Kaushik bailed Chandigarh out with a sedate century as the hosts posted a healthy 274 for 5 before bad light forced an early closure […]
Charging Rs 12 for carry bag costs Domino’s Rs 5 lakh
Chandigarh The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the fast food chain to deposit Rs 5 lakh in the Poor Patient Welfare Fund of the PGI and to stop the unfair trade practice. Jitender Bansal, a resident of Sector 27-D, had filed a complaint against Domino’s Jubilant FoodWorks Limited, Sector 8-B, Chandigarh, and its […]
Around 60 Petitions on Citizenship Law To Be Heard By Supreme Court Today
New Delhi Around 60 petitions challenging the Centre’s new Citizenship law – which has created a storm since being passed last week — will be taken up by the Supreme Court today. Among those who filed the petitions are senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, the Indian Union Muslim League and Asom Gana Parishad, an ally […]
What is Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) and why people are protesting against it; Here’s everything you need to know
New Delhi Protests over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) spread across the country on Monday with students, some sections of the civil society and opposition political parties holding demonstrations at several places urging the Centre to revoke the Act. Here is all you need to now: What is the Citizenship (Amendment) Act? The bill […]
Pervez Musharraf sentenced death penalty for imposing emergency in Pak in 2007
New Delhi Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday sentenced to death by the Peshawar High Court in the high treason case filed against him. The verdict in the long-pending case was announced by a three-judge bench of a special court, the Dawn reported. Musharraf, who is currently in Dubai, was booked in […]
Cold wave grips HP, Punjab and Haryana; fog to persist, rain forecast this weekend
Punjab Himachal Pradesh continued to shiver under sub-zero temperatures with the mercury plummeting further on Tuesday even as cold day conditions with pockets of fog prevailed in the plains of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. While it was a bright day in the Kashmir Valley, the sun appeared after the fog cleared up around noon in […]
3.0-magnitude earthquake hits Himachal’s Kangra region, no damage reported
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: A low-intensity earthquake hit Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra region on Tuesday, reported news agency ANI. The earthquake measured 3.0 on the Richter scale and occured at 10:51 am. No damage has been reported. An earthquake of 3.0-3.9 magnitude is considered as minor. While it is often felt, it rarely causes any […]