newsMaharashtra to scrap Local Body Tax
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday announced the scrapping of the contentious Local Body Tax (LBT) while presenting in the state assembly a
Five held for land fraud in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 18 (IANS) Five people, including a woman, have been arrested here for posing as land owners and fraudulently selling a plot, police said on Wednesday.Arshad and Aslam, from Mewat
HC seeks Delhi government response on play schools
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the city government on a plea filed against unauthorised and unrecognised play schools functioning here.A
School asking students, staff to join BJP gets notice
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday issued a show cause notice and also ordered a probe into the management of private Ryan Public School asking its students and staff to
India-Pakistan relations like 'saas-bahu', says envoy
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Likening the "conflict-riddled" relationship between India and Pakistan with that of "saas-bahu" relations, Pakistan's High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Wednesday hoped
Sonia Gandhi to visit Rajasthan on Friday
Jaipur, March 18 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to visit Rajasthan on March 20 and meet farmers affected by rain and hailstorm, state party chief Sachin Pilot said Wednesday."She
Need 'conducive' political ties for trade: Pakistan envoy
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Political relations between India and Pakistan need to be conducive to promote bilateral trade, Pakistan's High Commissioner Abdul Basit said here on Wednesday."If you do
For the love of art and passion to innovate
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Irked by the overflowing municipality dustbins in front of her home in Anna Nagar, at Chennai, 15-year-old Priyanka Mathikshara has designed an innovative trash bin that
People's participation key for tiger conservation: Javadekar
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday that e-surveillance by drones would stimulate preservation of India's tigers but this must be complemented with
Karnataka IAS officer's family suspects foul play
Bengaluru, March 18 (IANS) The family of deceased IAS officer D.K. Ravi on Wednesday refuted the statement made by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that the bureaucrat committed suicide due to
Himachal CM presents populist but deficit budget
Shimla, March 18 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh presented a populist but deficit budget of Rs.28,339 crore for 2015-16 with no new taxes on Wednesday.Presenting his 18th
Labourers vandalise DLF office in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 18 (IANS) Angry over the death of a colleague, a number of labourers on Wednesday protested against DLF and vandalised the company's site office in sector 62 here, police said.Badan
CII hails Himachal's proposal on clearing projects
Shimla, March 18 (IANS) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday hailed Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's announcement in his budget speech to reduce the time frame for clearing
Pandemonium in Odisha assembly over PESA Act violation
Bhubaneswar, March 18 (IANS) Pandemonium prevailed in Odisha assembly on Wednesday over the alleged violation of PESA Act for formation of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC), even as tribals
Rare Asian Black Spotted turtles seized in Bengal
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The BSF on Wednesday seized nearly 100 rare Asian Black Spotted turtles while they were being smuggled to Bangladesh via the international border in West Bengal's North 24
Our worst performance in World Cup: Angelo Mathews
Sydney, March 18 (IANS) Describing their loss to South Africa in the quarter-final as their worst performance in the World Cup, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews on Wednesday thanked old war horses
India bowling coach Arun praises pacer Shami
Melbourne, March 18, (IANS) India's speedster Mohammad Shami, who has claimed 15 wickets in just five World Cup games, has a bright future ahead of him that augurs well for Indian cricket,
We were very motivated for the contest: De Villiers
Sydney, March 18 (IANS) On a high after winning their cricket World Cup quarter-final match against Sri Lanka, South Africa skipper AB de Villiers said his team was "very motivated" as they looked
Lok Sabha takes up bill to amend warehousing act
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday took up for discussion the warehousing corporations amendment bill which seeks to remove the provision about the central government's
Pakistan, India need to prune 'sensitive' list in trading: Envoy
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) India and Pakistan need to narrow down the list of their sensitive tradable items and work towards improving non-trade barriers to boost commerce in both countries,
