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Jammu And Kashmir Forest Gunfight Toll Reaches 5
The death toll of militants killed in a gunfight with the security forces in a forested area in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district increased to five on Thursday, police said.....
Lok Sabha Passes GST Amendment Bills
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed four bills that seek to amend GST laws which, among other things, seek to simplify the return filing process and increase the upper limit of turnover for opting for composition scheme from Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore, among others.....
Parliament Passes Bill To Restore SC/ST Act
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday unanimously passed the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018, which seeks to overturn a Supreme Court order that struck down the provision for immediate arrest of the accused booked under the Act.....
1 Injured In UP Under-construction Flyover Collapse
A major portion of an under-construction flyover in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh collapsed on Saturday, police said. One person was injured.....
Make Stand Clear On Firecrackers, Curbing Pollution: SC To Centre
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on steps to curb pollution and about the ill-effects of firecrackers on public health, saying that there was a need to strike a balance between the right to health and the right to carry on a trade or profession.....
Ashutosh Quits Aam Aadmi Party
Senior leader Ashutosh on Wednesday quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), citing personal reasons.....
Don't Destroy, Weaken The System But Transform It: CJI
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Wednesday said it was easy to criticise, attack and destroy a system but instead an endeavour should be made to transform and reform it by transcending personal ambitions or grievances.....
Govt Announces 7-day National Mourning For Vajpayee
The Centre on Thursday announced a seven-day national mourning and state funeral for the late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who will be cremated at Smriti Sthal on the banks of river Yamuna on Friday.....
PM Assures Flood-hit Karnataka Help In Rescue, Relief Works
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of help in the rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit Kodagu district, said an official statement.....
PM Intends To Use Funds On Self-promotion: Congress
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring floods in Kerala as national disaster, the Congress on Monday said he did not release enough central fund so as to use the money on self-promotion.....
