NEW DELHI: The govt expects businesses to pass on the benefit of lower goods and services tax (GST) to consumers and the states and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) and Customs will engage with industry on the issue. “…last time, industry had passed on the benefits of rate cuts and you would have…
Lucknow: Panic gripped Behta village in Gudamba police limits late on Tuesday night after a powerful explosion, the third in 72 hours, shook the area, raising fresh concerns about the handling of seized explosives.The earlier blasts claimed the lives of a couple and a cow, plunging the village into fear. Villagers blamed police mishandling of…
Lucknow: The idea of social justice cannot be achieved till the BJP govt is ousted as it has lost people’s trust, said Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday. He said BJP govt’s end was inevitable in the 2027 assembly polls.“The BJP has failed to deliver on any of its election promises. In order to…
In what the government on Wednesday called a Diwali gift, the GST Council has approved sweeping rate cuts across key sectors. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that daily-use items like hair oil, shampoo, toothpaste, soap, toothbrushes, and shaving cream will now attract just 5% GST, down from 18%. GST on individual health and life insurance…
Lucknow: If Scissors and Beldanda tigresses have made themselves recognisable to tourists over a period of time in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve of UP, males like Chhota Charger, Rocket, and Bajrang are no less popular either. Though giving tigers a name and identity is something the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and officials at tiger reserves…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday undertook a one-day visit to the temple town of Ayodhya, where he offered prayers at the revered Hanumangarhi temple and later paid obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum of Ram Lalla. The CM began his visit with rituals at the historic Sankat Mochan Hanumangarhi shrine, where he performed special…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday reached the Ayodhya Raj Sadan to pay homage to Raja Vimalendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, head of the Ayodhya royal family and member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, during his trayodashi sanskar ritual. He offered floral tributes before his portrait and extended condolences to the bereaved…
Veteran actress Soni Razdan, who essays the role of legendary Kashmiri singer Raj Begum in the recently released streaming film Songs of Paradise, recently opened up about the way women are still perceived in the industry.In an interview with Screen, she was asked about privileged women in cinema still being defined by their husbands’ names,…
Lucknow: The Viksit UP-2047 vision plan is based on three themes: economic strength, innovation, and vitality. The project is divided into 12 priority sectors, which include all major departments and sectors through which govt hopes to realise its target of making UP a USD 6 trillion economy by 2047.The details were shared by principal secretary,…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal on Wednesday warned that vesting governors with discretion to decide the fate of bills would jeopardise states’ legislative functions, while Supreme Court-prescribed timeline for governors and the President would expedite transforming people’s will into laws. This would not amount to amending the Constitution, it told the court. The TMC govt, through…
