MUMBAI: Guests of budget and mid-market hotels will benefit the most from the government’s decision to reduce GST on rooms costing up to Rs 7,500. The GST has been lowered from 12% with input tax credit (ITC) claims to 5% without ITC. The new rate will be effective from September 22. The 12% GST threshold…
The buzz around the much-talked-about Meena Kumari biopic has intensified, with Kriti Sanon and Kiara Advani emerging as the top contenders to play the iconic actress. While Kriti’s name has been circulating in industry chatter for some time, fresh reports claim that Kiara has also been approached and is close to signing the project.Triptii Dimri…
Kajol and Twinkle’s reality show ‘Two Much’ has Sonakshi Sinha and Manish Malhotra as guests in its latest episode. During the chat, Kajol praised Manish for always ensuring his actresses feel confident and never uncomfortable about their bodies.She revealed, “Manish has never once told me, ‘Listen, you should lose some weight for the outfit.’ In…
NEW DELHI: Sugauli is one of Bihar’s 243 Assembly constituencies and is an unreserved seat located in Purvi Champaran district. The constituency falls under the Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha segment.In the 2025 Assembly elections, Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has fielded Rajesh Kumar, who faces a contest against Jan Suraaj’s Ajay Kumar Jha….
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday hit back at Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over his latest salvo at EC and the ruling BJP — “H-files” — in which he alleged massive voter fraud during the Haryana assembly elections.Speaking to reporters,…
Lucknow: Citing statistics of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report which state that Uttar Pradesh recorded 66,381 incidents of crime against women in 2023, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday questioned the claims of the BJP govt that the state was safe for women.“One must not turn a blind eye to the…
The European Central Bank (ECB) sees interest rates as appropriately placed for now but has left room for potential cuts in 2026, according to minutes of its October meeting released on Thursday, AFP reported.The minutes showed that October’s unanimous decision to hold the key deposit rate at 2 per cent reflected broad agreement with Chief…
NEW DELHI: India handed Pakistan a crushing seven-wicket defeat in their Asia Cup 2025 Group A encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, but the drama off the field quickly overshadowed the on-field performance. Following a clinical bowling effort that restricted Pakistan to 127/9, Team India chased the target in just 15.5 overs,…
Dewald Brevis of South Africa (Jono Searle/AAPImage via AP) Chennai: As South African youngster Dewald Brevis lit up Darwin with a 56-ball 125 not out to help the Proteas draw level in the T20 series against Australia, AB de Villiers didn’t waste too much time in coming up with a cryptic tweet. “There was such…
NEW DELHI: India has not invited Pakistan and China to a conclave of Army chiefs of UN troop-contributing nations here from October 14 to 16, even as officials reiterated New Delhi’s policy of not deploying troops to foreign conflict zones like Ukraine or Gaza unless explicitly mandated by the UNSC and under the UN flag.Army…
