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New Delhi: BJP on Saturday demanded the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the wake of V K Shunglu committee blaming her for delays and losses in CWG projects and insisted that the anomalies related to the event be probed by the CBI to find out and punish the guilty. "The fight against […]

New Delhi: Cash-strapped Air India on Saturday heaved a sigh of relief as the government asked oil companies, which had threatened to stop jet fuel supplies to it from this month-end for not clearing dues worth Rs 2,400 crore, to defer their deadline by a month. The ailing national carrier has also sought a discount […]

In terms of Section 171 of the CGST Act, 2017, the suppliers of goods and services should pass on the benefit of any reduction in the rate of tax or the benefit of input tax credit to the recipients by way of commensurate reduction in prices.

New Delhi: India on Saturday offered help to Myanmar hit by a powerful earthquake causing loss of lives and damage to properties. "As your government rallies to provide relief and other assistance to the people in the earthquake-affected region, I would like to assure you that India stands ready to render any assistance that your […]

London: Womb transplants could be available as early as next year, which will enable childless women them to have babies, say scientists.   Following successful animal experiments, a team, led by Prof Mats Brannstrom of University of Gothenburg in Sweden, claims that doctors will be soon able implant childless women with healthy wombs from donors, […]

New Delhi: Indian modernist painter Akbar Padamsee set a new auction record with his untitled work fetched Rs 6.3 crore (USD 1,426,500) in a New York sale by Sotheby`s on March 25. Padamsee`s 10x3ft painting of a reclining nude drawn from his `grey period` of work in the 1959-60 when the artist returned to India […]

Kolkata: Gynecologist Pritha Das Mahapatra has been crowned `Srimati 2011`, the only beauty pageant for married women in eastern India.   Chaitali Dutta Chowdhury and Tamalika Dey were the first and second runners-up respectively in the contest held on Friday night, where initially 317 contestants had enrolled. The jury comprised designer Raghavendra Rathore and eminent […]

Washington: US President Barack Obama on Saturday claimed success in the military campaign in Libya, asserting that the forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have been pushed back and a "humanitarian catastrophe" has been averted. In his weekly radio address today, Obama once again ruled out sending any American ground forces to the north African country […]

Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who returned today from a visit to Uzbekistan, will meet President Asif Ali Zardari later in the day to decide on his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh`s invitation to Pakistan`s two top leaders to watch the World Cup semi-final between the cricket teams of the two countries. Gilani flew back […]

Washington: The US and its allies are considering arming the Libyan rebels against the forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, even as they continue bombing the regime`s military assets to decimate its war waging capacity, a media report said. With seven days of coalition air strike yet to topple the Gaddafi regime, the allies are contemplating […]

Islamabad: An anti-terrorism judge on Saturday rejected an application by prosecutors to declare Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving attacker involved in the 2008 Mumbai incident, and terror suspect Fahim Ansari as fugitives, saying they were not deliberately avoiding court proceedings in Pakistan. Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed of the Rawalpindi-based court, who is conducting the trial […]

New Delhi: In yet another gesture to normalise ties with Pakistan, India has decided to increase the stay period for people visiting Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir to six months with multiple entries to encourage people-to-people contact. At present, the validity of the entry permit is for four weeks and the designated authorities for cross-LoC […]

New Delhi: Former miss India world Sarah Dias Jane, who is making her debut in Bollywood with Abhishek Bachchan starrer `Game`, says she is inspired to learn Hindi by Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha. The young actor is working hard on her dialogue delivery but wants to be perfect in the language. "When Amitabhji and Rekhaji […]

Islamabad: `Aman ka chakka` or a `sixer for peace` is how the Pakistani media hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s invitation to the country`s top leaders to watch the cricket World Cup semi-final between the teams of the two countries. Reports on the invitation extended yesterday by Singh to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister […]

Mumbai: Bollywood`s international face Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and Hollywood star Hugh Jackmanhave bagged the top honours at the FICCI Frames Awards here. Jackman, known for his role as `Wolverine` in the popular `X Men` series, received FICCI Frames Excellence International Honour, while Aishwarya got the Decade of Global Achievement Honour for her accomplishments in Hindi cinema […]