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Mint Quick Edit | GST 2.0: Reform at long last

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the stage for a transformative rejig of India's goods and services tax (GST) regime by Diwali. "We have discussed with states and we are brin... Read More


Ravi in spate, flood alert sounded in Punjab's Gurdaspur villages

AMRITSAR, Aug. 18 -- With a large quantity of water being released into the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej from the respective dams after heavy rains in the catchment areas in Jammu and & Kashmir and Himachal... Read More


Complaint filed with Bribery Commission against Energy Minister

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- A complaint has been filed with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody, alleging involvement in co... Read More


Rana reviews progress on synthetic athletic track at Batidhar

Srinagar, Aug. 18 -- Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana, today conducted an inspection of the under-construction Synthetic Athletic Track at Ba... Read More


Rajya Sabha adjourned following protests over SIR

India, Aug. 18 -- The Rajya Sabha proceedings on Monday were adjourned till 2 pm following protests by Opposition members over the rejection of their 19 adjournment notices on various issues. Many Op... Read More


Punjab minister Barinder Kumar Goyal reviews flood situation, orders setting up of relief camps

Chandigarh, Aug. 18 -- Around 14,200 acres of land have been affected in Kapurthala, Ferozepur, and Fazilka districts because of floodwaters, said Punjab water resources minister Barinder Kumar Goyal ... Read More


2 more bodies recovered, toll of Kishtwar cloudburst mounts to 63

Jammu, Aug. 18 -- Rescuers, on Sunday, recovered two more bodies from cloudburst-battered Chishoti village in Kishtwar district taking the death toll to 63, said officials. "Two more bodies were reco... Read More


Naveen Patnaik thanks people of Odisha for their wishes, health improving

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 18 -- Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, has expressed gratitude to the people of the stat... Read More


Opposition parties say EC did not reply to "vote theft" allegations in its presser; BJP hits back

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Questioning the "partisan" role of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, the opposition parties on Monday said that the top poll body official has failed to answer even... Read More


Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging Bombay HC decision to quash FIR in Mohan Delkar's abatement to suicide case

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to quash an FIR filed under various provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Ac... Read More