GST rates have been changed on nearly 400 items, with a reduction in the case of 375. The number of slabs has decreased, while several procedures have been changed. How tough was the task for you and your team?■ The work didn’t start a week ago or 10 days ago. The group of ministers (on…
US president Donald Trump The TOI correspondent from Washington: With a single cryptic post, US President Donald Trump on Friday signaled a tectonic shift in global alignments, taking America deeper into an isolationist and antagonistic stance by clubbing India, Russia, and China together as allies. The post also appeared to publicly cede to China a…
US President Donald Trump on Friday signalled dimming prospects of a trade deal with India, posting a cryptic message suggesting that Washington had “lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China.” Back home, security agencies in Mumbai went on high alert after the Traffic Police received a WhatsApp threat claiming 34 vehicles had been planted…
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former party treasurer Kaish Khan was caught hiding in the loft of his house in Kannauj, despite being ordered on July 28 to stay outside the district limits. The incident shows a clear violation of the official order meant to keep him out of the area.The banishment order was formally…
AI Image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: Highlighting that Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for the country has further declined to reach 1.9 in 2023 against 2.0 in the previous year and stays well below the replacement level fertility of 2.1 births per woman, the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical report 2023 shows TFR…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned the United States against trying to strong-arm India and China with tariffs and sanctions, a development that comes close on the heels of his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.“You cannot talk to India or China in that way,” Putting said, addressing…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday saw heated exchanges as chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched an attack on the BJP, while a scuffle led to the injury of the party’s chief whip.“BJP is a party of the corrupt, a party of vote thieves. They are the biggest dacoit party. We saw in Parliament…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday alleged that Kota Neelima, the wife of Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera – who has been accused of having two EPIC numbers – has two voter IDs in her name. A day after the poll authorities issued a notice to Khera for allegedly getting himself registered in the electoral roll of…
NEW DELHI: Felicitating CRPF and Chhattisgarh police personnel here on the success of the May 2025 ‘Operation Black Forest’ against Maoists in Karreguttalu Hills on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the Narendra Modi govt shall not rest until all Naxalites surrender or are captured or eliminated.“Under the leadership of…
Another landslide struck Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi; debris blocks pilgramage route (Pic credit: ANI) Another landslide struck the pilgrimage track leading to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Wednesday. The landslide occurred at Sammar Point, blocking the route to the shrine. Authorities said no casualties or injuries…