New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that Goods and Services Tax Bill (GST) is the need of the hour and would be a game changer once it gets parliament's nod. "With GST, India's gross domestic product (GDP) will increase by anywhere around 1 to 1.5 percent. There are lots of benefits of GST which includes the unified...
Greater Noida: After exchanging a lot of flak on-and-off the track, reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo said here on Tuesday that it depends on teammate and rival Valentino Rossi if their relationship is to improve. The Yamaha colleagues have had a difficult relationship in 2015 which worsened after Italian Rossi accused Honda's Spanish riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa...
New Delhi: Refuting charges of intolerance, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that tolerance was the tradition of the country. Replying to the two-day debate in the Lok Sabha on the issue of intolerance, he said India was tolerant and will remain so in the future. "Some artificial shells are being fired. We were tolerant, are tolerant and will...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to suspected Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, accused of propagating the activities of the banned CPI-Maoist in the capital city, on a Delhi Police plea seeking to cancel his bail. Justice P.S. Teji asked Ghandy to file his response on the police plea to cancel his bail. The court posted the...
Guwahati: NorthEast United FC and FC Pune City will be still eyeing Indian Super League (ISL) semi-finals qualifications when they play against each other here on Wednesday despite being in discomforting positions. Both NorthEast United and FC Pune City find themselves in a similar do-or-die situation of making it to the play-offs but both teams are keeping faith in their...
Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh is in awe of the performance of his colleagues Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in “Tamasha”. Praising Imtiaz Ali's directorial, Ranveer says the lead pair takes the storytelling to a new level. “'Tamasha' is absolutely brilliant, extraordinarily fabulous and exceedingly nuanced. Ranbir, Deepika pairing is extremely special. They truly up their game. Whenever they come on-screen...
Madrid: Spanish football giants Real Madrid's captain Sergio Ramos has warned eternal rivals Barcelona that their sensational recent form in La Liga and the European Champions League could end abruptly at any point. Barcelona, who have smashed home 11 goals in their last three La Liga games, sit four points clear of Atletico Madrid at the top of the table,...
The meeting of cabinet under CM Akhilesh Yadav saw many important decisions approved which could generate large scale appointments. UP CM also criticised BSP supremo Mayawati for her demaqnd for reservations to poor upper caste families....
New Delhi: Actors Kriti Sanon and Varun Dhawan, who are paired together for the first time in “Dilwale”, bonded like a house on fire on the sets of their forthcoming film. The duo brought in a wave of fun on the sets with their pranks and funny antics, read a statement. They were known to play sweet pranks on cast...
New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being silent on incidents of intolerance, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought union minister V.K. Singh's removal from the ministry for comparing Dalit children with dogs. Taking part in a debate in the Lok Sabha on intolerance, Gandhi said the prime minister did not speak on incidents such as the...
