NEW DELHI: Top central ministers and officials today briefed opposition leaders, including from the Congress, Left and SP, on the standoff with China and the situation in Kashmir, officials said. The briefing by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and top officials, including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, comes […]

NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will be in Beijing to attend a BRICS meet later this month, a crucial visit during which India’s ongoing border standoff with China could be discussed. The meeting of the NSAs from BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will be held in Beijing […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked all chief secretaries to work expeditiously towards ensuring that all traders register under the GST regime before August 15, a PMO statement said. He conveyed this while chairing a meeting of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI), a multi-modal platform through which he interacts with top officials […]

NEW DELHI: After saluting the people of Jammu and Kashmir for condemning the attack on Amarnath pilgrims, Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday silenced a troll saying, all Kashmiris are not terrorists. The Union Minister made the remark after a Twitter user said that it was not his job to placate and drag those cowards […]

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday appealed to all pilgrims undertaking the pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine to follow existing safety protocols and to cooperate with the administration. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu said he was confident that the state government and central security forces are making all arrangements for […]

NEW DELHI: India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, has sealed a first deal to import crude oil from the US and the shipment is expected to touch Indian shores in October. The deal, by state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC), comes within weeks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US when President Donald Trump […]

NEW DELHI,MANAN KUMAR : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a day-long session with the chief secretaries of all states on Monday to sort out glitches coming in the way of developmental schemes. The session will look at removing, through better coordination, regional imbalances and disparities. The meeting will discuss issues like cashless economy, ease […]

NEW DELHI: After the implementation of the new tax reform Goods and Services Tax (GST) confusion still looms over the change in the prices of several goods and services. Both traders and the consumers are still not sure how much more or less do they need to pay after the introduction of the GST. DNA […]