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The GST should not become "God Service Tax", a Congress MP from Punjab said in Lok Sabha today, demanding withdrwal of the newly introduced tax on community kitchen service at religious places including Gurdwaras. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, ...

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) seems to have started preparing for the forthcoming local body polls in Punjab as well as the and also the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha by-election – to be contested by ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Friday party President ...

Large scale violence broke out in parts of Haryana and Punjab soon after a CBI court in Panchkula convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of rape. Over 30 people had been killed in Haryana in the violence at the time of writing this story.

A to Z of A free Nation: Chronicling India’s ups and downs through seven decades India Slide Photos: Aryabhata launched: 1975 Named after the famous Indian astronomer, the 360-kg first Indian satellite is built by India’s space agency, ISRO, to ...

The families of the 39 Indians abducted in Iraq in 2014, on Wednesday accused the government of keeping them in the dark for three years, alleging that the Centre did not have any concrete information about their missing kin. The families said their hopes of getting any clue about the men who went missing in Iraq’s Mosul city were almost shattered after listening to the statement of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Parliament on Wednesday. “The government has kept us in ...

In his first comments after his election, Kovind asserted that protecting the Constitution and maintaining its dignity would be his duty.  IMAGE: Firecrackers were burst and celebrations broke out as soon as it was reported that Kovind had won the election. Photograph: PTI Photo The rains in Delhi reminded him of his kachcha home in his paternal village, President-elect Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday and sent out the emotive message that he represented all those getting ...

The Presidential election on 17 July saw close to 100 percent polling. A total of 771 members of Parliament and 4,109 legislators were eligible to cast votes. The two Presidential nominees - National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Ram Nath Kovind and ...

It is being cited as a classic case of 'double jeopardy' and 'travesty of justice': five Sikhs already punished for hijacking an Indian Airlines plane are now to be tried for 'sedition' – 36 years on. The case has taken centrestage in Punjab where the ...

Two central ministers want exemption for two religious bodies under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), in first such voices to emerge from within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), after it rolled out the new tax regime with much fanfare on Friday ...