President Pranab Mukherjee today approved the 122nd Constitution Amendment Bill that would pave the way for implementation of a common Goods and Services Tax (GST) across the nation. Read More
The US has sought more progress in the trial of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks being held in Pakistan and said it wants to see “accountability and justice” for the 166 people, including six Americans, killed in the incident. Read More
In yet another set back to Lucknow based Sahara group, the Supreme Court Friday asked the Subrat Roy led group to come clean by disclosing its sources from where it had raised Rs 25,000 crore and paid its investors in cash, observing that it is “difficult to digest” as such a huge amount “cannot fall from the heavens.” Read More
In a major blow the the dreaded terrorist organisation, the chief spokesman and strategist of external terror operations of Islamic State, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, was killed in a US strike while overseeing military operations in northern Syria. Read More
Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, the mastermind of a cafe attack in Bangladesh that killed 22 people including an Indian girl last month, was today killed along with his two aides during a police raid on their hideout near the capital. Read More
A Muslim woman, who was divorced by her husband through a phone call from Dubai, has challenged the Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and nikah halala, leading the Supreme Court to seek response from the Centre on her plea today. Read More
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today lost her cool and abruptly ended a press conference being addressed by her and union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here when journalists asked questions about her role in dealing with the current unrest. Read More
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today attacked Pakistan and separatists for using stone pelting by youth in Kashmir valley as a new strategy against India. Addressing a rally near Jammu, Jaitley said these stone pelters were aggressors and asserted that there would be no compromise with the national security. Read More
Amid an outrage in Kashmir, the Army on Friday said the actions by its soldiers like the one in which a lecturer was killed will not be tolerated, even as it appealed for calm. Read More
What has added more to the heartbreak is a four-year ban handed to him by WADA, after the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) overturned the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). Read More
