TMC leader Derek O’Brien has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to “urgently review” and withdraw the 18 percent GST on health and life insurance premiums during the upcoming GST Council meeting. “The 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health and life insurance premiums is a burden on 45 crore Indians comprising … Read more
File photo of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav | Photo Credit: ANI Amid continuous attacks by the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders are hopeful that a kind of alliance or tactical understanding with like-minded Opposition parties including the SP may happen in the run-up to the … Read more
RJD, Congress, CPI, CPI-M and CPI-ML have extended support to a Bihar bandh on Friday called by AISA and other youth organisations in protest against alleged irregularities in stage 1 results of Railway Recruitment Board’s NTPC exams. AISA general secretary Sandeep Saurav told ET the committee formed by the railway ministry was a ‘conspiracy’ to … Read more
Complaints of leaders flouting the model code of conduct (MCC) are flying thick and fast as electioneering steps up a gear, with those related to violation of Covid-19 norms making for about a fourth of all complaints. UP’s chief electoral officer Ajay Kumar Shukla told ET that more than 130 cases have been lodged for … Read more
A day after Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi convened a meeting of the Opposition parties, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday mocked the meeting and said this unity of Opposition is a unity to promote dynasty politics. Speaking to ANI, Naqvi said, “This unity of Opposition is actually a unity to promote dynasty. This … Read more
New US President Joe Biden mentioned ‘unity’ 20 times in his inaugural speech on January 20. So have innumerable past presidents. The mainstream US media are calling for unity after the bruising presidency of Donald Trump. But democracy has never been about unity. Above all, it is about legitimising dissent, and encouraging new controversies that … Read more
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the opposition grand alliance in Bihar and said that its allies have a problem with the slogan ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. “Allies of Jungle Raj don’t want slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ to be raised. They also don’t want you to say ‘Jai Shree Ram’,” Modi … Read more