New Delhi: Key separatists, including Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, are being probed for allegedly receiving money from Lashkar-e-Taiba and other sources in Pakistan to fund stone-pelting and violent protests in Jammu and Kashmir. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said it has filed a case against Geelani …
Read More »Rajnath Singh to chair meeting with chief ministers of 5 states along India-China border
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the first meeting of the Chief Ministers of five States on India-China Border in Gangtok tomorrow. During the meeting Mr Singh will review the security issues in the border area. The states are Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. The …
Read More »GST will be consumer-friendly, healthcare and education to be exempted: Jaitley
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that healthcare and education will remain exempted from the GST. Addressing a press conference after the two-day 14th GST council meeting in Srinagar today, Mr. Jaitley said, services to be taxed at 5, 12, 18, 28 per cent. He said, restaurants with turnover …
Read More »India will do everything to save Jadhav: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday welcomed the International Court of Justice’s verdict on Kulbhusban Jadhav, and said that India would leave no stone unturned to save him. “I assure the nation that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi we will leave no stone unturned …
Read More »ICJ judgment first step in saving Jadhav: MEA
New Delhi, India on Thursday said the International Court of Justice’s decision on Kulbhushan Jadhav is an “essential first step” in ensuring justice for him. “The provisional relief constitutes an essential first step in ensuring justice for Jadhav,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said at a briefing, hours after …
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