Centre cuts customs duty on crude edible oils to bring down prices in local market

Centre cuts customs duty on crude edible oils to bring down prices in local market

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 11 (IANS: The Centre has reduced the basic customs duty on crude edible oils, including crude sunflower, soybean, and palm oils, from 20 per cent to 10 per cent to bring down prices in the local market, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday. The reduction … Read more

Maha Cabinet approves grain-based alcohol, hike in excise duty on IMFL

Maha Cabinet approves grain-based alcohol, hike in excise duty on IMFL

Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) The Maharashtra Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday, gave approval for the launch of a new category of Maharashtra Made Liquor (MML) and also cleared hike in the excise duty on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). This is expected to increase the annual … Read more

Let ED do its duty: CM Siddaramaiah on Rs 100 cr properties getting attached in MUDA case

Let ED do its duty: CM Siddaramaiah on Rs 100 cr properties getting attached in MUDA case

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, June 10 (IANS) Reacting to the latest development of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) provisionally attaching 92 immovable properties with a market value of approximately Rs 100 crore in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is named as accused number one, stated … Read more

‘Govt’s first duty is to be accountable to its people’: Trinamool demands Parliament session on Op Sindoor

‘Govt's first duty is to be accountable to its people’: Trinamool demands Parliament session on Op Sindoor

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Tuesday, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a special session of the Parliament to discuss the Operation Sindoor, asserting that the first duty of any government is to be accountable to its own people. “We welcome the Centre’s outreach in taking India’s … Read more

‘Double import duty on Turkish apples’, Himachal CM writes to PM Modi

'Double import duty on Turkish apples', Himachal CM writes to PM Modi

Follow Us on Google News Shimla, May 21 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the import duty on apples from the current 50 per cent to discourage its import from Turkey and safeguard the interests of the state’s fruit growers. He urged that quantitative restrictions should … Read more

K’taka: BJP takes dig at Cong-led govt with ‘Loot as its Duty’ poster jibe

K'taka: BJP takes dig at Cong-led govt with 'Loot as its Duty' poster jibe

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 19 (IANS) Ahead of the Congress government’s “Sadhana Samavesha” (Achievement Convention) scheduled for Tuesday (May 20) to mark two years in office, the BJP released a poster titled “Karnataka Loot Congress Duty.” Present at the poster release event were BJP State Chief Spokesperson Ashwath Narayan, Bengaluru North District … Read more

Sick child behind, battlefield ahead: Rajput Regiment soldier Shakeel chooses duty over everything

Sick child behind, battlefield ahead: Rajput Regiment soldier Shakeel chooses duty over everything

Follow Us on Google News Kannauj, May 9 (IANS) In a powerful story of sacrifice, legacy, and patriotism, Havaldar Shakeel Ahmed of the Rajput Regiment has demonstrated what true commitment to the nation looks like. Shakeel had in fact returned to Kannauj to seek medical care for his ailing child. But he received sudden orders … Read more

PM Modi seals historic India-UK Free Trade Agreement, zero duty on 99 pc Indian exports

PM Modi seals historic India-UK Free Trade Agreement, zero duty on 99 pc Indian exports

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday announced the successful conclusion of a mutually beneficial India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The deal was sealed after PM Modi spoke to PM Starmet over the phone. Apart from the FTA, a … Read more

K’taka: State transport driver suspended for stopping bus during duty hours to perform namaz

K’taka: State transport driver suspended for stopping bus during duty hours to perform namaz

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 1 (IANS) The Congress-led government in Karnataka on Thursday suspended a state road transport corporation bus driver for stopping the vehicle on the side of the road to perform namaz during duty hours. The suspension order was issued by the North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), Haveri … Read more