NBF members meet Finance Minister; seeks parity in GST with newspaper industry

Members of the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) led by president Arnab Goswami today met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to hand over a recommendation requesting for parity on GST with the newspaper industry. As of now, GST on the print media stands at 5% whereas the news broadcasters are charged 18% GST. During the meeting, […]

Budget 2019: Petrol, Diesel to be costlier now; raises tax on super-rich, gold imports

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles. Presenting the maiden […]

Budget 2019: Key takeaways from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday; becomes the only second women in the history of independent India to present the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents #Budget2019 in the Parliament. Sitharaman said that the nation will grow to become a $3 trillion dollar economy in the current […]

PM Modi pays tribute to Manohar Parrikar in Goa, meets family

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid his last tributes to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at Panaji, who passed away late Sunday evening. Besides laying a wreath at the mortal remains of the three-time Goa Chief Minister, Prime Minister Modi also interacted with his family members at Kala Bhavan. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along […]

Arunachal: Defence Minister Sitharaman inaugurates strategic bridge over Diffo river

After the inauguration of the historic Bogibeel Bridge, Modi government’s infrastructure build-up push continues in the Northeast. Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday inaugurated the 426.6m strategic bridge over the Diffo river in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley. The Defence minister arrived at around 11 in the morning at Roing, the district headquarter of […]

Nirmala Sitharaman to inaugurate strategic bridge over Diffo river in Arunachal Pradesh

Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate a 426.60 metres strategic bridge over the river Diffo in Arunachal Pradesh’ Lower Dibang valley district on Friday. The bridge will connect Lower Dibang valley district with Lohit district. It will also facilitate faster movement of force multipliers, long-range vectors and troops into Dibang valley. In addition, the […]

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman takes stock of situation in Bomdila

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju visited Bomdila yesterday and took stock of the situation arising out of clashes between Army and Arunachal Pradesh police personnel in Bomdila. The Defence Minister gave a patient hearing to the local Legislator, Civil society representatives of all the six tribes of […]