Inbrief
FM to brief Parliamentary panel on GST progress today New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on Friday brief a Parliamentary panel that includes Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on the progress made on Goods and Service Tax (GST) since the landmark law was passed by the Parliament last month. With...
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EPFO to invest Rs 13k-cr in ETFs in FY'17
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Global M&A drops to $2.50 trn in Jan-Sep
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India has right to respond to attack on sovereignty: B'desh
30 September 2016 | PTI -
Pak must act against leT, JeM: US
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India's surgical strikes carried out in self-defence: US experts
30 September 2016 | PTI -
Sharif reviews loC situation after India's surgical strikes
30 September 2016 | PTI -
China in touch with India, Pak to bring down tensions'
30 September 2016 | PTI
US Senators call on Pak to support India on Uri probe
Expressing concern over initial indications that the Uri terror attack emanated from Pakistan, two influential US Senators today called on Islamabad to fully cooperate with India to bring to justice the perpetrators. “We are greatly concerned about initial indications that the perpetrators of this attack were Pakistani and that the attack...
India, Pak should resolve differences through talks: Dujarric
UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson has underlined the need for India and Pakistan to resolve their differences through dialogue as he refused to comment on comparisons between Kashmir and the situation in Syria and war-like situation between the two Asian neighbours. The Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric was repeatedly asked by a...
Really loved presidential debate: Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he really loved the experience of participating in the first presidential debate and claimed that he won the clash against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, as per several online polls. “I really loved the experience of it. It was amazing. I saw the...
Obama defends his decision not to use term Islamic terrorism
US President Barack Obama has defended his decision not to use the term ‘Islamic terrorism’, saying it is a “sort of manufactured” issue and there is no religious rationale to associate Islam with those who have “perverted and distorted” it as an excuse for their barbarism. “The truth of the matter...
US Congress rejects Obama veto, will let 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia
In a sharp rebuke to President Barack Obama, the US Congress has rejected outright his veto and voted afresh overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that will allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in US courts for allegedly supporting the attackers. In what was the first-ever Congressional overriding...
Afghan president, insurgent warlord sign peace agreement
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signed a peace treaty with a notorious warlord today, pledging to lobby the US and the United Nations to remove him and his party from terrorist blacklists. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar signed the agreement via a video link into Kabul’s presidential palace. The ceremony was broadcast live on television. It...
B'desh accused of 'kneecapping' opposition activists
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Bangladeshi security forces of “kneecapping” Opposition members and supporters by deliberately shooting them in the leg and then falsely claiming to have acted in self-defence. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan rejected the report, saying police were only shooting at criminals as a “last resort”. The 45-page...
