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Madhya Pradesh: Minor Rape Survivor Sent To Accused's Home, Assaulted Again
- Sep 04, 2025 10:03 am IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
A 15-year-old rape survivor from Madhya Pradesh's Panna district was allegedly sent by the local Child Welfare Committee (CWC) to the home of her accused, where she was subjected to further sexual assaults.
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Salted Or Caramel? GST Council Clears Confusion Over Popcorn Taxes
- Sep 04, 2025 09:47 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
The long-running debate over how popcorn should be taxed under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has finally been settled.
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Markets Cheer Centre's GST Bonanza, Sensex Rises Nearly 700 Points
- Sep 04, 2025 09:22 am IST
- Edited by: Liu Chuen Chen
The Indian stock market on Thursday opened in the green, a day after the Union government approved a complete overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system.
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Donor Heart Arrives From Chandigarh To Delhi In Under 2 Hours Via Green Corridor
- Sep 04, 2025 08:30 am IST
- Asian News International
In a remarkable feat of medical expertise and coordination, doctors at a private hospital in Delhi successfully performed a life-saving heart transplant surgery on a 39-year-old man from Meerut.
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"Big Diwali Gift": Businessman Harsh Goenka On GST Rates Revision
- Sep 04, 2025 08:24 am IST
- Asian News International
Industrialist Harsh Goenka has called the recent Centre's decision to slash and rationalise Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates under the NextGen GST framework a "big Diwali gift" for every Indian.
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GST Revamp: What's Cheaper, Costlier? See Full List Here
- Sep 04, 2025 08:10 am IST
- Edited by: Liu Chuen Chen
New GST rates: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Wednesday approved a complete overhaul of India's tax consumption tax since its launch in 2017.
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The Algebra Of Alliances: Bihar's Political Chessboard In 2025
- Sep 04, 2025 08:10 am IST
- Written by: Ajit Kumar Jha
In the hot and humid heartland of Bihar, shaped like a griddle, where the Ganges flows as both lifeblood and metaphor, the stage is set for a political drama that is as much about loyalty as it is about ambition.
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Flood Alert In Delhi, Yamuna Above Danger Mark, Relief Camps Submerged
- Sep 04, 2025 08:04 am IST
- NDTV News Desk
Relief camps in low-lying areas of Delhi, including those near Mayur Vihar Phase-I, were inundated on Thursday as the Yamuna River swelled dangerously above the danger mark following incessant rainfall.
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UP Man Assaulted By Wife, Family Members Over Samosas; Case Filed
- Sep 04, 2025 07:08 am IST
- Press Trust of India
An FIR on charges of attempt to murder was on Wednesday registered after a man was allegedly beaten up by his wife and her relatives during a village panchayat convened over a trivial dispute of his failure to bring samosas.
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Delhi, Haryana Chief Ministers Hold Talks As Drain Breach Floods Villages
- Sep 04, 2025 06:48 am IST
- Reported by: Ishika Verma
A breach in the Mungeshpur drain near Bahadurgarh in Haryana's Jhajjar district has flooded parts of the DelhiHaryana border, forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people and triggering overnight repair and relief efforts.
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"Welcome But Too Late": Congress's P Chidambaram On GST Reforms
- Sep 04, 2025 06:29 am IST
- Asian News International
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram has welcomed the Centre's recent GST rationalisation and rate cuts but criticised the move as being "8 years too late".
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Maharashtra To Amend Laws For Longer Private Sector Work Hours
- Sep 04, 2025 04:28 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to amend laws that will allow increasing the maximum daily working hours for private sector employees from the present nine to 10 hours.
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"Historic Decision": Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh Laud PM Modi For GST Reforms
- Sep 04, 2025 02:17 am IST
- Asian News International
Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the GST reforms and called it a "historic decision" to cut tax rates.
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"Pro-Poor, Growth-Oriented Decision": Chandrababu Naidu Praises GST Reforms
- Sep 04, 2025 01:10 am IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu hailed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms approved by the GST Council as "pro-poor" and "growth-oriented".
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New GST Reform Will Boost Consumer Sentiment, Industry Confidence: Deloitte
- Sep 04, 2025 00:50 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The GST revamp that slashes tax rates on goods and services into a simplified two-slab structure addresses deeper structural changes, prioritising the "real drivers of the economy", says Deloitte India.
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"Does Congress Want Tobacco Taxed At 5%?" Nirmala Sitharaman On 40% GST Question
- Sep 04, 2025 00:30 am IST
- Edited by: Ashutosh Tripathi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a sweeping reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on a wide range of essential items, automobiles, agriculture inputs, and electronic appliances.
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Body Of Girl, 6, Found Inside Well In UP, Strangulation Suspected: Cops
- Sep 03, 2025 23:50 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The body of a six-year-old girl, who went missing from her home on Wednesday morning, was found stuffed in a sack inside a well in a village here, police said.
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"Behaves Like Pomeranian Dog...": Karnataka BJP MLA's Shocker On Woman Cop
- Sep 03, 2025 23:43 pm IST
- Reported by: Deepak Bopanna
A BJP MLA in Karnataka is under fire over his disparaging remarks against a woman Superintendent of Police (SP), saying that she was acting like a pet dog of Congress leaders in Davanagere district.
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GST Implication To Be Rs 48,000 Crore, Not Right To Call It Loss: Official
- Sep 03, 2025 23:35 pm IST
- Reported by: Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The government's big move to rationalise the Goods and services Tax may not lead to a loss, Revenue Secretary Arvind Shrivastava told reporters this evening as the new, simplified tax slabs were announced.
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What Gets Cheaper And Costlier From September 22 Under Revised GST Rates
- Sep 03, 2025 23:34 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
The GST Council on Wednesday approved historical changes to India's indirect tax structure - adopting a 5 per cent and 18 per cent tax structure - and several daily-use goods will become cheaper from September 22.