June 2017

GST Network, which provides IT infrastructure for GST, will launch two call centers on Sunday to answer taxpayers and tax officials questions. Goods and service tax (GST) will be effective from July 1 and the item and service tax network (GSTN) will play a vital role as it will have to maintain large number of…

RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav has come out openly against Nitish for the first time after the formation of coalition government in Bihar. Lalu Prasad Yadav, in a special conversation till today, said that the opposition has chosen Meera Kumar as the candidate for the presidency. Meira Kumar is an experienced leader. His term as…

Delhi: Former Lok Sabha speaker and senior Congress leader Meira Kumar, a Dalit, is Opposition’s candidate to take on NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind for Presidential election. The decision was taken after 17 Opposition parties met in the national capital on Thursday to pick their candidate. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Sharad Pawar (NCP), Sitaram Yechury from CPI(M), D Raja (CPI), Darek O’ Brien (TMC), Ram Gopal Yadav (SP), Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP),…

Ranchi: Two former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannth Mishra appeared in a special CBI court here over fodder scam cases. Lalu Prasad appeared for three cases related to money fraud from Deoghar, Dumka, and Doranda (Ranchi) treasuries whereas Mishra appeared in two cases. The next hearings will take place on June 29, 30…

Patna: A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced his support to NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav on Thursday said that he will appeal to the Janata Dal (United) supremo to back ‘Bihar ki Beti’ Meira Kumar in the presidential race. “Nitish ji called me and…

Sydney: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will take on compatriot Sai Praneeth in a Australian Open quarter-final here later in the week. Srikanth and Praneeth brushing aside South Korean Son Wan Ho and Chinese Huang Yuxiang respectively, on Thursday advanced to the quarter-finals. Kidambi Srikanth defeated World No. 1 Son Wan Ho 15-21, 21-13, 21-13 to…

BHAGALPUR: The newly established Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Bhagalpur, 109 kms southeast of Patna, will start functioning from August. It will be inaugurated by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Union human resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar.   Director of Science and technology department, Bihar, Atul Sinha, said the IIIT, first…

Chennai: Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the Earth observation Cartosat-2 series satellite and 30 nano satellites on Friday morning 9.29 a.m. Isro’s PSLV-C38 rocket will launch these satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The 28-hour countdown for the mission will start on Thursday morning at 5.29 a.m. Isro’s Mission Readiness Review Committee…

PATNA: The JD(U)’s decision to go with BJP-led NDA’s pick for President has come as a setback to the Congress, RJD and Left parties, which were keen on putting up a strong fight in the presidential contest due to ideological differences with the BJP. While Congress state president Ashok Choudhary declined to comment on the…

  NEWYORK: Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Travis Kalanick, co-founder one of the most influential technology companies of its generation, resigned on Tuesday under mounting pressure from investors over his leadership. Kalanick’s departure caps a tumultuous period for the world’s largest ride-services company, which upended the taxi industry and transportation regulations globally with Kalanick at…