India, All india, 8th Nov 2017, News & Stories from India

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Sushil Modi, who also holds the finance portfolio, was interacting with representatives of associations formed by traders involved in businesses like food, textiles, consumer goods, real estate etc. (Photo: PTI/File)

Tax rates on 80 per cent items of top slab likely to be slashed by GST council

The GST Council will meet on November 9 and 10 in Assam's capital Guwahati.

08 Nov 2017 9:45 PM

The move to not field any party leader to the Rajya Sabha is also seen as an attempt to put an end to the intra-party rivalry. (Photo: File)

AAP approaches ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan for Rajya Sabha seat

Apart from Rajan, the party is also looking for an eminent jurist and a known person from the field of social service for other 2 seats.

08 Nov 2017 9:32 PM

Rupani on Wednesday shared several documents related to the correspondence and meetings between Modi and Singh on the Sardar Sarovar dam issue. (Photo: PTI/File)

Manmohan Singh lying, met Modi over Narmada project issue: Vijay Rupani

Rupani also said that besides these meetings, Modi, as the former Gujarat CM, had also written several letters to Singh over the issue.

08 Nov 2017 9:22 PM

Twenty-three days after the incident, IndiGo airlines apologised to the passenger after a video, shot by a person at the scene came to the public domain. (Photo: ANI Twitter | Screengrab)

IndiGo apologises over flyer manhandling, says whistleblower 'instigated incident'

Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has sought an independent probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation

08 Nov 2017 9:07 PM

The foreign secretary also informed that India has signed the White Shipping Agreements with a number of countries and provided capacity building assistance by imparting training. (Photo: PTI/File)

Security challenges don't respect borders: India on Mumbai terror attack by Pak-based LeT

The country's top diplomat said nurturing a climate of peace in the Indian Ocean region is the 'cornerstone' of India's foreign policy.

08 Nov 2017 8:29 PM

The police managed to nab three youths while they were trying to break open a shutter of a shop, a spokesman said.

Jammu and Kashmir Police busts highway robbery gang, arrests 3

Modus Operandi of gang was to select soft targets along highway and carry out thefts, police says.

08 Nov 2017 6:45 PM

Congress party's protest in Bhopal on one year anniversary of demonetisation. (Photo: ANI)

Govt celebrating 'death' of people: Oppn on 1st anniversary of note ban

Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi accused Modi of 'robbing' India of its economic prowess and converting people's anger to 'communal hatred'.

08 Nov 2017 6:32 PM

'No need to take tension till I am there and all your problems will be resolved,' Rijiju emphatically said. (Photo: File)

Cong synonymous with corruption, has looted country since independence: Rijiju

Union Minister gave reassurance that BJP will do what Congress has not in 71 years in Arunachal Pradesh.

08 Nov 2017 6:14 PM

The father of deceased child, also expressed satisfaction with the CBI's progress in the case and demanded that all others involved in the conspiracy be brought to book. (Photo: PTI)

Ryan murder: Class XI boy sent to 3-day CBI remand; Pradyuman's family seeks death

The CBI had apprehended the teen, Pradyuman’s senior at school, on Tuesday on the basis of CCTV, forensic and scientific evidence.

08 Nov 2017 6:03 PM

Shah later interacted with party workers of Junagadh and guided them on electioneering and campaigning for December polls. (Photo: File)

Gujarat: Amit Shah launches signature campaign to mark 'anti-black money day'

Accompanied by Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Shah said he supports PM's commitment for new, corruption-free India.

08 Nov 2017 5:11 PM

A police officer said, all the injured, numbering around 30, were rushed to Kailash hospital by Expressway ambulances. (Photo: TechGuide4u/YouTube screengrab)

Video: 30 hurt as thick fog causes pile-up of 20 cars on Yamuna Expressway

Several injured have suffered multiple fractures, doctor said, adding, around 12 persons were discharged after dressing of minor wounds.

08 Nov 2017 5:04 PM

The arrests came after the investigating team headed by S S Panesar, Additional SP, Dibrugarh, got forensic reports confirming the allegations against 25 officers who were put through a handwriting test in June this year. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Assam: 13 civil, police officers held in job-for-money scam; 14 more arrests likely

Those arrested till now include seven Assam Civil Service (ACS) officers and four of the Assam Police Service (APS).

08 Nov 2017 4:32 PM

Nazrul Islam, a Bangladeshi national was on Tuesday convicted for raping a septuagenarian nun in West Bengal's Ranaghat town during a dacoity at a convent in 2015. (Photo: AP/File)

WB nun rape case: B'desh man sentenced to imprisonment till death

The nun was raped at the convent on March 14, 2015 where the six persons barged in for committing dacoity.

08 Nov 2017 4:13 PM

'Injured jawan was admitted to a local hospital from where he was airlifted to Raipur for further treatment,' local police officer said. (Representational Image)

Chhatisgarh: 1 STF jawan injured in gunbattle with Naxals in Sukma

Joint team of personnel from different security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation on Wednesday morning when they were attacked.

08 Nov 2017 4:00 PM

On his engagements so far, Sharma said his meetings had gone well. (Photo: ANI/File)

Will try to meet separatist leaders to resolve Kashmir issue: Dineshwar Sharma

Sharma is on a 5-day visit to the state and will spend two days in Jammu where he will hold talks with Governor N N Vohra and CM Mufti.

08 Nov 2017 3:01 PM

A thick layer of smog canopied the national capital, earlier on Wednesday morning, leading to hazardous pollution levels. (Photo: ANI)

Video: Delhi schools to remain shut till Sunday as air quality worsens

The decision to shut all school for this week came after the Air Quality Index touched 448 in a scale of 500, entering 'severe' category.

08 Nov 2017 2:19 PM

The Patel community, which was a staunch supporter of the BJP, is up in arms against the state government over its quota demand. (Photo: File)

Gujarat polls: BJP mulling to give more representation to backward classes

With Congress aggressively seeking favour of the Patels, BJP seeks refuge in OBC vote bank to make up for numbers.

08 Nov 2017 2:19 PM

The deceased are yet to be identified, police said. (Photo: File | Representational)

8 run over by truck on highway at Bhathinda

Victims, mostly teenagers, were waiting on highway for a vehicle to pick them up, police said.

08 Nov 2017 2:05 PM

Virbharda Singh and Prem Kumar Dhumal are the chief ministerial candidates for Congress and BJP, respectively, in Himachal Pradesh. (Photo: File)

Himachal to go to polls tomorrow as Congress, BJP fight it out in 68 constituencies

The Congress and BJP are locking horns in all 68 constituencies where 337 candidates including 62 MLAs are in the fray.

08 Nov 2017 1:58 PM

On the first anniversary of demonetisation, which he termed as a 'tragedy', Gandhi said livelihood of millions of honest Indians were destroyed due to this 'thoughtless act' of the prime minister. (Photo:AP/File)

Modi robbed India, turned people's anger into 'communal hatred': Rahul

Gandhi is in poll-bound Gujarat to participate in protests in Surat, the country's diamond and textile hub.

08 Nov 2017 1:26 PM

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