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Finance minister Arun Jaitley at the 21st GST Council meet in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Glitches over GST need fixing swiftly

The govt must be commended for reacting quickly in appointing a panel to look into the issues flagged by various...

12 Sept 2017 12:22 AM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley at the 21st GST Council meet in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

GST cess on luxury cars hiked; 30 items cheaper

Computer monitors, oil cakes, dhoop batti, dhoop, plastic raincoats, rubber bands and rice rubber rolls for paddy...

10 Sept 2017 7:08 AM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley at the 21st GST Council meet in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

GST rates altered, cess on luxury cars hiked

SUVs, mid-sized and luxury cars, however, will get costly by 2 to 7 per cent.

10 Sept 2017 2:38 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley briefs a press conference after a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

21st GST Council meet in Hyderabad on Saturday

This will be third meeting of GST Council since the launch of the Goods and Services Tax on July 1.

8 Sept 2017 3:26 PM IST

The SC had banned liquor shops within 500 meters of state or national highways in December 2015.

Liquor sale should be made only against digital payment: CAIT

Any person purchasing liquor from any shop should be made obligatory to make payment through digital mode.

8 Sept 2017 2:11 PM IST

Responding to a question, Jaitley said a proposal to extend the decision to public sector undertakings was under active consideration of the government. (Photo: PTI)

FinMin says considering auto makers' concern on hike in GST cess

Luxury car makers have hit out at hike in cess on large cars and SUVs to 25 per cent under GST.

7 Sept 2017 1:23 PM IST

A priest held prayers in the defence ministers chamber before Nirmala Sitharaman assumed charge. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Sitharaman takes charge as the 1st full-time woman Defence Minister

Sitharaman took charge in the presence of her predecessor Arun Jaitley who was given the additional charge of the key...

7 Sept 2017 12:18 PM IST

Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera, right, and Indian counterpart Arun Jaitley shake hands prior to their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)

India, Japan to scale up defence cooperation

The talks, part of the India-Japan annual defence ministerial dialogue in Tokyo, also highlighted the cooperation on the...

7 Sept 2017 3:52 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Two lakh shell cos to have their bank accounts frozen: FM

Names of over 2.09 lakh firms have been struck off from register of companies for failing to comply with regulatory...

6 Sept 2017 1:39 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi High Court fines CM Kejriwal for delay in reply

The court has fixed the matter for October 12, before which Mr Jaitley was asked to file his response to the CM's...

5 Sept 2017 6:09 AM IST

Congress leader Manish Tewari. (Photo: File)

Congress likens Cabinet to senior citizens' club

Talking to mediapersons, he claimed Modi was strangely disconnected from the Cabinet reshuffle exercise.

4 Sept 2017 1:46 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala to go to MoD after Jaitley is back from Japan

Normally, the new defence minister should have been going but logistically that doesn't seem possible today... to make...

4 Sept 2017 1:18 AM IST