Canberra : Australia’s newly reelected administration says its promise to slash income taxes might be delivered late but won’t be broken as the government hopes to stimulate consumer spending and revive a flagging economy. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Tuesday passing the legislation that would reduce the annual tax bill […]
Jakarta : Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has been re-elected as president of the world’s third-biggest democracy, the elections commission said early Tuesday, beating rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general who has vowed to challenge any victory for the incumbent leader. The commission was expected to announce the official results of […]
Itanagar : Suspected NSCN militants Tuesday gunned down sitting MLA and NPP assembly poll candidate Tirong Aboh and ten others, including his son and security personnel, in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, a top police officer said. Aboh (41), who represented the Khonsa West constituency, was seeking a re-election […]
Bhubaneswar : Counting of votes for the 21 Lok Sabha seats and 146 Assembly segments in Odisha will be held at 63 different centres across the state amidst tight security on Thursday, a senior election official has said. Polling was held in 21 Lok Sabha seats and 146 Assembly […]
Patna : Nearly 60 per cent female voters came out to exercise their franchise in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections as against just about 55 per cent turnout for men. As per the figures released by the Election Commission here, the overall turnout for female voters stood at […]
New Delhi : Delhiites woke up to overcast skies on Wednesday with the minimum temperature settling at 26.4 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. According to the Safdarjung Observatory, recording for which is considered official, the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 39 degrees Celsius. […]
Sriharikota : In a pre-dawn launch on Wednesday, Indian space agency ISRO scripted history by successfully launching earth observation satellite RISAT-2B that would enhance the country’s surveillance capabilities among others. As the 25-hour countdown which had began Tuesday concluded, the agency’s trusted workhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) […]
Chandigarh : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said Tuesday the Delhi government owed his state Rs 100 crore for Yamuna water supplied to the national capital since 1995. “We have been regularly writing to Delhi government for payment but without any success, Khattar told reporters at a press […]
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday termed as “bogus” the doubts raised by political parties about misuse of EVMs. The chief minister said the use of EVMs has brought about a lot of transparency in the electoral process. “Political groups tend to make such bogus allegations when […]
Jammu : As many as 650 kg of poppy was seized in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Tuesday night, officials said. A police party, conducting surprise checks on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Digdol, signalled an oil tanker to stop, they said. Seeing the police personnel, the driver stopped […]
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