Day: September 20, 2019

Sensex zooms 1,921 pts on FM’s tax booster; auto, bank stocks soar

Mumbai, Sep 20: Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex vaulted 1,921 points on Friday, fuelled by a slew of economy-boosting measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Logging its biggest intra-day spike in over a decade, the 30-share index soared 2,284.55 points to a peak of 38,378.02, before settling 1,921.15 […]

Chinmayanand arrested on charges of rape: Police

Shahjahanpur, Sep 20: Former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping a law student and sent to 14 days judicial custody by a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur, police said. The BJP leader was arrested by the special investigation team (SIT) of UP police from […]

Gujarat: 70-year-old woman killed by leopard in Amreli

Ahmedabad, Sep 20: A 70-year-old woman was killed on Friday morning by a leopard in Khambha taluka of Gujarat’s Amreli district, a forest official said. The corpse of Nanuben Parmar was found in Munjiyasar village early in the morning after an hour long search, said Chief Conservator of Forests […]

Do not impose, oppose any language: VP Naidu

New Delhi, Sep 20: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday urged people neither to oppose nor impose any language and pitched for learning as many languages as possible. Naidu made these observations days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Hindi should be a common language, triggering a […]

Bru refugees place fresh demands on repatriation

Aizawl, Sep 20: The MBDPF, an umbrella organisation of the Bru refugees lodged in six relief camps in North Tripura, has made several fresh demands to return to Mizoram. The ninth and final repatriation process will begin from early October. Signed by its president A. Sawibunga and general secretary […]

Govt slashes corporate tax to 25.17 pc for domestic cos

Goa, Sep 20: In a major fiscal booster, the government on Friday slashed effective corporate tax to 25.17 per cent inclusive of all cess and surcharges for domestic companies. Making the announcement, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the new tax rate will be applicable from the current fiscal which […]

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