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GST returns witness substantial increase in J&K: State Taxes Deptt

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 07: The State Tax Department today said that filing of returns under GST has recorded a substantial increase in the state following stepped up enforcement measures. As per an official handout, the Department has been conducting regular checking of records as well […]

Navin for long-term planning to meet growing potable water needs

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 07 – Continuing the pre-budget consultations for the next financial year, Principal Secretary Finance, Navin K. Choudhary today chaired two separate meetings and held marathon discussions on the functioning and budgetary requirements of the PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control and Home Departments. […]

Israel may expand anti-tunnel operation into Lebanon, minister says

JERUSALEM – Israel is prepared to take action in Lebanon against Hezbollah cross-border tunnels if necessary, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Friday. Israel’s military said earlier this week that it had found a number of passages dug across the Israel-Lebanon border to be used in carrying out […]

India names demonetisation supporter as chief economic adviser

NEW DELHI – India’s government appointed a new chief economic adviser on Friday, naming a U.S.-trained professor who praised the country’s shock decision to remove most of its banknotes from circulation. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, a professor from the Indian School of Business, will serve a three-year term in the […]

National Green Tribunal panel extends hearing on Vedanta smelter case

NEW DELHI – India’s environmental court said it will resume hearing Vedanta Ltd’s case on Monday to decide whether to re-open the company’s copper smelter, which was closed earlier this year after 13 people died when police fired on protesters. Last week, a panel of experts set up […]

Government meets with WhatsApp over tracing of fake news: source

MUMBAI – Indian tech ministry officials met with senior WhatsApp executives this week to ask the Facebook Inc unit to start tracing the origins of misinformation spread through its messaging platform, a senior government official said on Friday. WhatsApp has been working to curb the circulation of what […]

Exit polls show BJP losing ground in key state elections before national vote

NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party is likely to lose two heartland states while a third is too close to call, exit polls showed on Friday in the final test of popularity before a national election due by May next year. Surveys broadcast at the […]

CNN offices evacuated after bomb threat, no explosive found

CNN’s New York offices were evacuated Thursday night after a bomb threat, but no explosive was found and police later gave the all clear, the network said. The roughly 90 minute drama recalled a similar evacuation in October after an explosive device was discovered at CNN’s New York […]

Thousands of Myanmar women forced into marriage in China: study

Thousands of vulnerable women and girls from northern Myanmar are being trafficked to China and forced to marry, a study said Friday, offering a rare look at an issue that grips the conflict-hit borderlands. China has around 33 million fewer women than men due to the decades-long one-child […]

Road accident deaths swell to 1.35 million each year: WHO

Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of 1.35 million traffic deaths around the world each year, the World Health Organization said Friday, demanding global action. The number of fatalities annually has swelled by around 100,000 in just three years, with road accidents now the […]

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