Mamata Banerjee urges Sitharaman to review ‘anti-people’ taxation policies, withdraw GST on insurance premium | India News – Times of India

Calling tax on essential items ‘anti-people,’ West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged the central government to remove the goods and services tax (GST) on life insurance and health insurance premiums. In a letter, addressed to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Banerjee emphasized that the tx on essential items increases the financial burden on ordinary…

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Centre removes BSF chief Nitin Agrawal, his deputy Khurania with immediate effect | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday issued orders to remove Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) Nitin Agrawal, and his deputy, Special DG (West) Y B Khurania, from their positions with immediate effect. Both officers have been sent back to their respective state cadres. Agrawal, a 1989-batch Kerala cadre officer, had assumed the role…

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Congress shares video of monkey in Parliament to target Centre after water leakage row | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After a row over water leakage in the new Parliament building, Congress used a new video to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a video of a monkey that entered the building on Friday.“Monkey Baat today in ModiMarriot, also known as the New Parliament Building,” wrote Congress leader on…

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‘Stay vigilant and …’: Indian embassy issues advisory to nationals in Israel | India News – Times of India

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Three die, many feared trapped after building collapse in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri: Police | India News – Times of India

At least three people died after a two-story building collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Friday, officials said, adding that the rescue operation is underway as more people are feared to be still trapped. According to the police, one of the deceased is identified as Mukesh Kumar, 45, who was injured in the incident…

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‘They remember Shakuni, we remember Kanhaiya’: Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes digs at Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chakravyuha’ attack | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi and made an interesting counter to his Chakravyuha attack and Mahabharata references during his speech on Union Budget in Lok Sabha. “Shakuni, Chausar, Chakravyuha … all the references of Mahabharata made by Congress are linked to ‘Adharm’,” the Union agriculture…

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Wayanad landslides: Congress moves privilege motion against Amit Shah for ‘prior warning’ to Kerala remark | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday moved a a privilege motion against Union home minister Amit Shah for his “gave prior warning to Kerala” remark in Rajya Sabha on Wayanad landslides.Accusing Amit Shah of “misleading the Rajya Sabha”, the Congress MP in the letter to the chairman said, “In his response to a…

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‘Main Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’: Watch hilarious banter between SP MP and Jagdeep Dhankar in Rajya Sabha | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Veteran actress and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, just a few days after getting annoyed in Rajya Sabha for being addressed as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan‘, on Friday introduced herself with the same.As chairman Jagdeep Dhankar called out Jawhar Sircar to speak, someone interrupted saying “on a lighter note” and Jaya Bachchan inquired if…

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