OROP suicide: Jaitley blames bank for not providing benefits to veteran

Slamming the Congress for playing politics over an ex-soldier’s suicide, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday blamed administrative lapse on the part of bank for not remitting the......

The army built a new bridge in 5 days

On the morning of September 21, 2010,Commonwealth Games preparations received a setback. A 95-metre long pedestrian footbridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium collapsed, injuring 23 workmen.......

Why India routinely fumbles arms deals?

If India's military eventually plumps for primarily American equipment, a major reason will be: soldiers, sailors and airmen are completely sick of being gypped through poorly-framed acquisition......

GST Council's fitment committee likely to consider dropping 12% slab

The fitment committee under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, comprising central and state officials, has begun a rate rationalisation exercise afresh, checking the possibility of dropping......

4 major things 47th GST Council is likely to discuss

The 47th GST Council meeting that is currently underway is slated to discuss a host of issues, including a mechanism for compensating states for revenue loss, tax rate tweaks in some items and......

Ministers' group on GST agrees to disagree on pruning exempted items list

The GoM is likely to submit an interim report to the Council on pruning the list of items that at present do not attract the levy. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the 44th GST......

GST Council meet on Dec 31, to discuss rate rationalisation

The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on December 31 and discuss, among other things, report of the panel of state ministers on rate rationalisation. This will......

What the CWG can learn from the Army

The clockwork precision and discipline that the Indian Army brought while building the fallen footbridge should serve as a lesson to the Commonwealth Games organisers, says Major General Raj Mehta......