Kashmir unrest: NC seeks solution through talks with Pakistan, separatists

Main opposition National Conference on Sunday asked the Centre to initiate a sustained dialogue with Pakistan as well as separatists groups in Jammu and Kashmir for evolving a consensus for a......

Big winners and losers in J&K and Jharkhand

Where do the big guns stand as counting is underway for the Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand elections?     Former separatist leader Sajjad Gani Lone won the Handwara assembly seat......

PDP, Cong alliance likely in J&K but BJP, NC cannot be ruled out

With the results of the Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections out, hectic lobbying among the political parties has started, with a visible sign of the People’s Democratic Party and the Congress......

Voters break NC leader's record 36-year stint

Finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather's record run in Jammu and Kashmir assembly ended on Tuesday when he lost from Charar-e-Sharief while his National Conference colleague Ali Mohammad Sagar......

GST timeline: Twists and turns along the way

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the biggest tax reform since Independence. It has been a journey of several twists and turns from 1993 to 2016. 1993: Tax expert Raja J Chelliah suggests a......

Amit Mitra named chairman of GST panel

  West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra was on Friday named the new chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax. He will succeed Kerala Finance......

Kerala FM is new chairman of GST Empowered Committee

Kerala’s Finance Minister K M Mani has been appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST). The GST, an indirect tax regime,......

GST Bill set to be tabled as states' key demands met

Petro products may be out of GST for a few years; compensation for states will be included The Constitution amendment Bill on a national goods and services tax is likely to be tabled in the current......

4000 sports grounds to be constructed across J & K

Jammu and Kashmir government has embarked upon an ambitious project to construct more than 4000 sports grounds in as many panchayat and community blocks in the state. Under the flagship Panchayat......