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  • Don't wait for last day to file returns, cautions GSTN Chairman
    New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Despite the GST Council giving a one-month extension in filing returns under the new indirect tax regime, businesses should start uploading invoices much earlier, says Goods and Servic
    / 25th June 2017
  • Binge drinking, cocaine abuse may impair mental skills
    New York, June 25 (IANS) Do you have the habit of taking four or more alcohol drinks a day or indulging in drug abuse such as cocaine? Beware, it may lead to impairments in mental skills such as decision-making
    / 25th June 2017
  • Tanker blast kills 140 in Pakistan
    Lahore, June 25 (IANS) At least 140 people have been burnt alive and dozens of others injured after an overturned oil tanker caught fire and exploded near Bahawalpur city in Pakistan's Punjab province, the medi
    / 25th June 2017
  • Motherhood has been absolutely fantastic: Ayesha Takia
    New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Actress Ayesha Takia, who has a three-year-old son, named Mikail, with Farhan Azmi, says her journey as a mother has been a joy ride for her.   "It (motherhood) has been abs
    / 25th June 2017
  • Daily read some letters I receive: Modi
    New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he has a habit of daily reading at least a few of the letters he gets as it allows him to connect witth the people.   In his mont
    / 25th June 2017
  • Caution over GST, derivatives expiry to affect equities
    Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Derivatives expiry coupled with crude oil prices and direction of foreign funds' movement are expected to affect the equity charts during the upcoming week.   Market observers
    / 25th June 2017
  • Muslim women in India can become change agents through education
    By Frank F. Islam IANS | June 25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently called for empowerment and education of Muslim women. One would have expected this message to receive widespread acceptance and suppo
    / 25th June 2017
  • Muslims in Asia pray for peace as Ramadan holy month ends
    SINGAPORE, June 25 (Reuters) - Muslims in Asia celebrated the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday on Sunday with prayers for peace as they marked the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan.   As at the start
    / 25th June 2017
  • Hopes fade in China for 93 missing in landslide
    MAO COUNTY, China, June 25 (Reuters) - Rescue workers in China pulled bodies out of piles of rock and mud on Sunday as they searched for 93 people missing a day after a landslide buried a mountain village, with
    / 25th June 2017
  • 'Ivanka Trump must answer questions in shoe design lawsuit'
    Washington, June 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump must give a deposition in a lawsuit by an Italian shoemaker claiming her fashion label copied its designs, a federal judg
    / 25th June 2017
  • Modi arrives in US
    Washington, June 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here from Portugal on Sunday, on the second leg of his three-nation tour, that will also take him to the Netherlands.   "Touchdown! Wai
    / 25th June 2017
  • Gunfight in Srinagar between security forces, militants
    Srinagar, June 25 (IANS) A gunfight started on Sunday between the security forces and holed-up militants in Srinagar, police said.   According to police, the gunfight started after midnight between t
    / 25th June 2017
  • More blood but no victory as Philippine drug war marks its first year
    MANILA (Reuters) - Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and s
    / 25th June 2017
  • Labour's Corbyn puts politics centre stage at Glastonbury Festival
    GLASTONBURY, England, June 25 (Reuters) - British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn got a rock star reception at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, telling a headliner-sized crowd that millions of young people who
    / 25th June 2017
  • Syria says Israel strike kills civilians
    BEURUT, June 25 (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday it had targeted Syrian military installations after shells landed in the occupied Golan Heights but a Syrian military source said the Israeli strikes killed s
    / 25th June 2017
  • China's Xi to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover
    BEIJING/HONG KONG, June 25 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong from June 29 to July 1 to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover of the Asian financial hub from British colonial rule
    / 25th June 2017
  • Ronaldo sets Portugal on way to Confederations Cup semis
    ST PETERSBURG, June 25 (Reuters) - European champions Portugal comfortably dispatched New Zealand 4-0 to reach the Confederations Cup semi-finals on Saturday after Cristiano Ronaldo set them on their way with a
    / 25th June 2017
  • Govt claims it helped 91% of scavengers, after ignoring 93% of them
    New Delhi, June 25 (IANS/IndiaSpend) The central government has claimed that 91% of manual scavengers have been provided a one-time cash payment of Rs 40,000 and 108% of identified scavengers and their dependan
    / 25th June 2017
  • NU lacking proper infrastructural facilities, basic amenities: ANCSU
    • Appeals NU and evaluators to be genuine in the marking system • To ensure salary to teachers in private colleges as per UGC norms     Our Correspondent Kohima | June 24   Na
    Nagaland / 24th June 2017
  • Role of schools in child protection
    Consultative session calls for building environment conducive to holistic growth of children   Morung Express News Dimapur | June 24   Providing an environment conducive to holistic growth of c
    Nagaland / 24th June 2017
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