UP Man Assaulted By Wife, Family Members Over Samosas; Case Filed
An FIR on charges of attempt to murder was on Wednesday registered after a man was allegedly beaten up by his wife and her relatives during a village panchayat convened…
Delhi, Haryana Chief Ministers Hold Talks As Drain Breach Floods Villages
A breach in the Mungeshpur drain near Bahadurgarh in Haryana’s Jhajjar district has flooded parts of the DelhiHaryana border, forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people and triggering overnight repair…
“Welcome But Too Late”: Congress’s P Chidambaram On GST Reforms
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram has welcomed the Centre’s recent GST rationalisation and rate cuts but criticised the move as being “8 years too late”.
Google Must Pay $425 Million In Class Action Over Privacy, Rules Court
A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’s Google must pay $425 million in a class action lawsuit that accused it of continuing to collect data for millions of users…
Maharashtra To Amend Laws For Longer Private Sector Work Hours
The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to amend laws that will allow increasing the maximum daily working hours for private sector employees from the present nine to 10…
Trump Says China Should Have Mentioned US During “Beautiful Ceremony”
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China’s “beautiful ceremony” marking the end of World War Two should have highlighted the role that the U.S. played in Japan’s defeat.
US Court Reverses Trump’s Cuts Of Billions Of Dollars To Harvard
A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in funding research grants for Harvard University.
“Historic Decision”: Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh Laud PM Modi For GST Reforms
Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the GST reforms and called it a “historic decision” to cut tax rates.
15 Killed, 18 Injured After Streetcar Derails In Lisbon
An electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon’s landmarks and a big draw for tourists derailed Wednesday, killing 15 people and injuring 18 others, emergency services said.
“Pro-Poor, Growth-Oriented Decision”: Chandrababu Naidu Praises GST Reforms
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu hailed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms approved by the GST Council as “pro-poor” and “growth-oriented”.