Shatrughan Sinha's Chaiwala Dig, Amid Row Over Meme Targeting PM Narendra Modi

Days after the Congress's youth wing Yuva Desh tweeted a "chai wala" meme targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which they later deleted, BJP parliamentarian Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday used the same words to allude to the Prime Minister at a book launch in the national capital

BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha delivered a fresh instalment of biting criticism of the economic policies of the Narendra Modi-led government on Thursday and said the implementation of the new national tax GST was a "textbook example" of how it shouldn't have been introduced.

Gujarat's Kshatriya strongman Shankersinh Vaghela today said his fledgling 'Jan Vikalp Front' would carve out a special 10 per cent quota for the most backward classes from within the 27 per cent reservation meant for the OBCs and defer implementation of the GST for a year.

Around 56% of the registered taxpayers filed their GSTR-3B returns for October within due date.

The note ban last year and GST rollout had impacted investment and development prospects of the cities, PwC said.

Moody's decision on Friday to raise its rating of India's sovereign bonds a notch, from Baa3 to Baa2, could elicit one of two reactions. On the one hand, a fair observer could feel that that the decision was way overdue. And, on the other hand, an equally fair observer could raise an eyebrow at the timing. Actually, it's possible to feel both emotions simultaneously -...

Moody's Investors Service raising India's sovereign rating for the first time in 14 years is not only a vote of confidence for India's longer-term financial health at a time when the government's economic policies are facing criticism and growth has slipped to levels last seen in 2014, it has also offered a political victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his at-...

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narender Modi over mob lynching in the name of cow protection. The RJD chief drew an analogy between a lion and a cow and how people who used to be afraid of the carnivorous beast are now more scared of the farm animal

With the Goods and Services Tax in place, 20 judges from 12 high courts brainstormed with experts and top government officials on identifying grey areas in the new regime that may throw up litigations in coming days.

Infosys has added 100 engineers for the project in the last one month to resolve issues with the GST Network.

In a retort to Rahul Gandhi's jibe terming the GST as 'Gabbar Singh Tax', Union minister Giriraj Singh today said the body language of the Congress leader resembled that of Gabbar Singh, the tobacco-chewing dacoit made famous by actor Amjad Khan in film 'Sholay'.

Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder and chairman, Bharti Enterprises, said that the upgrade "underlines the efficacy of the bold structural reforms".

Hitting out at the Centre over demonetisation, Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has said that telling the people that they cannot have access to the money in their accounts was "nanny-ism carried to an extreme." The former Union minister, who was speaking at an event here last evening, also criticised the BJP-led government over the way GST was rolled out, although, h...

Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser of ministry of finance has lauded Moody's India rating upgrade. "It was long overdue as our analysis shows. Moody's has acknowledged (PM Modi's) reforms: GST, bank recap plan, Bankruptcy code & macro-stability, and government's focus on domestic objectives.," he said.