Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar also said that diseases like AIDS can be cured by yoga.
On October 16, Nestl received the go-ahead to resume manufacturing Maggi.
Discoms will not only be penalised for undue outages, they will not be able to bill you for losses.
India's foodgrain requirement is expected to rise to around 61.2 million tonnes against the average procurement of last five years at 51.4 million tonnes.
GST Council has also reached consensus on the definition of revenue to compensate states for revenue loss
'Slaughter of cows will be opposed by all parties in UP, Gujarat, Rajasthan, etc while it is different in Kerala, Goa and the north east.' 'Every national party adapts and take a view on various issues depending on the local situation and the feelings of the local people.' 'So, the Kerala BJP will look at each issue from the Kerala perspective, and not that of UP.'
Top firms get GST notices on credit claims on Friday; replies sought within hours.
Centre clears eight new schools to bridge regional imbalance in the armed forces.
Promoters must mandatorily deposit 70% of unused fund collected for project in separate bank account
A fresh scheme is likely to be released in the upcoming Budget
The court also directed that police officers, who were earlier appointed as nodal officers to deal with incidents of mob lynching, would be now responsible to deal with cases of alleged assault on Kashmiris.
Businesses that are engaged in both taxable and non-GST supply have re-structured themselves into separate entities to avoid elaborate compliance, says Sudipto Dey.
UP will be followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
As a part of the commemoration, the right-wing outfit also plans to hold blood donation camps and distribute literature.
The government's bill for funding the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has risen steeply, due to its decision to revise wage rates under these projects and to link these to the inflation rate.
Any residual amount left in the Compensation Fund after five year compensation period shall be shared equally between the Centre and the states.
The Union cabinet also decided to put in place measures for speedy investigation and trial of rape cases.
'This country today is demonstrating to the world the true meaning of federalism, the true meaning of working in partnership between the central government and the state governments.'
Other than Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal, call centres would come up in Assam, Manipur, Tripura.
"I didn't expect to win," she said, adding, "India is full of beautiful, talented young women and in New Jersey the best from each state was represented. I am Kashmiri and Punjabi and have been raised in Dallas my whole life."
The Commonwealth Express comprising 11 coaches will leave for Amritsar to coincide with the arrival of Queen's Baton in the country from Pakistan on June 25.
A labour ministry note sent to the rural development ministry (MoRD) says the minimum wage notified in each state - often higher than the NREGA set one - has to be paid. But MoRD has written to the PMO that the NREGA enactment has clauses that exempt it from all other laws, including the Minimum Wages Act. Hence, MoRD is not legally obliged to pay at any other rate.
The Tamil Nadu government welcomed the decision, hailing it as a 'grand victory for the 'Amma (Jayalalithaa) government' and the state's farmers'.
Resolution to the bad loans problem has to be incremental, and the RBI has to ensure NPAs are not swept under the carpet, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh tells Joydeep Ghosh.
Planning Commission had got into a big controversy on this issue.
Seeking to end confusion regarding the use of 'none of the above' option in the Rajya Sabha and state legislative council elections, the Election Commission has come out with a fresh set of instructions to prevent rejection of vote.
US President Barack Obama is in favour of a comprehensive immigration reform, but this can't be done without the support of the Republicans, the White House has said.
'What will work is not fear of the law, but of real and swift prosecution under the law.' 'That can now be a possibility thanks to the Supreme Court judgment.'
'One state-one vote may not be a good idea in this country. There are Railways, Services, universities, Maharashtra, Baroda. Their arguments have impressed upon us to some extent. We may consider the issue in future debates'
BJP strategists know it may not repeat its 2014 performance in its traditionally strong bases in the north and the west. This is where the success in the north east and east is so important.
West Bengal and Maharashtra, despite having fewer public sector employees, are likely to face a higher burden of salaries and pensions.
The presumed remains of one of those killed were yet to be positively identified.
It is doubtful that our political masters are even aware of the features of the Model Law.
They came, they wowed and won our hearts with these gorgeous outfits representing their states.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leash on foreign junkets of his ministers and bureaucrats seems to have trickled down to states as well.
The Qute infant of the four-wheel world is Bajaj Auto's quadricycle. The Qute infant of the four-wheel world is Bajaj Auto's quadricycle. It is finally set to hit the India roads but the challenge of creating a new category in the competitive automobile market has only just begun.
Indian Railways need a facelift, says Suresh Prabhu.
'The actual price of petrol is Rs 35 and it jumps to Rs 88 because of government taxes.'
The project, in its entirety, is estimated to be about Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion).
The idea is to keep a close watch on real-time price movements, the maximum retail price of medicines and their availability.
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