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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday shared the news via twitter that the two Indian nationals Midhun Ganesh and Edward Ambrose who were abducted in South Sudan have been released.

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asking him to provide 100 percent tax exemption for eco-friendly and bio-degradable sanitary napkins, under GST.

"On earlier occasions also, Dr Swamy has made oral mentioning of the matter and despite request, has not informed the concerned AORs about the mentioning stating that he is not obliged to inform. Considering the sensitivity of the matter, I wish to place...

Parliament on Thursday approved the Finance Bill 2017 after the Lok Sabha rejected five amendments moved to it by the Upper House with regard to curbing more powers to taxmen and a cap on donation by companies to political parties.

The Opposition in the Lok Sabha on Thursday accused the Government of running roughshod by opening the doors to "political extortionism" and passing "draconian" provisions in the Finance Bill.

Young people who storm the encounter sites in the Valley to hurl stones at security personnel are committing suicide, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Thursday and appealed to them to refrain from such activity.

Nigeria has called in the Indian envoy in the country to register its protest over an attack on four Nigerian students in Greater Noida and sought "diligent prosecution" against the perpetrators.

Bhagwat said wherever people in favour of social equality are in power, they should ensure the strict implementation of the constitutional and legal provisions pertaining to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Responding to Opposition's fears that linking income tax returns and bank accounts with Aadhaar may result in hacking, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the fear of technology being susceptible to misuse does not mean we should not use...

The central government though refuted as "erroneous" the reports that it has agreed to carve out a larger Nagaland state.

The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) provides for compensation to the states for the loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the GST.

The Karnataka Legislature, on the last day of its budget session on Tuesday, formed a joint legislature committee to "study" the impact, the adverse impact and ways to control the quality of reportage by both print and electronic media.

After the state-run Air India cancelled his flight ticket, beleaguered Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad on Tuesday evening reportedly boarded the Rajdhani Express for Delhi, officials said.

As a popular TV commercial shows, some people just can't resist the king of fruits - mangoes.

Unlike 2016, many regions of the country would receive below normal rainfall this monsoon season, says a weather analyst.

The government has decided to ratify the "second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol" on containing the emission of green house gases, said Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on Monday.