5th March News in Nutshell: Important news of the day

National News-

Congress should be ashamed of Rahul Gandhi's JNU visit: Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah today launched a scathing attack on Congress and its vice President Rahul Gandhi over JNU row and said that the party should be ashamed its vice-president's visit to the university. Read More

PM Modi asks FM Jaitley to reconsider tax on EPF withdrawals

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to reconsider the budgetary proposal that will allow a part of the Employees Provident Fund withdrawal to be be taxed. Read More

BJP expels youth leader for offering Rs 5 lakh to cut Kanhaiya's tongue

The Bharatiya Janata Party today expelled its Yuva Morcha leader for offering Rs 5 lakh to anyone who cut off JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's tongue. Read More

Narendra Modi works for industrialists, taxes salaried class: Rahul Gandhi

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of promoting the interest of a few select industrialists and "those with black money", while imposing tax on life-long savings of the salaried class. Read More

We will not allow another Jinnah in educational institutions: Yogi Adityanath

Fiery BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has asserted that he will not allow another Jinnah to take birth in India's educational institutions. The Gorakhpur MP said we would not allow educational institution to produce another Jinnah, if somebody tries this we will crush such forces." Read More

President calls for revival of Women's reservation bill

President Pranab Mukherjee today called for revival of women's reservation bill, saying it is sad commentary on India that parliament has only 12 pc women. Read More

International News-

Despite stiff opposition, US govt issues notification for sale of F-16s to Pakistan

Amidst stiff opposition from India and top American lawmakers, the US government has formally published federal notification for the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. Read More

With 7.6% budget hike, China becomes world's second largest defence spender

China became world's second largest defence spender after a budget report to the national legislature annual session was shown on Saturday. Read More

Business News-

History repeats itself with Vineet Taneja's resignation from Micromax

Vineet Taneja, chief executive officer of Micromax Informatics, left the position of CEO at Micromax within just 2 years. Taneja was a Hindustan Unilever Ltd veteran of 17 years and it is quite unacceptable to see him quit within 2 years. Is this just a co- incidence or history is repeating itself? Read More

Xiaomi Mi 5 set to launch next month, here's everything you need to know about it

While Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 3 in India at a price starting Rs. 9,999, the company's Vice President Hugo Barra had announced that the flagship Mi 5 will be launched next month. Read More

Entertainment News-

Amitabh Bachchan feels ‘cured', thanks to Shah Rukh Khan's advice

Amitabh Bachchan, who is recuperating from a mild ailment, says a good night sleep helps in curing ailments, while adding that now he feels "cured". Read More

Akshay Kumar keeps promise, hands over Rs 11 lakh cheque to deceased stuntman's family

A few days ago Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar penned down a letter for the unsung heroes of film industry, the stuntmen. Akshay who has a penchant for action films had expressed grief on the demise of a stuntman. Read More

Sports News-

Asia Cup final: Confident India ready for Bangladesh challenge tomorrow

Unstoppable so far with clinical performances, a formidable India will square off against a passionate and sprightly Bangladesh in their quest for continental supremacy in the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament, here tomorrow. Read More

Final should be treated as just another game: Shastri

The excitement of being in the Asia Cup final might be palpable in the Bangladesh camp but for India, tomorrow's summit clash would be just another game in the tournament, says Team Director Ravi Shastri. Read More

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