Hailing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), BJP chief Amit Shah today said that the new tax regime would accelerate the country's economic growth and end the 'inspector raj'.
Industry doyen Ratan Tata, RBI Governor Urjit Patel, Member of Parliament cum cine star Hema Malini and Shatrughan Sinha hogged much limelight with many of the participants greeting them.
The NCP, a key constituent of the Congress-led UPA, broke away from the Opposition ranks, with its chief Sharad Pawar along with Praful Patel and Tariq Anwar attending the event in the Central Hall of Parliament.
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has announced boycott of the midnight GST roll-out event in Parliament.
Jaitley's comment came amid a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Dokala area close to the Siliguri corridor that connects the rest of India to its north-east.
Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is boycotting the GST roll-out midnight event in Parliament.
The presidential election will be held on July 17. Results will be declared on July 20. The tenure of incumbent President Pranab Mukherjee ends on July 24.
Most of the flats are in Rohini, Dwarka, Narela, Vasant Kunj, Jasola, Pitampura and Paschir Vihar. All the flats have been made with green technologies.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today dubbed the implementation of GST as a "tamasha", saying that just like demonetisation, the tax reform is being executed by an "incompetent and insensitive" government.
Praful Patel criticised the Congress, TMC and Left for not attending the GST launch function saying, "All parties unanimously passed GST in Parliament. State governments of different parties approved the rates."
The five-time Lok Sabha MP, who hails from Bihar’s Sasaram, and former Lok Sabha Speaker visited Sabarmati Ashram to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. She tried her hand at spinning the 'charkha'.
Manmohan Singh on Thursday expressed concern over the kind of atmosphere being created in the country in the name of religion.
Ramapati Shastri, a minister in Yogi Aditynath's cabinet, failed to state the full form of GST.
An editorial in Sena-mouthpiece “Saamana” further asked the finance minister to spell out the reasons which made the ‘Maharaja’ (the Air India’s characteristic logo) a “beggar.”
Meira Kumar launched her presidential campaign from Sabarmati ashram and said that shw wants to take forward Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology.
Two separate complaints were yesterday filed at Hazratganj and Gautampalli police stations against Azam Khan for his remarks against Indian Army.
“Whether we attend the midnight GST launch or not will be known later in the day,” Naresh Agarwal said.
Sisodia also said that his government opened about 13 new colleges imparting quality education in various streams across Delhi.
Senior JD-U leader and Bihar Energy Minister Bijender Prasad Yadav will attend the special session of Parliament on Friday midnight.
Asked if the visit has received any negative message from Palestine, Bhaskar said, "Our relations with each country is independent of relationship with other countries. Each relationship is separate... this visit is also different."
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