Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis addressed a press conference where he resigned from his post of the CM. Fadnavis' PC comes moments after Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy CM of Maharashtra. IndiaTVnews.com brings to you the highlights from the Press Conference.
PMC is in bad health allegedly due to its exposure to the near-bankrupt realty player HDIL, to which it has loaned over 70 per cent of its Rs 9,000 crore in advances.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday announced new corporate tax rates. To give some stimulus to the economy, Sitharaman announced that the tax rate for domestic companies was slashed to 22%. For new domestic manufacturing companies, it now stands at 15%.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday addressed a press conference, wherein she announced some major mergers of the public sector banks. Sitharaman also said loans above Rs 250 crores are being strictly monitored by specialised agencies.
Addressing a press conference, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar strongly condemned Pakistan for approaching the UNSC on Kashmir issue. "The provocative statements from Pakistan include call for jihad and inciting violence in India," Kumar said.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed a press conference, where she said the government would withdraw higher taxes on foreign portfolio investors, as announced in the Budget and also withdraw the surcharge on long- and short-term capital gains.
Sitharaman, who also holds the corporate affairs ministry portfolio, flagged the issue of competition sans frontiers and at times, its adverse impact on Indian consumers.
The government has also decided to make necessary changes in PMLA rules and Aadhaar regulations to ease the lending process, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Sitharaman said that banks will launch repo rate and external benchmark-linked loan products that will lead to reduced easy monthly instalments for housing, vehicle and other retail loans.
The rollback comes after Indian capital markets witnessed massive outflow of foreign funds in the month of July.
Uttar Pradesh DGP addressed the media over the accident of Unnao rape victim. Addressing the media, the UP DGP said the accident was a result of a head-on collision between the car of the rape victim and an overspeeding truck. The Uttar Pradesh DGP also said an FIR in the case has been registered in Rae Bareilly.
"We have to strengthen the BJP in those states where the party is not in power," BJP national vice president Shivraj Singh Chouhan said at a press conference here.
Rahul Gandhi, through a tweet on Wednesday, had said the manifesto had got an overwhelming response.
"The new facts which have come to the fore clearly establish a relationship between Rahul Gandhi and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari," she said.
"We promised to waive loans in 10 days. In two states, we did it within six hours and we would do it in the third state very soon," Gandhi told reporters outside Parliament.
Sources said Yogi Adityanath, Devendra Fadanvis, Vijay Rupani, Sarbananda Sonowal, its chief ministers in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Assam, respectively, will address the media in Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Agartala respectively.
This comes after the government filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking correction in its verdict on Rafale fighter jet deal that was delivered on Friday.
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