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Ranchi:  Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the centre not giving full GST compensation to the states, saying this "act of sovereign default" runs against the very spirit of the cooperative federalism. In a letter addressed to the prime minister, Soren said this is symptomatic of the "withering trust" between the centre and the states. In the letter, dated 4 September, Soren said the states were given assurance that the centre would compensate the losses they suffer for the next five years, but it has just been three years, and "we find ourselves deserted". "Reluctance and inability of the GOI to give full compensation to the states is a betrayal of the commitment it made in the Union Parliament and also in all the council meetings held so far (sic)," the chief minister said. Soren is the latest non-NDA chief minister to come out against the centre's offer on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) com

Actor Rhea Chakraborty’s father Indrajit Chakraborty has issued a statement condemning the arrest of his son, Showik, in connection with drug abuse allegations surrounding actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. "Congratulations India, you have arrested my son, I'm sure next on the line is my daughter and I don't know who is next thereafter. You have effectively demolished a middle-class family. But of course, for the sake of justice, everything is justified. Jai Hind," the statement from Lt Col Indrajit Chakraborty (Retd), who has also been questioned by the CBI, read . A Mumbai court on Saturday, 5 September, remanded Showik and Samuel Miranda, Rajput's house manager, to the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) till 9 September. Meanwhile, NCB has also issued summons to Rhea for joining probe on Sunday. 6 September. The NCB earlier took Showik and Miranda to a civic hospital for medical tests on Saturday morning, an official said. After the tests, t

Jaipur:  Seven people were killed after their van collided head-on with a trailer in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, police said on Sunday. The accident occurred near Kesarpura, which comes under the jurisdiction of Bijolia police station, on Saturday night when the victims were on their way to Bhilwara from Kota, they said. The deceased were identified as Umesh (40), Mukesh (23), Jamna (45), Amar Chand (32), Raju (21), Radheshyam (56)and Shivlal (40). The bodies were shifted to a local hospital and would be handed over to family members after postmortem, they added. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/35c4JIm Press Trust of India

A Narcotics Control Bureau ( NCB ) team reached actress Rhea Chakraborty's home in Mumbai on Sunday morning, 6 September, to serve her summons for joining probe in the drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. The agency has said that it wants to question Rhea, 28, to take the probe forward. Check out the tweet below #NewsAlert – NCB issues summons to Rhea Chakraborty. She will be questioned by NCB for the first time today. @mihirz and @shilparathnam report from outside NCB Office and Rhea’s residence respectively. Join the broadcast with @JamwalNews18 . Read more: https://t.co/Om9P3DDcbC pic.twitter.com/PP9IoIWAla — CNNNews18 (@CNNnews18) September 6, 2020 "The team has gone to serve the summons of joining the investigation. She can come on her own or she can come with the team," a senior official of the federal anti-narcotics agency said. The NCB has recently arrested her younger brother Showik Chakraborty (24), Rajpu

On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India decriminalised homosexuality by reading down parts of Section 377. Two years have passed since this historic judgment, for which the queer community and its nation-wide allies came together – but there’s so much work still to be done. Marriage equality may be a progressive step for the community, but there are other pressing issues, such as an anti-discrimination law and greater acceptance of queer individuals who live outside of cities. Queer people in semi-urban India, who grow up feeling and often looking different from their peers, live their whole lives with a complex mix of names, identities and ways of being. They don’t grow up to be who they want to , they end up playing a version of themselves that is inauthentic, to minimise the humiliation and prejudice that will come their way. The massive undertaking of their adult lives is to separate those parts of their identities which are truly them, from the parts they’ve created to p

New Delhi: Eighty new special trains will be operational from 12 September, reservations for which will begin from 10 September, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Saturday. He said the trains will be notified later in the day. "Eighty new special trains or 40 pairs of trains will start operations from 12 September. Reservations will begin on 10 September. This will run in addition to the 230 trains already in operation," he said. Yadav said the Railways will be monitoring all the trains that are currently in operation to determine which trains have a long waiting list. "Wherever there is a demand for a particular train, wherever the waiting list is long, we will run a clone train ahead of the actual train, so that passengers can travel," the railway board chairman said. Yadav also said the Railways will run trains whenever there is demand from states for exams or other similar purposes. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3i4UuJp Press Tru

New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday demanded that the Centre withdraw its circular calling for a freeze on the creation of new posts, and urged it to create more vacancies while filling the existing ones in the wake of the alleged rise in unemployment. As part of measures to rationalise non-priority expenditure, the government on Friday asked all ministries and departments to review appointments of consultants, curtail functions among other steps. It said there will be a ban on the creation of new posts, except with the approval of the expenditure department. However, the Ministry of Finance clarified on Saturday that there is no restriction or ban on filling up of posts in the Government of India, and the Department of Expenditure circular deals with internal procedure for creation of posts. It does not in anyway affect or curtail recruitment, the ministry tweeted. The Dept. of Expenditure circular dated 04 Sept 2020 deals with internal procedure for creation of posts and does NO

08:10 (IST) Coronavirus in US LATEST Updates Harris wouldn't trust Trump on pre-election virus vaccine Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said in comments released Saturday that if a coronavirus vaccine is available before November's election, she would not take President Donald Trump's word on its safety and efficacy. Trump faces intense pressure to curb the contagion that has clouded his re-election prospects, sparking worries his administration could rush vaccine research to fit a political timetable. "I would not trust Donald Trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of (a vaccine)," Harris told CNN . "I will not take his word for it." 07:54 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates WHO tempers quick vaccine hopes, says no immunisation against COVID-19 until mid-2021 The World Health Organization says it does not expect widespread immunisation against C

23:49 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Tamil Nadu  LATEST Updates Tamil Nadu allows air conditioners in restaurants   The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday issued a Government Order permitting functioning of restaurants with air conditioning facility. "Following the Standard Operating Procedures already issued by the government, restaurants are permitted to function from 6 am to 8 pm with air conditioning facility by following the guidelines issued by the Government of India for air conditioning and ventilation," the GO said. The move is in continuation of relaxations announced under the current 'Unlock' 4 p hase. Also, restaurants could offer take away services till 9 pm and tea shops are allowed to function from 6 am to 8 pm as per the order.   PTI 23:38 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in  Himachal  Pradesh LATEST Updates Himachal  issues SOPs for religious places  Prasad offerings will not be allowed in religious places that are set to open for devotees in Him

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh police has launched a probe following reports that five people, who had gone hunting in a forest in Upper Subansiri district on the Sino-India border, were allegedly kidnapped by the Chinese military, a senior official said on Saturday. The alleged incident occurred on Friday in the Nacho area of the district, their families said. Two others, who were in the group, managed to escape and informed the police. "I have sent the officer-in-charge of the Nacho police station to the area to verify the facts and directed him to report immediately. However, the report will be available only by Sunday morning," Superintendent of Police Taru Gussar said. Those allegedly kidnapped have been identified as Toch Singkam, Prasat Ringling, Dongtu Ebiya, Tanu Baker and Ngaru Diri. All of them belong to the Tagin community. Their family members living at district headquarters Daporijo said some of their relatives had left for Nacho Saturday morning to discuss th

Lucknow : A mosque that will come up in Ayodhya pursuant to the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case will be of the same size as Babri Masjid, said an office-bearer of the trust formed for its construction. The five-acre complex in Ayodhya's Dhannipur village will also house a hospital, a library and a museum among others, the office-bearer said, adding that retired professor and noted food critic Pushpesh Pant will be consultant curator of the museum. "The complex of the mosque, which will be built in Dhannipur, will also have facilities like a hospital, a museum at the Indo-Islamic Research Centre. The mosque will be on 15,000 square feet, while the rest of the land will have these facilities," Athar Hussain, the secretary and spokesperson of Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), told PTI on Saturday. "Yesterday, noted food critic Pushpesh Pant gave his consent to curate the museum," Hussain said. The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board