Jayant Sinha

Weeks after calling Air India's financial situation untenable, CMD Ashwani Lohani calls rumours of shutdown 'baseless'

Air India chief Ashwani Lohani on Saturday said that "rumours" of the disinvestment-bound airline's shutdown are "all baseless", weeks after he told the Civil Aviation Ministry that the carrier's financial situation was "grossly untenable" for sustaining operations.

Drones to be deployed to destroy hidden marijuana plantations; Centre to offer alternative crop to cultivators

The Centre has decided to deploy drones to destroy marijuana plantations before the crop is harvested and finds its way into the hands of the drug cartels

Parliament panel asks govt to prevent misuse of input tax credit under GST as revenue collection slows in recent months

GST revenue collection crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark after a gap of three months in November, with the revenue growing by 6 percent to Rs 1.03 lakh crore in the month.

GST system should be simplified for easy compliance, frequent tweaks in rates will not favour economy: NK Singh

On Tuesday, a Parliamentary panel on finance observed that the GST collection slowed down in recent months and asked the government to prevent misuse of input tax credit.

Four Opposition MLAs from Congress, JMM join BJP in Jharkhand ahead of upcoming Assembly polls in presence of CM Raghubar Das

Four opposition MLAs in the Jharkhand Assembly, including two from the Congress, one from the JMM and an independent legislator joined the ruling BJP.

BJP MPs Jayant Sinha, PP Choudhary replace Congress leaders as heads of parliamentary panels on finance, external affairs

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi who was a member of the panel on external affairs has now been moved to the parliamentary panel on defence, which is headed by Jual Oram

From Sushma Swaraj, Radha Mohan Singh, Maneka Gandhi to Rajyavardhan Rathore, NDA 2 drops big guns from Modi Cabinet

Modi can have as many as 80 ministers in the 543-member Lok Sabha. As per the Constitution, the total number of Union ministers, including the Prime Minister shall not exceed 15 per cent of the number of members in the Lok Sabha.

Phase 5 of Lok Sabha Election 2019: Rahul, Sonia Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani among key candidates in the fray tomorrow

The fate of several key leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Smriti Irani, will be decided in Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha election, which will witness voting in 51 seats.

Lok Sabha Election 2019; Model Code of Conduct watch: EC issues notice to BJP's Kirron Kher for using children in campaign

Lok Sabha Election 2019; Model Code of Conduct Watch: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to BJP's Chandigarh candidate Kirron Kher, seeking a reply after she shared a video on Twitter in which children were seen campaigning for her.

Lok Sabha Election 2019, Jharkhand profile: Palamu, Khunti among key seats in Red Corridor; Congress looks to dethrone BJP

Spread across 24 districts, Jharkhand has 14 parliamentary constituencies and 81 Assembly constituencies.