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Centre's GST earns praise, and a horde of Twitter jokes
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Trust the Internet to find the laughable even in the most serious, sincere and legit situations. The social media was an ocean of hilarious tweets and videos even as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee pr
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Surat: Shoppers throng jewellery stores as prices set to surge post GST
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], July 1 (ANI): With the prices of gold, silver, diamonds and other jewellery articles are set to increase with the incorporation of the new Goods and Services Tax (GST), natives here took to jewellery stores to make their purchases, with shops open post midnight owing
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Shaktikanta Das, Amitabh Kant hail 'historic' midnight rollout o
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das, who was present at the Central Hall of the Parliament for the special midnight session, tweeted that he was fortunate to witness 'history being made', with the official rollout of the Goods and Serv
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Pradhan tears into Opposition for boycotting midnight launch of GST
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan took a jibe at the Opposition for boycotting the midnight session of the Parliament organised in lieu of the rollout of the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying 'bhagwa
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IndiGo plane, BSF aircraft carrying Home Secy Mehrishi escapes mid-air col
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): A BSF aircraft ferrying Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi escaped a midair crash with IndiGo plane over Jammu and Kashmir's Banihal district on Friday.
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GST will uplift the poor, give direction to country's development: Am
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Soon after the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out in a special midnight session of the Parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah said the tax reform will not only help India to uplift the poor and the backward
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GST rollout: Intent behind boycott was political, says MoS Finance
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Responding to the Congress and other parties' decision to boycott the midnight session of Parliament chaired for the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar asserted that the intent behind it was &
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GST tribute to wisdom of India's democracy: President Mukherjee
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): With the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) rolling out at midnight, President Pranab Mukherjee, while addressing a special session of the Parliament, said it is a tribute to the maturity and wisdom of India's democracy.
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India's midnight 'tryst with destiny': GST rolled out
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): In a historic moment for the Indian economy, the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been rolled out in a special midnight session of the Parliament, in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra
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Parliament lights up as politicos arrive for midnight GST rollout
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June. 30 (ANI): The Parliament lit up in its full glory on Friday night, as politicians including the Centre's top brass and ally parties gathered ahead of the historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout.
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GST will bring economic change in lives of farmers, labourers: Centre
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Ahead of midnight Goods and Service Tax (GST) roll out, Union Minister Ananth Kumar on Friday asserted that the central aim of GST is village, farmers and labourers as it will bring an economic change in their lives.
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GST rollout: Maha Govt. to facilitate businesses to migrate from old tax s
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 30 (ANI): Hours before the mid-night rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday expressed his concern over difficulties during initial stages, and assured that the government will facilitate the busin
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