Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday visited Dasoha house and met the family members of Dr Sharanabasappa Appa, the 8th Peetadhipathi of the Sharanabasaveshwara Sansthan Kalaburagi, who passed away recently.
Director and producer Vikram Bhatt's mother, Varsha Bhatt, passed away at the age of 85 on Saturday. She had been reportedly unwell for some time due to a prolonged illness.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the foremost priority of the government is to ensure that the benefits of the GST tax reforms reach all the common people of the country.
Terming the GST reforms as a "big vigilance" exercise, the Union Minister mentioned that the government has a lot of work after September 22 and expressed confidence that the benefits of the GST reforms will reach the common people.
In an interview with ANI, an Islamic Scholar said his organisation had already passed a resolution in favour of engagement, stressing that while there were "differences", efforts must be made to reduce them.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has assured that the benefits of the reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates will be fully passed on to the common man, with industries across all sectors committing to implement the reforms in letter and spirit.