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Explained: No GST on 14 mass consumption items when sold loose

NEW DELHI: Following an uproar in Parliament over imposition of 5 per cent goods and services tax (GST) on pre-packaged and pre-labelled staple items, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday clarified that daily need items like pulses, wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice, suji, besan, puffed rice, curd/lassi when sold loose…

The Times of India · Jul 20, 2022

Presidential polls: Amid speculation of cross-voting by some Samajwadi Party MLAs, UP registers emphatic turnout

LUCKNOW: Amid speculation of cross-voting by some of the Samajwadi Party MLAs, Uttar Pradesh registered an emphatic turnout of lawmakers to vote in the presidential elections in which NDA supported candidate Droupadi Murmu is up against opposition’s nominee Yashwant Sinha.

The Times of India · Jul 18, 2022

SC directs UP police not to take precipitative action against Mohammad Zubair in FIRs till July 20

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh police not to take any precipitative action against fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in any of the FIRs filed in the state till July 20. Read more on Dynamite News

Dynamite News · Jul 18, 2022

Why did India's media ignore Wired story on police planting evidence against Bhima Koregaon activists?

News is always “breaking" and stories are sometimes “broken”. But then you also have important stories that are “broken” but are quickly forgotten. Not always deliberately, although sometimes that is the case. Quite often because there is just too much news breaking all around us, genuine and fake. As a…

Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2022

UP Court sends Mohd Zubair to 14-day judicial custody

Zubair is facing a total of six cases in UP’s five districts. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 14, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: RSS likely to send an OBC as Sunil Bansal's replacement

LUCKNOW: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is learnt to be considering an OBC face for the post of general secretary (organisation) of UP BJP unit -- in a move that could potentially bolster the saffron family's strategy to consolidate the backward classes ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Times of India · Jul 13, 2022

Can an omnibus order be passed against illegal encroachments, asks SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked whether or not an omnibus order can be passed to restrain the authorities from taking action against illegal encroachments or not. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 13, 2022

Lucknow: ‘Giddh’ depicts evils of greed

LUCKNOW: A play, ‘Giddh’, was staged at UP SNA, depicting how greed creates a Frankenstein in a man that eventually destroys his world.

The Times of India · Jul 12, 2022

There was conspiracy to dissolve PAC, 54 companies were disbanded: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: Addressing the jawans and officials on the passing-out parade of new PAC recruits, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that "there was a conspiracy to end the PAC force completely".

The Times of India · Jul 12, 2022

Transfer Posting In UP: Uproar over health department transfers, CM Yogi summons report from Chief Secretary

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken a serious view over the mess in transfers in the state health department. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 12, 2022