Day: October 12, 2019

Tail-enders Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander set an example of gutsy batsmanship as South Africa fought hard against a quality attack but could not stop India from taking a massive 326-run lead on the third day of the second Test here.

Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi left for the national capital on Saturday after concluding his second informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which he said “will add great momentum” to bilateral ties.

CREDAI Chennai will organise Fairbuild 2019, a business and networking platform designed to provide 360 degree experience for all stakeholders, buyers and allied industry players.

Crisis-ridden Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is hoping to boost marketshare, following Reliance Jio’s decision to charge six paise per minute for voice calls made to mobile phone networks of rival operators.

The coal supplies from Talcher and IB valley collieries under the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Odisha were severely hit due to the ongoing agitations by local people demanding employment, an official said.

Conceding that GST may have some flaws in its present form, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked tax professionals not to curse it and sought their help to make it better. The minister was replying to the concerns raised by taxation industry professionals here, who said the industry was “cursing” the government over how the GST was implemented. Billed as the biggest reform in indirect taxation, the goods & services tax, which does away with a host of levies from the federal to the local government levels, was implemented in July 2017.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) witnessed a surge in the passenger flow yesterday (11 October) with a total 1,37,820 people travelling in Metro trains. A press release said, this has been the highest passenger travel in the month of October 2019.

A woman was admitted to Government Kilpauk Hospital with burn injuries after her husband allegedly set her on fire in the wee hours of today at Teynampet.

The CB-CID has taken a female medical student into custody for an inquiry into the ongoing NEET impersonation case. According to sources, identified as Priyanka, she was studying MBBS in a private medical college in the city. She has been taken to Theni by a team of CB-CID for further inquiry.

The government has taken a number of steps to proactively bring information in public domain, thereby reducing the need to file Right to Information (RTI) applications, Home Minister Amit Shah said today.