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Goyal also said that there will not be a spending cut to meet the target as the government has enough alternative resources for planned expenditure.

From his contrarian stand in the NJAC ruling to the Judges’ Press Conference on 12 January 2018, the judge’s seven-year tenure saw some of the most polarising moments in the history of Indian judiciary.

The level of non-oil taxes to GDP at 9.8 per cent in 2017-18 is the highest since 2007-08 - a year in which our revenue position was boosted by buoyant international environment, he said.

The Chinese envoy said at an event here that "some Indian friends" had suggested a trilateral summit comprising India, China and Pakistan, which was a "very constructive" idea.

The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerejee, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy, were among the chief ministers attending the meet.

She was last summoned by the agency for May 7 but she appealed against the summonses before the Madras High Court.

The Goa government had last month issued an advisory asking tourists to refrain from swimming in sea waters along beaches for four months starting from June 1.

Four passengers of the auto-rickshaw died on the spot in the mishap, he said. The car driver fled and a search was on to nab him, police said.

"My educational qualification or 10 years of experience didn't matter to them. When they looked at me, all they could see was a man who had transformed into a woman." says Suchitra Dey who underwent a sex change operation before getting into teaching.

India-Greece bilateral trade stands at USD 530 million and some Indian companies are also present in the infrastructure, pharmaceutical and steel sectors in the central European nation.

The smelter accounted for over a third of India's refined copper output, and India is set to see a rise in copper imports following the shutdown. Sulphuric acid, a corrosive byproduct of smelting, is used by fertilizer and chemical companies as a raw material.

Pramod Muthalik, however, defended his statement saying that he had only pointed out that the prime minister cannot comment on every death in the state.

Four IAF choppers ferried the 57 pilgrims to Gunji at around 7 am this morning, Pithoragarh District Magistrate C Ravishankar said.

India weather LIVE Updates: Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and western Uttar Pradesh are also likely to witness squalls accompanied by gusty winds, the IMD has predicted, pointing to western disturbance and cyclonic circulations in the lower levels of the atmosphere.

The Indian Railways is also working to improve the interiors of the coaches with additional facilities, which include steps to replace all toilets with bio-toilets, provide mobile chargers at each berth and comfortable seats.

"About 90 lakh trucks are expected to be off the road and as of now and over 60 per cent trucks are not plying on the roads across India," the All India Confederation of Goods Vehicle Owners' Associations President Channa Reddy said.

Constable Siddharth Gosavi, attached to the office of Vasco Deputy Superintendent of Police, was arrested today for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl in Ponda town, 30 kms from Panaji, an official said.

Farmer leader and Member of Parliament Raju Shetti speaks on a wide variety of topics, including farmer suicides and political future of farmers’ movement

According to the ordinance, a Fugitive Economic Offender is a person who has an arrest warrant issued in respect of a scheduled offence and who leaves or has left India so as to avoid criminal prosecution, or refuses to return to India to face criminal prosecution.