Budget 2019: The Finance Minister could do a lot on the GST side since it is still a work in progress. She can rationalise the GST structure which at the moment is applicable to both the supply of the good i.e. gold and on its service i.e. the manufacture of the gold jewellery.

Terming 'one nation, one election' an \"important and valuable reform\", Deora said the government should decide on it by taking all political parties on board and seeking opinions of the intelligentsia, organisations working on electoral reforms and students.

The new directions come at a time when the country is reeling under several debt defaults and rating downgrades

Share Market LIVE: On the sectoral front, indices trading in the green are IT, FMCG, Auto, Metal, Infra and Pharma. In declining indices, PSU bank and Media tops the list with 1.40% decline each, followed by Financial services, Energy, Bank and Realty.

The Russian-origin AN-32 aircraft with 13 people on board lost contact on Monday after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka advanced landing ground near the border with China

The Russian-origin AN-32 aircraft with 13 people on board lost contact on Monday after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka advanced landing ground near the border with China

Share Market Update: All the sectoral indices closed on the red, with major declines seen in PSU Bank, which was down by almost 5.20 % and PVT bank down at 2%, followed by other major indices like Pharma, Realty, Media and Metal, each declining over 1%. 

At closing too, benchmark indices logged record high levels. While Sensex closed 553 points higher at 40,267 level, Nifty rose 165 points to 12,088 level.

From a booth level worker in Gujarat to state home minister to a national political figure, Shah has had a terrific political journey so far

Narendra Modi's Oath Taking Ceremony: Apart from the leaders of BIMSTEC countries, heads of the states from Kyrgyzstan and Mauritius also graced the ceremony touted as the biggest ever event that is being held at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Top sources in the BJP say the Modi 2.0 Cabinet will be a lot younger than the earlier one and nearly half the ministers would be fresh entrants. The new entrants will not only bring energy but also determine the party's new priorities in terms of caste equations and geography.