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The currency squeeze in November and December has failed to hit revenue mop up, with direct and indirect tax collection from April to December showing a double-digit increase, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday.

On Sunday Petrol Pump Associations deferred their decision to not accept credit and debit card payments for fuel sales till January 13 after banks put off the move to levy the transaction (MDR) charge.

The very few people who do not like music at all may have reduced brain connectivity between two regions of the brain linked to sound processing and reward.

Stockholm-based personal trainer Sara Wiss, headed to the gym when her due date passed and the immaculate pull-ups she did while 41 weeks pregnant in a bid to induce labour worked wonders for her.

The split in the Samajwadi party (SP) raises seminal questions about the future of not only its major players Mulayam and son Akhilesh Yadav, but of democratic politics in the key state of UP.

Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was partially restored on Monday amid cold wave condition in the Kashmir Valley.

Meryl Streep teed off on Donald Trump while accepting a top honor during Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.

The GREF is the parent cadre force of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) that builds and maintains border roads in the country.

AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that his "honest" party does not have money to fight the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab and Goa.

Petrol pumps across the country had decided not to accept debit or credit card payments from Monday to protest the imposition of a 1% transaction fee by banks.

A subsidiary of China's top carmaker SAIC Motor Corp plans to acquire certain General Motors manufacturing assets in India, a filing with the country's competition watchdog showed on Friday.

Regulator Sebi has sought detailed explanations from some listed Tata firms on alleged violations of corporate governance and insider trading norms flagged by ousted directors Cyrus Mistry and Nusli Wadia.

Congress leader KC Venugopal on Sunday said the controversial remarks made by BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, was against the recent Supreme Court judgement banning seeking votes in the name of religion.

As Barack Obama prepares to leave office on January 20, here are nine things his presidency may be remembered for.

US President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate former Senator Dan Coats for US director of national intelligence.

Industry needs at least three months to implement the GST after finalisation of rules and other norms, new Ficci President Pankaj Patel said.