Day: May 13, 2023

‘The Kerala Story’ draws nation’s attention to love jihad: UP CM Yogi Adityanath after attending screening

Manish Kumar

UP CM Yogi Adityanath on ‘The Kerala Story’: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today (May 12) watched a special screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ in Lucknow along with his ministerial colleagues, and claimed the movie draws the nation’s attention to ‘love jihad’. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Uttar Pradesh BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary as well as school children were present at the Lok Bhavan for the screening of the film, which has triggered a row, with opposition parties, including the Congress and the TMC, saying it is based on…

Kanakapura Assembly Election Results LIVE: DK Shivakumar takes lead in early trends

Manish Kumar

Kanakapura Assembly Election Results LIVE: In 2018, D K Shivakumar of Congress won the seat by defeating Narayana Gowda of the Janata Dal (secular) with a margin of 79909 votes. he constituency is witnessing the main battle between Congress’s DK Shivakumar along with Bhartiya Janta Party’s R Ashok and Janta Dal (Secular) BR Ramchandra. Congress has been the dominant party in this constituency with the party chief DK Shivakumar representing it for almost seven times. In 2018, D K Shivakumar of the Indian National Congress won the seat by defeating…

UP Nikay Chunav Results 2023 Live Updates: Trends show BJP ahead in 15 corporations, 75 Nagar Panchayats

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UP Local Body Election Results 2023 Live: The counting of votes cast during the two phases of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh began at 8 am on Saturday. The urban local body polls were held on May 4 and May 11. As many as 353 counting centres have been set up for the big day, the State Election Commission (SEC) told PTI. Seventeen mayors and 1,401 corporators will be elected after the results are declared today. As many as 19 corporators have been elected unopposed. The ULB…

Govt to tax Netflix for income earned from streaming services in India: Report

Manish Kumar

The Indian government is considering taxing Netflix Inc’s income generated from streaming services in the country.  This is the first time overseas digital companies are being taxed in India for providing electronic commerce services.  Netflix’s Indian permanent establishment (PE) earned through streaming its services in India, according to the draft order, and is liable to be assessed for tax.  In 2016, Netflix launched its streaming service in India, which currently has more than 6 million subscribers.  Netflix India’s vice president, content, said that the company’s total viewing hours increased by…

Can’t lose more people, need time to launch a counter-offensive against Russia: Zelensky

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country needs more time to launch a much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces.  “We’d lose a lot of people. I think that’s unacceptable. So, we need to wait. We still need a bit more time.”- Zelensky said.  For now, there is no real possibility of talks to end the conflict, as both sides say they will fight until victory.  Mr. Zelensky again rejected the Russian accusation that Ukraine was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin which was described as an attempt to…