The federal government shut down for the second time in three weeks Friday, driven to the brink by acute congressional dysfunction and pushed over it by the objections of a single conservative senator. The partial shutdown began just after midnight when the government, operating on the latest in a series of short-term spending bills, ran out of money because Congress missed its deadline to pass a new one. But the closure could be brief, with minimal disruptions to federal workers and others. The Senate was expected to pass a massive spending deal in the early morning hours Friday that would ... Read More

It was about two years ago when Rita Sarkar began to feel a sharp ache in her abdomen. Sarkar, of West Bengal, told her husband about the pain, and he took her to a medical facility in Kolkata for treatment. They convinced her she needed an operation,her father said in a phone interview with The Washington Post. Medical staff at the facility told Sarkar she needed an immediate appendectomy. She underwent surgery the next day, she told India's the Telegraph. My husband warned me not to disclose the surgery in Kolkata to anyone,Sarkar told the Hindustan Times. They kept her inside her home for ... Read More

Dubbed as the biggest tax reform in the country, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) may have some happy side effects on aam aadmis pocket by unintentionally taking out tax thunder from the Union Budget 2018 speech. Part A of the Union Budget largely deals with the financial policies and their respective significance in terms of spending by the government while Part B deals with taxation that impacts common mans everyday life. The announcement of indirect tax proposals every year in the Budget would make things costlier or cheaper depending upon the central governments taxation policy for the ye ... Read More

A 22-year-old woman, who was returning home from work on last evening, was kidnapped and gang-raped allegedly by four men in a moving car for nearly two hours in Haryanas Faridabad. They later dumped her near Ballabhgarh. No arrests have been made so far, Pooja Dabla, head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is investigating the case, said. According to police, the incident took place around 6.30 pm when a few men in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) forcibly pulled her into the vehicle and took turns to rape her. ... Read More

URI, JAMMU AND KASHMIR: At least five Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed by security forces this morning in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri sector. Defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said a group of terrorists from Pakistan was trying to enter India near Dulanja area in Uri, about 108 km from Srinagar. The forces had intelligence input about a few suicide attackers headed for Uri. As soon as they were spotted, a joint operation was launched by Jammu and Kashmir Police, army and paramilitary forces leading to a fierce gun battle that killed five of them, Col Kalia added. Home Minister Rajnat ... Read More

A floor at Indonesias stock exchange collapsed into the building's lobby on Monday, injuring an unknown number of people, according to media reports. We are still investigating the cause, but for now our priorities are the casualties,Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono told Metro TV. Footage aired by TV stations showed several people lying on the ground and being carrying outside the building. The police spokesman did not say how many were injured but added that there were no reports of deaths so far. Television news footage showed people panicking and screaming as officials tried to ... Read More