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HC raps Centre over scrapping GST subsidy on cars for differently-abled

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October 17, 2025

The Delhi high court has criticised the Union government for not introducing new concessions on the purchase of certain categories of vehicles for differently abled individuals after the recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, observing that the move amounted to “positive discrimination”.

- Shruti Kakkar

The Centre earlier this month brought down the GST applicable on purchase of certain vehicles, including small cars, certain motorcycles, three-wheelers, and buses, among others, to 18% from 28%. A petition filed by the All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) has stated that earlier, individuals with locomotor disabilities were entitled to a concessional GST rate of 18% on vehi-

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Akal Takht summons Mann over ‘remarks against Sikh traditions’

Akal Takht acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Monday summoned Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on January 15 over his alleged derogatory remarks on Sikh traditions and tenets, further escalating the standoff between the AAP government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

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3rd Convocation of School of Planning and Architecture held in Delhi

The School of Planning and Architecture held its 43\" Convocation at Bharat Mandapam, reaffirming its role as a national benchmark in shaping future-ready professionals for India’s built environment.

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Vance: ‘Crazy person’ tried to break into my Ohio home

US Vice President JD Vance on Monday said “a crazy person” had tried to break into his Ohio home by hammering on the windows, noting he and his family were not there at the time.

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FORMER UNION MIN’S SON BOOKED FOR HIT-AND-RUN

The son of a former Union minister and sitting BJP MLA has been booked in a hit-and-run case after his car allegedly rammed into a motorcycle, leaving the rider seriously injured in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Monday, police said.

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Fight over a ‘wet towel’ led to Gr Noida murder

The 22-year-old woman accused of murdering her 47-year-old live-in partner at a high-rise in Greater Noida's Sector 150 told police during interrogation that the trigger of the fatal argument was a \"wet towel\", which escalated after the victim allegedly taunted her about coming from a \"poor nation\", investigators familiar with the case said on Monday.

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Woman deported to B’desh last year gives birth

Till even a month ago, Sunali Khatun and her then-unborn child were virtually stateless, caught between two nations that didn’t want either of them.

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'Have nothing to say': Families say hopes dashed

The families of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam on Monday said that their hopes had been dashed after the Supreme Court denied the two bail in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, saying that they had not received justice.

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‘Different footing’: Why Umar, Sharjeel were denied bail

The Supreme Court's refusal to grant bail to student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case rests on a key judicial finding that the prosecution material, taken at face value, places the two on a “qualitatively different footing” from other accused, attributing to them “central”, “formative” and “strategic” roles in the alleged conspiracy rather than local or episodic participation.

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RIDER FALLS TO HIS DEATH AFTER FLYOVER CRASH

NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old man died and his 30-year-old friend suffered injuries early Sunday after their scooter was allegedly hit by an unknown vehicle on Wazirpur flyover causing the man to fall onto the Ring Road below, police said.

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