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Government clarifies that accommodation in any hotel, including 5-star hotels, having a declared tariff of a unit of accommodation of less than INR 7500 per unit per day, will attract GST @ 18% ; Star rating of hotels is, therefore, irrelevant for determining the applicable rate of GST.

Reports have been received expressing doubts whether 5-star Hotels are liable to pay GST @ 28% irrespective of the declared tariff of a unit of accommodation. read more

Depression over Northwest & adjoining West-Central Bay of Bengal and coastal areas of Odisha & North Andhra Pradesh

The depression over northwest and adjoining West-Central Bay of Bengal & coastal areas of Odisha remained practically stationary in past 3 hours and lay centred at 1130 hrs IST of today, the 18 th July, 2017 near latitude 19.0º N and longitude 86.0 ºE, about 120 km east-southeast of Gopalpur and 80 km south-southeast of Puri. read more