No candidate files nomination in Nagaland
No candidate filed papers for the February 27 Nagaland assembly election today, the second day of nomination filing. No candidate -- of any political party or Independent -- had filed nominations over the last two days, Additional Chief Electoral Officer of...
BJP’s ally Telugu Desam not happy with budget
New Delhi: Union minister and Telugu Desam Party leader Y S Chowdhary today expressed disappointment over the resources allocated in the Union Budget 2018-19 for Andhra Pradesh, adding the party would continue to fight for the southern state's due. Speaking to...
‘Thankfully, only 1 more year to go’: Rahul slams Modi last full Budget
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said that he was grateful as it was the last Budget by the BJP-led government. He slammed the NDA for unfulfilled promises, fancy schemes and unemployment. He wrote, "4 years gone; still...
Sonia chairs Opposition meet; Mamata stays away
New Delhi: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is chairing the Opposition meet to plan a joint strategy for the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament. Among the parties attending the meet are the Nationalist Congress Party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool...
SC adopts new roster system
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has adopted a new roster system for allocation of matters to judges. As per the new system, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will hear all the public interest litigation cases. The new roster system will come...
NIA clears nine caught with Rs 36 cr in old currency notes
New Delhi: The NIA has cleared all nine persons, arrested in November last year with over Rs 36 crore in old currency notes, of terror financing charges, officials said here today. They had collected the money with the intention of exchanging...
Congress Scores 3/3 In Rajasthan Bypolls, “Well Done, Proud” Says Rahul Gandhi
Jaipur: The Congress today won an assembly seat in Rajasthan and raced to victory in two parliamentary bypolls, delivering a major blow to the ruling BJP ahead of several state elections and the national polls next year. The Congress is...
Budget 2018: Television Sets, Mobile Phones Get Costlier; Raw Cashews Get Cheaper
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Union Budget 2018 in Lok Sabha today. The Budget 2018 will be different from the 88 previous Budgets in Independent India because of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), imposed on...
Budget 2018: Healthcare Winner, Losers Could Include Samsung, Apple
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered the election-year budget many expected. With national polls looming next year -- and possibly as early as late 2018 -- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has rolled out a budget designed to help distressed...
Rajasthan Bypolls Results: Cong Wins 2 Seats, Leads on 1
Alwar Lok Sabha Bye-Election 2018 Result: Congress Wins Against BJP in Bypoll. In Alwar Lok Sabha Bypoll, Congress candidate Karan Singh Yadav wins against BJP’s Jaswant Yadav. The bypoll on the seat was announced after it had gone vacant...
This budget has a solution for removing poverty: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks on the Union budget 2018. - This budget has a solution for removing poverty - This budget has devoted attention to all sectors, ranging from agriculture to infrastructure - From food processing to fiber optics, roads to shipping,...
Rail budget: Finance Minister announces minor benefits, no major changes
The budget for Indian Railways, now part of the general Budget, has been allocated Rs 1.48 lakh crore as capital expenditure. The other highlights are: 35,000 km of tracks will be completed under the Bharatmala project Bharatmala project will have an outlay of...
Budget 2018: No Change in Income Tax Slabs For Individual Taxpayers
New Delhi: In a major disappointment to individual taxpayers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley didn’t announce any change in the existing tax slabs in Budget 2018-2019. It was expected that the government will increase the limit of income tax exemption from...
Govt Launches Mega National Health Protection Scheme, 10 Crore Families to Get up to Rs 5 Lakh Per Year
In a big push to the healthcare sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced launch of a national National Health Protection Scheme which will benefit nearly 10 crore families. Under the new scheme, families will be provided up to Rs...
Big Boost for Agriculture: Jaitley Announces Big Hike in Kharif Crops MSP in Budget
New Delhi: Farmers and agriculture is in focus of Arun Jaitley’s budget speech. In an apparent attempt to woo farmers with an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Jaitley announced a slew of measures to benefit lift the agrarian...
Surajpal Amu, who offered bounty for Deepika’s head, resigns from primary membership of BJP
A day after he was released from the Bhondsi Jail on bail, Haryana BJP leader Surajpal Amu on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership from the party's state unit. The police had detained him on January 25 to question him about...
WB bypolls: TMC sweeps Noapara seat
The Trinamool Congress has won the Noapara bypoll by over 62, 000 votes. TMC candidate Sunil Singh won the seat with 1,11,729 votes. The TMC also took an early lead in the Uluberia Lok Sabha byelection by a margin of 4,767...
Kamala Mills fire: Yug Pathak moves sessions court for bail
Mumbai: Yug Pathak, the co-owner of one of the two pubs in Kamala Mills compound here where a massive fire claimed 14 lives last month, has approached the sessions court seeking bail. Last week, a magistrate's court had rejected the bail...
Teacher, allegedly grilled by ATS in Naxal case, ‘ends life’
Representational Image Mumabi: Days after he was allegedly questioned by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in a Naxal-related case, a school teacher in Mumbai committed 'suicide' last week. Prabhakar Narayan Machha, 64, was found to hanging at his house in Pratikshanagar area of...
Ex-Navy chief files plea in SC for probe into Loya’s death
New Delhi: Former Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas (retd) has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry by a panel of retired apex court judges and former police officers into the alleged mysterious death of special...
CR to run 452 special trains to clear summer vacation rush
New Delhi: To clear the extra rush of long-distance passengers during the summer season, the Central Railway (CR) will run 452 summer special trains, a statement said. These trains include unreserved specials from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Lokmanya Tilak...
