New Delhi: Lok Sabha members heard Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 90-minute budget speech in rapt attention, barring the occasional remarks by opposition members and regular applause from the treasury benches. Keeping in line with changing times, Ms Sitharaman read out the speech from a ‘Made in India’ tablet personal...
Read MoreFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 announced the completion of 80 lakh homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and allocation of Rs 48,000 crore under PMAY urban and rural. As many as 80 lakh homes are expected to come up by 2023. These announcements are expected to help boost...
Read MoreUnion Budget 2022 Stock Market Update: Among sectors, auto and oil & gas down 1 percent each, while FMCG, pharma, IT and metal names up 1-2 percent.
Read MoreState govt employees’ tax deduction limit increased from 10% to 14% Both Centre and state government employees’ tax deduction limit to be increased from 10 percent to 14 percent to help the social security benefits of state government employees and bring them at par with the Central government employees, said Nirmala Sitharaman.
Read MoreIndia’s parliament opened amid a political storm over fresh allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government bought Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to snoop on its critics. The New York Times reported on Friday that India acquired Pegasus from Israel as part of a defence deal in 2017. Similar allegations emerged last year,...
Read MoreKarimnagar (Telangana): Four women have died after a speeding car driven by a minor ran over the people sitting on the footpath in Karimnagar district of Telangana, says local police. “A case has been registered under section 304 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the minors travelling in the...
Read MoreChandigarh, January 29 Two high-end SUVs, watches worth Rs 44 lakh and residential properties worth Rs 35 crore are part of the total assets declared by Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Congress’ candidate from the Amritsar East assembly seat and its Punjab chief. The 58-year-old former India cricketer on Saturday...
Read MoreGuwahati: The BJP will contest all 60 seats in the Manipur assembly elections, the party said today, as it released a list of its candidates. At least 10 former Congress leaders among 16 MLAs who joined the BJP have got tickets in Manipur. Chief Minister N Biren Singh will...
Read MoreOmicron LIVE Updates: With 2,34,281 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases increased to over 4.10 crore, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,94,091 with 893 fatalities reported during the 24-hour period,...
Read MoreOmicron LIVE Updates: The second Sunday lockdown comes into force in Kerala today even as the state logged 50,812 new infections and eight COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday. Shops selling essential items such as milk, newspaper, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables and provisions are allowed to function from 7 AM to...
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