It was an unusually long 2 hours, 41 minutes Budget speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, where she tried to come across as 'pro-farmer' while devising a new tax regime aimed at the middle class. however, beyond the couplets and promises, the specifics showed either no increase in allocation or marginal. With very ...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) along with Tihar Jail authorities on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court order putting a stay on the death warrants issued against the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case....
Railways has got a budgetary allocation of Rs 70,000 crore and the highest-ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.61 lakh crore from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2020-21 presented on Saturday. ...
With the government identifying skills as an important component in employability, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that moves are afoot to stimulate the education sector with a new education policy....
Indian companies seeking foreign debt may continue to see their cost of capital fall amidst a rise in overseas investor interest with government extending a concessional 5 per cent withholding tax on these overseas papers. ...
One person was killed in the ammonia gas leak around 12 noon at Haldiram's factory in Sector 65, here, on Saturday, the police said. ...
The Delhi High Court will hold an urgent hearing in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case later on Saturday....
After Thiruvalluvar and Pisirandaiyar it was the turn of Tamil saint-poetess Avvaiyar to be quoted by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her Budget speech....
Saddled with a sluggish economy that is forcing the government to boost spending on agriculture and rural sectors, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set her sights on foreign investments and external commercial borrowings to fund the higher education sector in India. ...
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday congratulated Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a "pro-people" Budget. ...
