Category: National

Ex-CJI Dattu takes over NHRC chief

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former chief justice of India H.L. Dattu on Monday took over as the National Human…

9 years ago

Union budget hopeless, directionless: Trinamool

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Monday dubbed the 2016-17 Union Budget as "hopeless" and "stereotype", and questioned…

9 years ago

Withdraw FIR against Yechury, scrap sedition clause in IPC: CPI-M

Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday demanded the withdrawal of sedition cases registered against its general secretary…

9 years ago

Cars, cigarettes to become dearer, pension plans cheaper

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday in his budget proposal made a few products and…

9 years ago

Two schemes for rain-fed areas launched: Jaitley

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government on Monday said it has launched two important schemes to increase crop yield…

9 years ago

LPG connections for all poor households: Jaitley

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government will provide LPG connections to all poor households, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley…

9 years ago

Jaitley allocates over Rs.2,000 crore for higher education and skill development

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the setting up of a higher education financing…

9 years ago

HC order on Kanhaiya’s bail on Wednesday, slams police

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court said it will pass an order on Wednesday on the bail…

9 years ago

Budget political, not surprised, says Chidambaram

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the Narendra Modi government’s “political” budget was…

9 years ago

Sesame Workshop launches new educational initiative in UP

New Delhi Feb 29 (IANS) It's an initiative targeted at addressing challenges in the pre-primary education space in Uttar Pradesh…

9 years ago

Modi hails budget, says it covers all

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Hailing the general budget 2016-17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the government has…

9 years ago

Nuclear sector welcomes Rs.3,000 crore yearly allocation

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Nuclear power generation capacity is built over a period of time and Finance Minister Arun…

9 years ago

Noting for farmers in the budget: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, reacting to the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun…

9 years ago

One killed, 50 shanties gutted in Lucknow blaze

Lucknow, Feb 29 (IANS) One person was burnt alive and more than 50 shanties gutted in a massive fire in…

9 years ago

General budget is progressive, perfect, says Naqvi

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said the Union…

9 years ago

Goyal hails budget as transformative

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday hailed the general budget 2016-17 presented by Finance…

9 years ago

‘Impossible’ to double farmers’ income in 5 years: Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government's announcement that farmers' income would be doubled in the next five years is…

9 years ago

Priyanka second most searched celeb in Oscar searches: Google

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) While India made it to the top 10 markets for searches related to the 88th…

9 years ago

3,000 generic medicine stores to open: Jaitley

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government will set up 3,000 new generic medicine stores across the country to tackle…

9 years ago

Government turning tax payer friendly

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Terming tax disputes as a scourge of tax-friendly regime, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, presenting the…

9 years ago



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