Jaipur, Feb 29 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Monday signed 55 MOUs in the tourism sector, worth over Rs.586 crore, with the private sector, an official statement said. These projects, ranging from hotels and motels…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday proposed to expand the pool of cess revenue with his new Krishi Kalyan Cess at 0.5 percent on all taxable services and also…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The police custody of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans, was extended for one more day, sources said Monday. The two…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday said the annual budget was aimed at appeasing the rich and that it will only accentuate the problems of unemployment and rising inequality. “The budget is,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 29 (IANS) The woes of Kerala’s beleaguered rubber farmers seem set to continue as their problems found no mention in the union budget for 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday,…
Panaji, Feb 29 (IANS) The mining industry in Goa on Monday said the budgetary proposal to abolish export duty on low grade iron ore would give it a leg up at a time of global…
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked with stones and sticks by some men near Ludhiana in Punjab….
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the virtual leader of the thumping brigade in the Lok Sabha on Monday as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s budget speech was hailed by the treasury…
Gurgaon, Feb 29 (IANS) Buglers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday created a new record by playing bugle continuously for 12 minutes and 35 seconds, a spokesperson said. The record was created during…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The opposition Congress submitted a privilege notice in the Lok Sabha against Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani for what a Left leader said was “lying” to the house. Speaker…
Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Experts on Monday gave a qualified welcome to the national dialysis programme and new drug stores proposed in budget 2016-17, but said the dual disease burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former chief justice of India H.L. Dattu on Monday took over as the National Human Rights Commission’s seventh chairperson, an official release said. Having an illustrious judicial career which included…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Monday dubbed the 2016-17 Union Budget as “hopeless” and “stereotype”, and questioned the Narendra Modi government’s transparency over FDI. The West Bengal’s ruling party also said there…
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday demanded the withdrawal of sedition cases registered against its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders in the Jawaharlal University row and pressed for scapping…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday in his budget proposal made a few products and services cheaper while others have become more expensive for the common people. Things which will…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government on Monday said it has launched two important schemes to increase crop yield in rain-fed areas, including India’s north eastern states. “To increase crop yields in the rain-fed…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government will provide LPG connections to all poor households, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on Monday while presenting the 2016-17 annual budget in the Lok Sabha. The government…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the setting up of a higher education financing agency with an initial budget of Rs.1,000 crore. Presenting the union budget for 2016-17 in…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court said it will pass an order on Wednesday on the bail plea of JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges. Justice Pratibha Rani…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the Narendra Modi governments political budget was not farmer friendly because it did not talk about crucial agriculture pricing. The crucial point…