New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that agriculture and farmers’ welfare was a pillar of the government’s agenda to transform India and it would strive to double income…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) The Congress on Monday said it has started informal seat sharing talks with the Left Front for the coming West Bengal assembly polls, but conceded there were “difficulties” in the way,…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting Arun Jaitley addresses a Post Budget Press Conference, in New Delhi on Feb 29, 2016. Also seen Union MoS Finance Jayant Sinha. (Photo:…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) 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…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government will introduce on a pilot basis direct transfer of subsidy on fertilisers to the farmers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday, presenting the Union Budget for 2016-17….
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s attempt to boost the rural economy, affordable housing and infrastructure got thumbs up from majority of India Inc, a few others remained apprehensive about the imposition…
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Submitting a status report on the alleged Murthal gang rapes, the Haryana government on Monday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that no such rapes or incidents of molestation were…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Monday admitted on Monday before the Delhi High Court that “it has no video footage” which could show that JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents national budget 2016-17 at the Parliament House in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) For the first…
Shillong, Feb 29 (IANS) Senior bureaucrat Kuljit Singh Kropha on Monday took over as the new Chief Secretary of Meghalaya. He succeeded P.B.O. Warjri, who retired on Monday. Kropha, a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service…
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has not announced any drastic measures to recover the huge bad loans of government banks, said a top bank employees union leader on Monday. All India…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the budget for 2016-17 “lacks both vision and conviction”. “Budget 2016 lacks both vision…
Imphal, Feb 29 (IANS) A court here on Monday released Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, from custody. “Sharmila…
CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Monday said he is in “great company” of freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh and Mahatma Gandhi after…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley along with MoS for Finance, Jayant Sinha, Finance Secretary Ratan P Watal and officials leaving North block office to present Annual Budget 2016-17 at Parliament, in New Delhi…
Jaipur/New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) A Pakistani delegation that came here to meet prisoners in Jaipur Central Jail was denied access as no official from the union home ministry was travelling with it. “The incident…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) BJP veteran L.K. Advani on Monday commended the union budget for 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley describing it as “one of the best so far”. “I have seen…
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…