- India
‘Punjab completely ignored in the Union Budget,’ says Bhagwant Mann
Chandigarh: Ruling Aam Aadmi Party, opposition Congress, and Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday slammed the Union Budget, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and State Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema saying the state…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister welcomes Union Budget’s proposals
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister B Rajendranath Reddy on Wednesday welcomed the Union Budget hailing it as an appropriate one in the current times after the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanking the Centre for…
- Photos
In Pics: Budget Session of Parliament
New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra at Parliament House complex during the Budget Session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh) New Delhi: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi at Parliament…
- India
Huge disappointment for people of J&K: CPI(M) leader Tarigami on Union budget
Jammu: Senior CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami on Wednesday said the Union budget for 2023-24 was a “huge disappointment” for Jammu and Kashmir as the proposals contained in it failed to address the…
- Pakistan
IMF expresses concern over possibility of Pak opposition creating hurdles in govt’s hard economic decisions
Islamabad: The IMF has expressed concern that Pakistan’s opposition parties might create hurdles in the way of implementing the tough economic decisions of the cash-strapped Shehbaz Sharif-led government, media reports said on…
- India
Adani group stocks dip; Adani Enterprises tumble over 28%, Ports over 19%
New Delhi: Shares of Adani Group firms slumped on Wednesday and have lost more than Rs 7 lakh crore of their combined market capitalisation in the last five trading sessions amid concerns…
- Sports
Tendulkar felicitates women’s U19 World Cup-winning cricket team
Ahmedabad: Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday felicitated the India U-19 women’s cricket team for its triumph in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in South Africa, saying the feat will encourage many girls…
- India
Rs 5.94 lakh crore allocated to defence ministry in Union Budget
New Delhi: The defence budget was on Wednesday increased to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24 in a modest hike of 13 percent from last year’s allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore…
- India
Retd HC judge to monitor crime branch probe into Odisha minister’s murder case: Official
Bhubaneswar: A former Orissa High Court judge will monitor the police crime branch investigation into the murder of health minister Naba Kishore Das, an official said on Wednesday. The home department had…
- India
Budget reduces surcharge on HNIs, brings down India’s highest income tax rate to 39 pc
New Delhi: The Budget 2023-24 proposes to lower India’s highest rate of income tax to 39 percent, from 42.74 per cent at present, by reducing the surcharge applicable on high net-worth individuals.…
- Kerala
Nothing in Union Budget to solve economic disparities in country: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the Union Budget 2023-24 does not attempt to solve the growing economic disparities in the country. Vijayan, reacting to the budget presented by Union…
- India
Protest against anti-encroachment drive in Jammu locality continues
Jammu: Thousands of people, including women and children, hit the streets in Sunjwan-Bathindi on the city’s outskirts against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s ongoing anti-encroachment drive to retrieve “illegally occupied” state land.…
- World
Biggest day of industrial action in Britain as teachers, workers strike over pay
London: Britain on Wednesday faced what has been dubbed the biggest industrial action in a decade as teachers, university lecturers, train and bus drivers and public sector workers went on a strike to…
- Delhi
Bose would be embarrassed to know he was being used to diminish Nehru, Gandhi: Guha
New Delhi: On most issues barring non-violence, Subhas Chandra Bose was on the same page as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru and would have been “embarrassed and pained” to know he was…
- India
Budget: Over Rs 946 crore allocated to CBI
New Delhi: The Centre has allocated Rs 946 crore to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Union Budget 2023-24 announced on Wednesday, a slight increase of over 4.4 per cent from…
