- Business
Budget FY27 demonstrates commitment to macro stability: Fitch
New Delhi: India’s budget demonstrates the ongoing commitment to maintaining macro stability through a gradual path of government debt reduction balanced against a still-robust capex program to enhance growth prospects, Fitch Ratings…
- India
Traders in power in Assam, Centre marginalised Adivasis: Jharkhand CM
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleged that those in power at the Centre and in Assam were “traders and not politicians”, and that they “marginalised” the tribal community and were focused…
- Kashmir
NIA raids at multiple locations in Kashmir
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday, February 2, carried out searches at multiple locations in Srinagar, Bandipora and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror case,…
- India
Union Budget announcements like high-speed rail link kickstarts debate in TN
Chennai: While the ruling DMK has claimed often to be sitting pretty ahead of the Assembly polls due by April, the Union Budget presented on February 1, which has initiatives like high…
- India
2026 Assembly polls charged up due to TVK entry: Actor Vijay tells cadres
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay on Monday, February 2, claimed that the political atmosphere in Tamil Nadu is charged up due to TVK’s entry and urged his party cadres to strive for a victory…
- Andhra Pradesh
Budget 2026 has ‘ignored’ Andhra’s funding needs: YSRCP
Amaravati: The opposition Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday said the Union Budget 2026-27 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman failed to allocate adequate funds to the…
- Telangana
Telangana CII welcomes Union Budget 2026-27
Hyderabad: The Union Budget 2026-27, presented on Sunday, February 1, by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is a futuristic budget and is expected to boost the economy in the long run. MSMEs have…
- India
CBI gets nearly Rs 1105 crore in Union Budget; increase of Rs 46.5 crore
New Delhi: The Centre allocated Rs 1,104.98 crore for CBI in the Budget 2026-27 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, a nominal increase of 4.4 per cent from the ongoing…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra posts highest Jan GST collections, outpaces national growth
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh recorded its highest-ever January GST collections since the rollout of the tax in 2017, with net GST revenue rising 6.72 per cent year-on-year to Rs 3,073 crore in January…
- Business
Textile stocks surge post Budget announcements
New Delhi: Textile sector stocks rallied on Sunday after the government announced the setting up of Mega Textile Parks in a challenge mode with a focus on integrated infrastructure and value addition,…
- Sports
T20 World Cup: Pakistan decides to boycott India
Lahore: Pakistan on Sunday, February 1, formally announced its decision to boycott its marquee ICC T20 World Cup group league match against India, even as the government cleared the national team’s participation…
- India
Budget 2026-27: Over Rs 1300 crore allocated for forensic related schemes
New Delhi: The government has allocated over Rs 1471 crore in the Union Budget 2026-27 for the modernisation of forensic capabilities, with a number of other schemes aimed at making justice swift…
- World
BNP claims ‘unusual’ voter migration ahead of Bangladesh polls
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday, February 1, alleged it found an “unusual” voter migration in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh ahead of the February 12 parliamentary elections. The…
- Business
Futures STT hike rattles markets as Sensex, Nifty slide nearly 2 pc
Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty dived sharply by nearly 2 per cent on Sunday, February 1, logging their worst decline in years on a Budget day, after Finance Minister Nirmala…
- India
Sangh Parivar deliberately poisoning society to keep India divided: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, February 1, expressed support for a man who stood up to a mob that was threatening a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal…
