- Business
FDI rules will be simplified, says Sitharaman in Budget speech
New Delhi: Seeking to attract more funds into the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said rules for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will be simplified. Presenting the Union Budget 2024-25, the…
- India
Govt to abolish angel tax on investments in startups
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced abolishing angel tax for all classes of investors in startups. In her Budget speech, she also announced various changes with respect to tax…
- India
Budget speech more focused on posturing than action: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday claimed that the government seems to have finally come around to “tacitly admitting that mass unemployment is a national crisis” that requires urgent attention, as it…
- India
Govt cuts customs duty on gold, silver, mobile phones
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed reduction in basic customs duty on gold and silver to 6 per cent and platinum to 6.4 per cent. In her budget speech…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan, wife move court seeking jail amenities in line with ‘international standards’
Islamabad: Jailed Pakistan prime minister has moved a top court here to get jail amenities in line with international standards for him and his wife, according to a media report on Tuesday.…
- India
Row over NEET-UG physics question: IIT-D experts say there is only one correct answer
New Delhi: A panel of three experts of IIT Delhi has told the Supreme Court that there was was only one right answer and not two to a controversial physics question that…
- World
‘We’re not up against a candidate. We’re up against a machine,’ says Vivek Ramaswamy
Washington: Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy, who had predicted President Joe Biden would not be the Democratic presidential nominee for the November election, has said the country is not running against a candidate…
- India
PM Modi pays tributes to Azad, Tilak on their birth anniversary
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to freedom fighters Chandra Shekhar Azad, a revolutionary, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a nationalist who advocated ‘swaraj’, on their birth anniversary. Modi…
- Business
Markets climb in early deals ahead of Budget presentation; Sensex climbs 264 points
Mumbai: Stock markets climbed in early trade on Tuesday, with the Sensex climbing over 264 points, ahead of the Union Budget presentation later in the day as investors’ sentiment turned buoyant amid…
- World
Another Hindu temple in Canada vandalised, MP calls for action
New Delhi: A Hindu temple in Alberta’s capital Edmonton was vandalised with “hateful graffiti” on Tuesday. This incident adds to the series of attacks that have happened recently on Hindu establishments in…
- India
Indian Navy’s warship INS Brahmaputra severely damaged in fire, sailor missing
New Delh: Indian Navy’s frontline guided missile frigate INS Brahmaputra sustained severe damage and tilted heavily to one side following a fire onboard the ship while it was undergoing refit at the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka cabinet resolves against NEET, ‘One Nation, One Election’ & delimitation
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to pass three resolutions, including the one against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), late Monday night, sources said. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah,…
- India
SC stays Kanwar Yatra directives on eateries, oppn hails top court’s move
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an interim stay on the controversial Kanwar Yatra directives in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand related to eateries, prompting the opposition parties to ask Prime…
- Bangalore
Valmiki scam: Case against ED officials for pressuring official to name CM, others
Bengaluru: In a major twist in the Rs 187 crore scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation, a case was registered on Monday against two Enforcement Directorate officials for…
- India
1984 anti-Sikh riots: HC seeks Sajjan Kumar’s stand on plea against acquittal
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on pleas challenging his acquittal in a case related to the killing of a person…
