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UP: Lucknow court orders release of Siddique Kappan from jail
The Lucknow sessions court on Tuesday ordered the release of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan from jail. Kappan was arrested in October 2020 while on his way to Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras where a…
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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…
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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…
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Centre to clarify taxation on online gaming, proposes removal of minimum TDS
New Delhi: In good news for online gamers, the government on Wednesday proposed to remove the minimum threshold for TDS and clarify taxability relating to online gaming. Currently, 18 per cent tax…
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Anti-encroachment drive new weapon for BJP to persecute J&K’s people: Mehbooba
Srinagar: The anti-encroachment drive launched in Jammu and Kashmir is a new “weapon” for the BJP government to “persecute” people and uproot them from their homes, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged on…
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UAE Minister Sheikh Nahyan unveils Mahatma Gandhi bust in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Dubai on Tuesday. He was accompanied by the…
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Over promise, under deliver: Congress’s dig at government
New Delhi: Hitting out at the government, the Congress on Wednesday said the actual expenditure was substantially lower than budgeted last year, and alleged that this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strategy of…
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UAE-India flight: Drunk Italian woman runs half-naked on plane
Mumbai: Mumbai Police has arrested an Italian woman passenger for allegedly creating a ruckus mid-air on a Vistara Airline flight soon after taking off from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai on January 30.…
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No more tax exemption for Insurance policies where premium is above Rs 5L
Delhi: Insurance policies where the premium is over Rs 5 lakh will no longer be tax-exempt, as per the provisions in the Union Budget 2023-24. Kapil Mehta, Co-founder, SecureNow Insurance Broker said…
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Budget 2023-24 gives ‘nirasha’ instead of ‘asha’ to Indians: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the Union Budget for 2023-24 has given “nirasha” (despair) instead of “asha” (hope) to people of the country. He also claimed that the…
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FM launches new savings scheme for women with 7.5% fixed interest rate for 2 yrs
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday announced a ‘Mahila Samman Saving Certificate’ with a fixed interest rate of 7.5 percent for two years. The deposit can be made in the…
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Govt doubles deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme to Rs 30 lakh
Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday proposed to double the deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme to Rs 30 lakh and Monthly Income Account Scheme to Rs 9 lakh. In…
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Indira, Rajiv Gandhi killings ‘not martyrdom but accidents’: Uttarakhand min stokes row
Dehradun: The killings of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were not “martyrdom but accidents”, Uttarakhand Minister Ganesh Joshi said on Tuesday, stoking a political controversy. The Minister said that…
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Video: Two Muslim minors tied to tree, beaten in UP’s Barabanki dist, 3 held
Three persons – a father and his sons – were arrested on Wednesday on charges of assaulting two Muslim minor boys in Khasparia village of Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh. According to police,…
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Department of Space to get Rs 12,543.91 crore for FY24
New Delhi: The government has proposed an allocation of Rs 12,543.91 crore to the Department of Space for year 2023-24. The allocation is for the Department of Space and other organizations under…
