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Union Budget 2026: Govt announces one girls’ hostel in every district

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2026-2027 on Sunday, February 1, announced the setting up of one girls’ hostel in every district of the country. There…
Education, skills and employment at heart of Union Budget 2026

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, described the Union Budget 2026–27 as a “yuva shakti–driven Budget,” with a renewed focus on education, skills, creative industries and employment pathways. Presenting the…

Union Budget 2026: Proposal to extend deadline for revised I-T returns

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, proposed to increase time limit for filing revised I-T return from December 31 to March 31, on payment of nominal fee. The…
Pollution now a national health emergency, govt must act: Rahul

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, February 1 said pollution is no longer just an environmental issue but a national health emergency, and asserted that Parliament must discuss it as…
Cabinet approves Union Budget 2026-27

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, February 1, approved the Union Budget 2026-27. Following the approval, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth record…
Commercial LPG cylinder prices rise by Rs 49 from Feb 1

New Delhi: Commercial LPG cylinder prices have been increased by Rs 49 from February 1, bringing higher costs for businesses that rely on these cylinders for daily operations. Oil marketing companies announced…
Octogenarian woman who urged Hizbul Mujahideen son to surrender dies

Kishtwar: An octogenarian woman who had repeatedly appealed to her Hizbul Mujahideen commander son through social media to shun violence and surrender died in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, with her last…

Sunetra Pawar took oath without Sharad Pawar’s knowledge: NCP (SP)

Mumbai: NCP (SP) Maharashtra President Shashikant Shinde has claimed his party chief Sharad Pawar and other leaders had no prior knowledge about NCP leader Sunetra Pawar’s swearing-in as the state’s Deputy Chief…
FM Sitharaman to present Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament today

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2026–27, marking a historic moment as it is being delivered on a Sunday for the first time in independent India’s…
India, Arab League back two-state solution for Palestine

New Delhi: India and the Arab League nations on Saturday, January 31, laid out a broader vision for deeper two-way ties, pitched for a sovereign and viable Palestine state living side-by-side with…
Kashmiri teen assault: Wife of accused claims she was sexually harassed

Dehradun: A day after a shopkeeper was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old Kashmiri youth with an iron rod in Uttarakhand, his wife has come forward claiming the attack was triggered after…
Hyderabad: Chilkur Balaji priest, 3 others booked for hate speech at rally

Hyderabad: The Ranga Reddy Police on January 28 registered a case against four people, including the head priest of Chilkur Balaji Temple, for alleged hate speech against Muslims during the Dharma Raksha…
‘Why PM silent now’: Kapil Sibal attacks Modi over falling rupee

New Delhi: Attacking the government over the rupee hitting a record low against the US dollar, Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Saturday, January 31, asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is…
TMC govt in West Bengal is the most corrupt in India: Amit Shah

Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, January 31, slammed the All India Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, alleging that no other administration in the country was as corrupt as…
Hijab, saffron gamcha row disrupts Republic Day event at Jharkhand school

Republic Day celebrations at a school in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad were disrupted when right-wing aligned young boys took objection to hijab-clad Muslim students attending the event. One of their friends, who is also…