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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…
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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…
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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.…
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‘Callous’ Budget has betrayed hopes of vast majority of people: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday accused the government for ignoring the common man behind, saying the absence of key concerns in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech showed how…
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PM thumps desk 124 times during Sitharaman’s shortest-ever budget speech
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday delivered her shortest-ever Budget speech of 86 minutes. This was her fifth budget speech. Her budget speech in 2022 ended in about 92…
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Budget prioritises growth, development, inclusiveness: Kishan Reddy
Hyderabad: Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region, G. Kishan Reddy has said that Union Budget 2023-24 prioritises growth, development and inclusiveness. He said the Budget mooted new…
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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…
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Union Budget: Massive cut in funds for madrasas; merit-cum means scholarship
The Union budget 2023 witnessed an 87% cut in the merit-cum means scholarship meant for professional and technical courses for students from minority communities with just Rs 44 crore allocated to it.…
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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.…
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Hyderabad: 4 natives of Rajasthan arrested for making fake notes
Hyderabad: The Commissioner’s Task Force (north zone) team, along with Nampally police, apprehended four persons who cheated people by making fake currency notes. The arrested people have been identified as Kanhaiah Lal…
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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…
