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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
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…
- Offbeat
Bengaluru: Software engineer drives auto on weekends to combat loneliness
A 35-year-old Microsoft software engineer drives an auto on weekends to stay away from loneliness. A post by one of his customers has gone viral on social media platforms with some showing…
- India
Delhi HC orders removal of defamatory videos against media house editor
In a relief to senior journalist and Editor-in-chief of The News Minute Dhanya Rajendran, the Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of YouTube videos and channels that claim The News Minute…
- India
Excise case: Delhi court extends Sisodia’s judicial custody till July 26
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday extended till July 26 the judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in a corruption case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri…
- India
PM Modi wants to politicise govt employees on ideological basis: Kharge
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday slammed the Centre over its order removing the ban on the participation of government employees in RSS activities, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to…
- India
RSS, BJP hail decision allowing govt workers to participate in Sangh activities
New Delhi: The BJP and the RSS on Monday hailed the Centre’s move to lift the ban on government employees from participating in activities of the Hindutva organisation, with the Sangh saying…
- India
Two women partially buried in Madhya Pradesh; Cong targets govt
Rewa: One person was arrested after two women, protesting against road construction, were partially buried when murrum was tipped over them from a truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district, police said on…
- Andhra Pradesh
Thieves from AP throw stones at police in Chitradurga to escape
Chitradurga: In a dramatic turn of events, a gang of thieves from Andhra Pradesh managed to escape after pelting stones at police officers in Nayakanahatti, Challakere taluk, Chitradurga district on Saturday night. …
- India
Boy with Nipah virus dies in Kerala: Health min Veena George
Kozhikode: The 14-year-old boy from Kerala’s Malappuram, who was under treatment here for Nipah infection, died on Sunday, state Health Minister Veena George said. George said the boy from Pandikkad suffered a…
- India
CBI nabs ‘mastermind’, 2 MBBS students in NEET-UG leak case
New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday, July 20, arrested one of the masterminds, a B.Tech graduate from NIT-Jamshedpur, in the NEET-UG paper leak case and two MBBS students who allegedly acted as…
- India
Parliament’s Monsoon Session begins Monday; Union Budget on July 23
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on Tuesday as the Monsoon Session of Parliament gets underway next week with the united opposition set to corner the NDA…
- India
Gonda accident: Probe blames improper fastening of track; Railways disagree
New Delhi: A five-member team of senior railway officials investigating the derailment of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express has blamed improper fastening of the rail track for the accident, sources said. One member of the…
- Politics
Rahul Gandhi ‘blackmailed’ voters with fake narrative: Athawale on BJP’s loss
Ahmedabad: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi “blackmailed” voters by creating a fake narrative that the BJP would change the Constitution if it won 400 Lok Sabha…
