New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The opposition Congress submitted a privilege notice in the Lok Sabha against Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani for what a Left leader said was “lying” to the house. Speaker…
Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Experts on Monday gave a qualified welcome to the national dialysis programme and new drug stores proposed in budget 2016-17, but said the dual disease burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former chief justice of India H.L. Dattu on Monday took over as the National Human Rights Commission’s seventh chairperson, an official release said. Having an illustrious judicial career which included…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Monday dubbed the 2016-17 Union Budget as “hopeless” and “stereotype”, and questioned the Narendra Modi government’s transparency over FDI. The West Bengal’s ruling party also said there…
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday demanded the withdrawal of sedition cases registered against its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders in the Jawaharlal University row and pressed for scapping…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday in his budget proposal made a few products and services cheaper while others have become more expensive for the common people. Things which will…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government on Monday said it has launched two important schemes to increase crop yield in rain-fed areas, including India’s north eastern states. “To increase crop yields in the rain-fed…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government will provide LPG connections to all poor households, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on Monday while presenting the 2016-17 annual budget in the Lok Sabha. The government…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the setting up of a higher education financing agency with an initial budget of Rs.1,000 crore. Presenting the union budget for 2016-17 in…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court said it will pass an order on Wednesday on the bail plea of JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges. Justice Pratibha Rani…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the Narendra Modi governments political budget was not farmer friendly because it did not talk about crucial agriculture pricing. The crucial point…
New Delhi Feb 29 (IANS) It’s an initiative targeted at addressing challenges in the pre-primary education space in Uttar Pradesh by introducing the material from TV show “Galli Galli Sim Sim” materials (print, audio, visual…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Hailing the general budget 2016-17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the government has tried to reach out to the poor by giving due importance to all important sectors…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Nuclear power generation capacity is built over a period of time and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s announcement of a Rs.3,000 crore yearly allocation for the next two decades is certainly…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, reacting to the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here on Monday, said “there is nothing in the budget for the farmers who…
Lucknow, Feb 29 (IANS) One person was burnt alive and more than 50 shanties gutted in a massive fire in Lucknow’s Alambagh area, police said on Monday. A few women and children sustained minor burn…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said the Union Budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was a “practical vision document” of the…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday hailed the general budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, describing it as “transformative”. “This budget is pro poor, pro farmer and…
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government’s announcement that farmers’ income would be doubled in the next five years is an “impossible idea”, former prime minister and…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) While India made it to the top 10 markets for searches related to the 88th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles on Sunday, it was actor Priyanka Chopra who was…