Bhubaneswar, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said the Budget 2016-17 will largely benefit agrarian rural economies of Odisha. He said the thrust of the budget is to give boost to…
Ahmedabad: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy addresses a press conference in Ahmedabad, on Nov 19, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it could not decriminalise a penal…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi addresses a press conference in Guwahati on Jan 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday termed the union budget 2016-17 as…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 29 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said the union budget 2016-17 has deprived his state of its legitimate share while putting a financial burden on the state government. Patnaik, however,…
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is hoping to mop up around Rs.5,000 crore under the new with his new Krishi Kalyan Cess at 0.5 percent on all taxable services during 2016-17….
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) South Kolkata’s Lee Road will be renamed Satyajit Ray Dharani after the legendary film director, who lived in the vicinity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Monday. Ray…
Bengaluru, Feb 29 (IANS) The union budget for 2016-17 was a mixed bag for the Indian IT industry and start-ups, as its proposals were less than expected with caveats, the industry’s apex body Nasscom said…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) A court on Monday sentenced, to a three and a half year imprisonment, former union minister P.K. Thungon was convicted in a corruption case relating to the allotment of government…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Fancy strolling through a charming Victorian-era neighbourhood in the city and soaking in some Ray nostalgia surrounded by posters of “Pather Panchali”, “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne” and other iconic films by…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The industrial output index for India’s eight core industries registered growth in January, pushed up by higher coal, refinery products, fertilizers, cement and electricity output, an official statement said. The…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Celebrating the “madness of earth”, a rather off-beat photography contest took viewers off-the-beaten track through jagged rock formations, fractures, fissures and all kinds of structures that accord geological features a distinctive…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Budget airline IndiGo on Monday said Airbus has confirmed to deliver 24 A320 Neo aircraft to the airline starting from March 2016 to March 2017. “The new A320 Neo powered…
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) The seeds for agricultural transformation has been sown for the dawn of a new era in farming is in sight, said agricultural scientist M.S.Swaminathan. Reacting to the union budget 2016-17 presented…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government, which has passed a bill to take over the ailing industrial units Dunlop and Jessop, on Monday announced a monthly ex gratia of Rs.10,000 to the employees….
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Monday said some of the schemes announced by union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have been implemented in the state and his budget for 2016-17 lacks…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked a Maharashtra court to hold daily hearings into the trial of Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba from March 4 so as to…
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) The central government may list not more than two of six general insurance companies owned by it or may divest its holding, said industry experts on Monday referring to union Finance…
Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 29 (IANS) A day after the macabre massacre of 14 members of his own family by an income tax consultant who later hanged himself, police are still looking for the motive behind…
Imphal, Feb 29 (IANS) The Manipur High Court on Monday nullified the election of Congress legislator Mairembam Prithiviraj on charges of falsifying his educational qualification. The ruling came from Justice N. Koteswor after prolonged litigation…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that agriculture and farmers’ welfare was a pillar of the government’s agenda to transform India and it would strive to double income…