New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Indian industry on Saturday hailed the Union Budget 2025-26 saying the Government has made a strong effort to address the immediate challenges being faced by the economy, particularly on the consumption front by presenting a “Bold” budget giving significant relief to individual tax payers while maintaining the fiscal deficit at…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday slammed the Union Budget saying “BJP is wooing the tax paying middle class, Bihar electorate” and “just soothing words for the rest of India”. Addressing a press conference here, Chidambaram along with party leader Gaurav Gogoi said, “The government…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Reiterating his charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was working for a few rich people only, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the aim of his government’s budget was to benefit just 25 billionaires at the cost of the common people. Addressing a public…
Kadapa, Feb 1 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, on Saturday made a promise to complete the Godavari-Banakacherla project with the Centre’s cooperation and supply water to every acre in Rayalaseema besides extending all kinds of incentives for commercial crops in the region. Had the TDP come to power again in 2019, the…
New York, Feb 1 (UNI) A medevac plane with six people on board crashed in a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff on Friday evening, sparking a large fire, authorities said. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company operating the plane, confirmed that the aircraft was carrying four crew members, a pediatric patient who had just…
Pune, Feb 1 (UNI) A fresh debate over the ‘like-for-like’ principle in concussion substitutions erupted after India’s Harshit Rana replaced Shivam Dube in the fourth T20I against England here on Friday. The decision, made by match referee Javagal Srinath, has drawn sharp reactions from England’s camp and former cricketers. Dube, who was struck on the…
Jammu, Jan 31 (UNI) Panic gripped among the border dwellers after landmines exploded due to forest fire along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that fire broke out in Dhari Dabsi forests in Mendhar and Sona Gali area in Mankote sectors of Poonch and triggered the explosion…
Srinagar, Feb 1 (UNI) The higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley as well as some plains experienced a fresh light to moderate snowfall on Saturday, officials said. Most parts of Jammu and Kashmir also received rainfall overnight, the Meteorological Department Srinagar said. The MeT office said tourist destinations of Pahalgam in south Kashmir received 11.2cm…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) For revenue generation, the government continues to rely primarily on a mix of taxation and borrowings as 24 paise of every rupee comes from borrowings, while income tax contributes a substantial 22 paise of every rupee as revenue. According to the Union Budget for 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed the setting up of Day Care Cancer Centres in all district hospitals in the next three years. To provide relief to those suffering from cancer and other rare and severe chronic diseases, she proposed adding 36 lifesaving drugs and medicines to the list fully…
