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It Could Be A Please-all Budget On Friday
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will present the Interim Budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday that could virtually be a full-fledged budget of the Modi government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in which tax sops for the middle class and the corporates could be expected along with a relief package to address agrarian distress and the stressed small scale industry sector.....
Election Bonanza For Middle Class, Tax Exemption Limit Up At Rs 5 Lakh
In a bonanza for the country's middle class in an election year, the government on Friday proposed various tax sops including tax exemption for individual annual incomes of Rs 5 lakh, all of which add up to taking individual incomes up to Rs 9.5 lakhs outside the tax net.....
SIT To Probe 1984 Kanpur Riots, Cases To Be Reviewed
The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 1984 Sikh riots in Kanpur, in the aftermath of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination, an official said on Wednesday.....
Global Energy Arena Changing: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said globally the perception of energy consumption and supply is changing and nations are coming together to tackle climate change.....
Modi, Opposition Leaders Recall Experiences Of 16th Lok Sabha
As the curtains came down on the 16th Lok Sabha on the last day of the Budget session, the members recalled their experiences, with some of them becoming emotional.....
Rajinikanth Not To Contest Lok Sabha Polls
Amid dragging speculation whether he will take the plunge or not, superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday announced that he will not contest the coming Lok Sabha elections nor will he support any political party.....
Shiv Sena To Contest 23 Seats, BJP 25 In Lok Sabha Polls
Ending weeks of speculation and tottering on the brink, the ruling NDA constituents - Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- finally sealed a pact for the ensuing 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.....
Hundreds and thousands of devotees, seers, pilgrims and tourists on Tuesday took a holy dip in the Sangam -- the trinity of holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati -- on the occasion of "Maghi Purnima", officials said.....
India-set Film On Taboos Around Menstruation Finds Oscar Glory
"Period. End of Sentence", an India-set film on the taboos around menstruation, won an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony.....
IAF Pushes Back Pakistani Jets, Downs PAF F-16
India-Pakistan tensions persisted on Wednesday as the IAF chased away intruding Pakistani fighter jets in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera sector with India shooting down a Pakistani F-16 which fell on the Pakistani side.....
