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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.....
Robert Vadra At ED For 2nd Day Of Questioning
Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for questioning in a money laundering case for the second consecutive day.....
Day 2: ED Confronts Vadra With Mails Exchanged With Arms Dealer's Kin
Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, was grilled for over nine hours by the Enforcement Directorate as he appeared for the second round of questioning on Thursday, and also confronted him with his mails exchanged with a relative of absconding arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, sources said.....
India Defeat New Zealand To Level T20I Series
Skipper Rohit Sharma's quickfire half-century and useful contributions from Shikhar Dhawan (30) and Rishabh Pant (36 not out) saw India outplay New Zealand by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 International match here on Friday. ....
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.....
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.....
