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Opposition members protest inside the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Wednesday during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Lok Sabha Budget session begins today, Govt to push Triple Talaq Bill

The PM urged leaders to ensure success of Budget session and said the govt is taking suggestions of opposition...

29 Jan 2018 3:38 AM

Minister for Statistics and Progamme Implementation D.V Sadananda Gowda.

Govt to change base year for GDP, IIP to 2017-18

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) has been allocated Rs 4,859 crore in the Union Budget...

15 Feb 2018 10:14 AM

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Well done, Mr Jaitley! At least you tried

According to the National Sample Survey, average annual income of median farmers, net of production costs, is currently...

10 Feb 2018 6:40 PM

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday criticised the Election Commission saying that by not announcing the Gujarat poll schedule, it has authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the dates at his last rally, after all freebies for the state were doled out. (Photo: PTI)

Opposition targets government on unemployment

Chidambaram says Centre's economic policy betrayal' of country.

9 Feb 2018 12:54 AM

Shatrughan Sinha said he had joined the platform because he had not been given a forum in his party for expressing his views. (Photo: PTI)

Shatrughan joins Yashwant Sinha's farmers' protest in MP, questions...

Shatrughan Sinha recently joined Rashtra Manch, a political platform floated by Yashwant Sinha.

5 Feb 2018 4:55 AM

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reshuffled his cabinet by inducting 10 fresh faces and elevating two ministers of state to cabinet rank. (Photo: PTI)

Reporters' Diary: Naveen misses the mission

Recently the Aam Aadmi Party set up a stall to sell pakodas in Lucknow when the cops chased them away.

4 Feb 2018 7:08 PM

A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.

Budget non-populous, special scheme without substance: Green body

Presenting his 5th straight budget in the Lok Sabha, Arun Jaitley had said air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region was a...

4 Feb 2018 5:51 AM

Dharmakirti Joshi

The Budget is not based on crazy assumptions, but on realistic ones'

The fiscal account came under strain despite the government exceeding its divestment target after many years, says...

3 Feb 2018 10:47 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna, Bihar. (Photo: PTI)

Let's applaud Modi for the health scheme

The spend on the Army includes a pension payout which is 10 times bigger than Modicare, meaning Rs 100,000 crore.

3 Feb 2018 7:01 PM

Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

The great Indian health fudge

The Indian programme in the Budget, that would cover 10 crore families, has an allocation so far of only Rs 2,000 crore.

3 Feb 2018 6:45 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament. (Photo: ANI)

Tax on equities: A calculated gamble

The implications of Budget spends are huge and at the end of the day they have to serve the intended purpose.

3 Feb 2018 6:30 PM

Cong Prez Rahul Gandhis dig came hours after the Leader of the House Arun Jaitley made a short statement in RS to end the impasse over Modis remarks against his predecessor made during the Gujarat polls campaign. (Photo: AP)

Sensex has given no confidence motion' against budget: Rahul jibes at...

Gandhi used the hashtag 'BasEkAurSaal' along with his tweet while noting that only one more year of the PM Modi...

3 Feb 2018 3:04 AM