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3 February, 2024

Agriculture ministry gets Rs 1.27 lakh cr

New Delhi (TIP) - The government has allocated Rs 1.27 lakh crore budget for the Ministry of Agriculture for 2024-25,…

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3 February, 2024

INTERIM BUDGET 2024-25 : Rs 6.21 lakh cr set aside for defence budget for 2024-25; capital outlay pegged at Rs 1.72 lakh cr

New Delhi (TIP)- The defence budget was on Thursday, February 1, increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in…

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3 February, 2024

Govt allocates Rs 1,300 cr to procure e-buses, Rs 24,931 cr for metro projects

New Delhi (TIP)- Prioritising the urban public transport, the government proposed to allocate Rs 1,300 crore to procure electric buses…

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3 February, 2024

At 56 minutes, Sitharaman’s shortest budget speech ever

New Delhi (TIP): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, Feb 1, presented her sixth consecutive budget with a speech lasting…

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3 February, 2024

Social Justice ministry allocated Rs 14,225 crore in interim Budget

New Delhi (TIP): The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has been allocated Rs 14,225.47 crore in the interim Budget for…

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3 February, 2024

Hospitality cos cheer focus on island tourism even as some ‘disappointed’ with no infra tag

New Delhi (TIP)- Hospitality industry cheered Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's focus on promoting island tourism in the interim budget, saying…

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3 February, 2024

Interim budget firmly conveys govt’s commitment to fiscal consolidation goals: Moody’s

New Delhi (TIP)- Moody's Investors Service on Thursday, Feb 1, said the interim budget for 2024-25 firmly conveys the government's…

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3 February, 2024

“Nothing for poor, women and Youth”: Opposition on Interim Budget

New Delhi (TIP): Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Thursday said that there is "nothing" in…

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3 February, 2024

Parliament did ‘half-hearted’ job in amending AMU Act: SC

New Delhi (TIP)- The Parliament did a “half-hearted” job in amending the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Act in 1981, the…

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3 February, 2024

No Supreme Court reprieve for Hemant Soren on his arrest by ED

New Delhi (TIP)-The Supreme Court on Friday, February 2, refused to entertain a plea filed by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)…

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3 February, 2024

Centre approves Bilateral Investment Treaty between India-UAE

New Delhi (TIP)- The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Feb 1, approved the signing and…

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3 February, 2024

Kejriwal skips 5th summons in excise policy case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal skipped the Enforcement Directorate's summons for the fifth time in connection with the money-laundering probe…

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3 February, 2024

Hindus pray in Gyanvapi cellar, 30 years after Mulayam Yadav sealed it

Varanasi (TIP)- Members of a Hindu priests' family started praying at a cellar in the basement of Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque…

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3 February, 2024

SC agrees to consider AAP petition over chandigarh mayor polls

The Supreme Court on Friday, Feb 2, agreed to consider an AAP councillor's request seeking urgent hearing of his plea…

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3 February, 2024

The Indian Community embraces Tom Suozzi, a commonsense candidate for Congress

QUEENS, NY (TIP): It was pretty evident from the enthusiasm and energy exhibited at the recent gathering of the Indian…

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3 February, 2024

United States federal agency announces major overhaul of its annual lottery for H-1B visa

H-1B visa application submission process for fiscal year 2025 to begin from March 6 WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The H-1B visa…

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3 February, 2024

Canada Investigates India influencing Canadian Elections; The United States Needs to do the same

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): On Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission released the following statement, opening up inquiries concerning…

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3 February, 2024

Indian national sentenced for nearly $2.8mn healthcare fraud in US

Yogesh K Pancholi from Northville was also found guilty of wire fraud conspiracy, engaging in money laundering, aggravated identity theft,…

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3 February, 2024

Three Punjabi-origin youths living in Brampton, Calgary to be extradited to US for drug trafficking

TORONTO (TIP): Three Indian-origin men have been arrested in Canada and will be extradited for trial in the US for…

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3 February, 2024

Two Indian Americans sentenced for conspiring & stealing sensitive government data

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Three former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, including two Indian Americans, have been sentenced for a…

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3 February, 2024

Indian-origin teen Preetpaul Singh arrested for death of compatriot in Canada’s Brampton

TORONTO (TIP): An Indian-origin teenager has been arrested in connection with the death of another Indian-origin youth in a Canadian…

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3 February, 2024

Indian-origin missing student Neel Acharya found dead

CHICAGO (TIP): Neel Acharya, an Indian student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, who was reported missing on social…

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3 February, 2024

Indian-origin student killed by homeless man in Georgia

ATLANTA (TIP): Vivek Saini, a 25-year-old Indian student from Haryana, who had come to the US to do his master’s…

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3 February, 2024

Indian-origin couple convicted in UK of exporting over half ton cocaine to Australia

LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin couple in the UK, whose extradition was sought by India, has been convicted of exporting more…

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3 February, 2024

Indian American jurist Amrith Kaur Aakre to lead EEOC’s Chicago district

CHICAGO (TIP): Indian American jurist Amrith Kaur Aakre has become the new director of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s…

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