BUDGET SPECIAL UNION BUDGET 2016-17 | JAITLEY FOCUSES ON RURAL INDIA, SOCIAL WELFARE
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley unveiled what appeared to be a pro-poor budget on February 29, announcing higher…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)HIGHLIGHTS | BUDGET SPECIAL | UNION BUDGET 2016-17
Rs 1,000 crore allocated for new EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) scheme Rs 38,500 cr allocated for MNREGA in 2016-17, the highest…
Read MoreBudget high on rhetoric, low on action in social sector
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget speech focused on the social sector more than before, but it failed…
Read MoreBudget Special | Here is list of what becomes expensive and cheaper
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a host of changes in the tax structure in the Budget for…
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“This Budget is pro-village, pro-poor, pro-farmer. The main focus is to bringing about qualitative change in the country. There will…
Read MoreCheap agriculture loans to cushion impact of weather shocks, droughts
NEW DELHI (TIP): Farmers can continue to get cheap farm loans with finance minister Arun Jaitley raising the target for…
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Special visa for SAARC businessmen from April
NEW DELH: India is all set to issue multi- city, multiple-entry business visa to businessmen of SAARC nations including Pakistan,…
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Purno Sangma, political legend from northeast, dead
Purno Agitok Sangma, that legendary politician from Meghalaya, nay the northeast, who once controlled the proceedings of the Lok Sabha as…
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USIBC endorses Indian Budget as Attractive
WASHINGTON (TIP): American companies, either those with a foothold or who are planning to set foot in India, are bullish…
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Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu in the US Congress, on Modi, Hinduism, and linking Islam to terror
Washington has no shortage of politicians struggling to be seen as a maverick. But Tulsi Gabbard isn’t one of them.…
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Rahul vs Modi: Who has won the battle of speeches?
In the last two days, the rivalry between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi has become more intense and exciting. In…
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Modi ji, talk about Hitler and Mussolini also: Kanhaiya Kumar in speech at JNU
Over 2,500 students and teachers gathered at the admin block of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Thursday to welcome JNU students’…
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Prima Facie: RK Pachauri – Ex-UN climate head charged with sexual harassment
The former head of the UN climate change panel (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has been formally charged in an Indian court…
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No ‘Goddard’ scholarship, internship offered to West Bengal teen: NASA
Earlier this week, Indian media carried reports of an 18-year-old girl from a village in eastern India being selected for…
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India takes US to WTO over visa fee hike for H-1B, L-1 visas, limited quotas
NEW YORK (TIP): India has filed a complaint in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US decision to impose…
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JNU: Forensic lab finds Kanhaiya videos doctored, Irani’s aide faces heat online
NEW DELHI (TIP):At least two out of the seven video clips of the alleged 'anti-national' sloganeering in Jawaharlal Nehru University…
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Indian-Americans Protest To Show Support To JNU Students
NEW YORK: Students from two US universities gathered in New York to express their solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal…
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Sanjay Dutt says amazing to be a free man after 23 years
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]MUMBAI (TIP): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt said on February 25 to be free is the most amazing feeling after…
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LOW ON FIZZ, BUT RAILWAYS MAY JUST BE BEGINNING TO BUILD SOME STEAM
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] SALIENT FEATURES No hike in passenger fare 65,000 additional berths and 17,000 bio toilets to be installed Operations…
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JNU Row, Vemula’s Suicide Rocks Parliament; Emotional Smriti Attacks Opposition
NEW DELHI (TIP): In one of the fieriest debates in the recent times, the issue of Rohit Vemula, Dalit scholar…
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Jat quota stir: Tense calm as Haryana limps back to normal
ROHTAK (TIP): Haryana saw a tense calm as Jats seeking job quotas withdrew from the streets or were chased away…
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FORMER MINISTERS TRASH NEW RAIL BUDGET
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Railway Budget 2016 that was presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu brought a pot of mixed…
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India writes to UN to include Masood Azhar on terrorist list
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has submitted a formal request to the United Nations Committee 1267, seeking inclusion of the name…
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Haryana Suspends Inspector General , Two Other Police Officers
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Initiating action against police officers following the recent violent Jat agitation, the Haryana government on February 25 ordered…
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Sedition case: Three other JNU students refuse to surrender
NEW DELHI (TIP): “What about the other three students, will they also surrender?” is a question doing the rounds with…
Read MoreSC ISSUES NOTICE TO LAWYERS WHO ASSAULTED JNU’S KANHAIYA KUMAR
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the three lawyers, who allegedly assaulted Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union…
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HC seeks report on alleged Murthal rapes during Jat stir
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Days after allegations of women being molested during the Jat agitation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has…
Read MoreIndia’s Rail Budget: Minister Announces 7 Missions
NEW DELHI (TIP): Presenting his second Budget in Lok Sabha, February 25, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu promised rationalizing of the…
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Former CIA director confirms ISI involvement in Mumbai attacks
Soon after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack the then chief of Pakistan's ISI conceded that some of the powerful spy…
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The Queen’s Speech – Smriti Irani’s explosive speech in Lok Sabha on Rohith Vemula and JNU row
Feb 24: The Union HRD Minister lashed out at the Opposition in Lok Sabha saying there was no question of…
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