President Pranab Mukhejee has given his assent allowing Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget 2017. The Budget will be presented as scheduled as the government has spoken to all parties, as per the sources. Earlier there were reports that Budget may postpone by a day after MP E[Read More…]
Veteran Kerala MP, E Ahamed, who suffered a heart attack and collapsed in Parliament’s Central Hall on Tuesday, died after undergoing treatment at the city-based Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. “Ahamed died despite being tried to revive. He was on life support system since Tuesday evening,” said sources as per a[Read More…]
Two persons and a minor girl were killed while 15 others injured in an explosion in a car at the site of an election meeting Tuesday in Bathinda district of Punjab. Police said a pressure cooker had been recovered from the site which had been cordoned off by BSF personnel. There[Read More…]
There is an undercurrent of conflict between BJP and the RSS over the allocation of tickets in Uttar Pradesh. Effigies of party national president Amit Shah and state chief Keshav Prasad Maurya have been burned in Lucknow where he recently visited. As per inside stories, this is the first time that there[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Tuesday assured strict action against the police if it is proved that they resorted to violence during the protests on Jallikattu. “A new investigation commission headed by a former high court judge will set up to inquire about the violence and police excesses[Read More…]
Launching scathing attack on Modi government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government has been completely failed to create jobs. “The main question in India today is creation of jobs for young people. It is a big issue today to provide jobs for youth in India,” Rahul said outside[Read More…]
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is all set to address Parliament and table the Economic Survey on Tuesday. The Economic Survey features the economic growth forecasts, recommend policy changes and set the tone for the Union Budget to be presented on Wednesday. The Economic Survey is tabled just a day[Read More…]
Iran conducted its first ballistic missile test under Donald Trump’s presidency, in yet another apparent violation of a United Nations resolution, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday. The United States has said that it is studying details of an Iranian ballistic missile test. Press secretary Sean Spicer said he[Read More…]
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman, gave a clear warning to Trump administration against including Pakistan in the list of travel ban nations. Such an act shall invite a “host of hostilities” between the two countries. Bilawal’s remarks came as the USA seeks to ban citizens of seven Muslim-majority[Read More…]
Releasing Congress’ ‘State of Economy’ report on Monday former PM Manmohan Singh said that the Indian economy is not in good shape. The document was released at a press conference, which was also attended by P Chidambaram and other Congress leaders, a day before the government presents the Economic Survey.[Read More…]
The online petition to stop US President Donald Trump’s official UK visit has gathered more than a million signatures. Following Trump’s Muslim ban, the petition has garnered huge support online. British PM Theresa May announced the visit during her recent US trip. The petition alleged that Donald Trump’s UK visit[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh helped tycoon Vijay Mallya get loans citing letters that have been reported in the media. As per reports, the UPA government facilitated loans to Mr Mallya, who allegedly wrote to Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister[Read More…]
As UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi flaunted the SP-Congress alliance addressing a road show in Lucknow, Samajwadi Party patriarch and Akhilesh Yadav’s father Mulayam Singh Yadav disregarded the tie-up and refused to campaign for the new political set-up. According to NDTV reports, Mulayam said SP was[Read More…]
The Reserve Bank of India has rejected the Election Commission’s proposal to increase the weekly withdrawal limit for those contesting the Assembly elections. There will be no change in the withdrawal limit till March 11, when the poll results would be declared. Currently, ATM withdrawal limit stands at Rs 10,000 a[Read More…]
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav left an image of a healthy relationship between the two, as they addressed the crowd in joint conference and roadshow. Flaunting their unity they said that they were like the “two wheels of a cycle” (the SP’s poll symbol) and the[Read More…]