In her Budget 2025 presentation speech at the Parliament on Saturday (February 1), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that individuals with a salary income of up to Rs 12 lakh will now be…
Kerala Lottery Results February 2: The Kerala State Lottery Department to announce the results of the Akshaya AK 687 held on February 2, 2025. This highly anticipated draw has once again offered…
Budget 2025 proposes great relief to taxpayers earning up to Rs 12 lakh annually by offering rebates under Section 87A such that their tax liability becomes nil.
However, there are still cases where…
Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman delivered big relief for the middle class as she presented her eighth consecutive Union Budget. One interesting fact from the Saturday address was that…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Union Budget 2025, calling it a “people’s budget.”
“This budget is a force multiplier. It will increase savings, investments, consumption and…
Zakia Jafri, the wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, died on Saturday in Ahmedabad at the age of 86.
Ehsan Jafri was among 69 persons who were killed…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will deliver the Union Budget 2025 as part of Parliament’s Budget session, which started on January 31, 2025. The first portion of the budget session will conclude…
The Uttar Pradesh government will organise ‘India-Nepal Friendship Festival’ from February 5 to 23 to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries, an official said on Friday.
The…
India awaits with bated breath for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present the country’s Budget. After months of toiling and great secrecy, the Budget will be made public on February 1,…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Economic Survey 2024-25 in Parliament at 12 PM on Friday (January 31). The Economic Survey is a pre-budget document detailing the state of the…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to tweak the income tax structure and increase exemptions for taxpayers in the Budget 2025.
Sitharaman will present her eighth budget on Saturday…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 will present a record eighth consecutive budget that is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth and ease the burden on the…
With a large number of devotees flocking to Ayodhya since January 26, a senior official of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Tuesday appealed to the devotees from the nearby areas to show…
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed airlines to increase capacity and rationalize fares for flights to Prayagraj during the ongoing Mahakumbh. This move comes after numerous…
The ceremonial Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the Union Budget preparation, is scheduled for 5 pm Friday at the North Block, with India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman following the…
Diplomats from India and the US are working to set up a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump in February.
Reuters, citing two Indian sources familiar with the…
The BJP on Friday released the first part of its manifesto for the February 5 Delhi polls, keeping women at the centre of its poll pitch by promising Rs 2,500 monthly aid for them, Rs 21,000 for every…
Chief Minister and AAP candidate from Kalkaji Atishi on Sunday launched a crowdfunding campaign to contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and said she hoped that people would support her party’s…
The electoral battle ahead of the Delhi assembly polls is being fought on social media. There has erupted an emphatic “poster-and-video war” between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi…
India’s industrial production growth slowed marginally to 4.9 per cent month-on-month in March 2024, mainly due to poor show by the mining sector, according to official data released on Friday.
The…
Organisers of India’s Kumbh Mela have prepared to host a staggering 400 million devotees at the six-week Hindu festival that starts Monday and is expected to be the largest human gathering in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate a series of development initiatives in Delhi on Friday, which includes 1,675 flats for residents of JJ clusters and two urban redevelopment projects…
The year 2024 was quite eventful in India in terms of what it means for the layperson’s savings and money management.
Here’s a look at five key money rule changes that took place in 2024.
1. Changes…
The clock is ticking closer to 2025. It’s time to reflect on 2024, the year which saw India reach several milestones. Behind each milestone were the five newsmakers of the year that helped the country…
Tata group-owned Air India has confirmed an order for 100 Airbus aircraft, the two companies said on Monday, as part of a multi-billion-dollar plan to turn itself into a leading global airline.
In…
The world mourns the loss of Ratan Tata, the revered former chairman of the Tata Group, whose life was defined by extraordinary contributions to society, particularly in Assam. His passing marks the…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent adopting a cautious stance to balance inflationary concerns with the need for economic growth.
Announcing the…
The new monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), led by Governor Shaktikanta Das, will announce the new repo rate on Wednesday (October 9) which is currently at 6.5 per…
Delhi’s new Chief Minister-designate Atishi will take oath on September 21 along with her new cabinet which has retained four ministers from Arvind Kejriwal’s team.
However, there is going to be one…
All eyes are on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After dropping a bombshell on Sunday (September 15) that he would be resigning from his post as chief minister, he has sought an appointment with…
On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 74. The leader with the global presence has unyielding commitment to his vision, strategic acumen and a deep connection with the…
Indian food delivery platform Zomato said on Wednesday it will acquire the movie and events ticketing businesses of digital payments firm Paytm for a combined 20.48 billion rupees ($244.2 million), as…
India, the world’s third largest oil consuming and importing nation, in July bought USD 2.8 billion worth of crude oil from Russia, second only to China which remains the largest importer of Russian…
Most number of deaths (14) have been recorded in the month of July in Asha Kiran Shelter Home being run in Delhi’s Rohini area, an official report said.A controversy has erupted over the deaths in the…
New Delhi: In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that states are empowered to make sub-classifications of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for granting quotas inside the…
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till August 5 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia’s petition challenging Delhi High Court order rejecting his bail plea in connection with the money…
The Indian Navy has long been a cornerstone of India’s defence strategy, tasked with safeguarding the country’s extensive maritime borders. However, a troubling trend of accidents and mishaps has…
Union Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman kept the India’s FY25 capex outlay unchanged at Rs 11.11 lakh crore – the same as was earmarked in interim Budget 2024 tabled in February.
“This…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government will formulate plan Purvodaya for all round development of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to achieve…
In about two hours, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her seventh consecutive Union Budget, surpassing the record of presenting six straight Budgets in the 1960s by Morarji Desai….
Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar has been in the news since last week for allegedly using fraudulent means to clear her civil services exam, including allegedly misrepresenting herself under the…
Three labourers died of asphyxiation at an illegal coal mine in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, police said on Sunday.
A case has been registered against four persons for culpable homicide not…
India’s industrial production grew to a seven-month high of 5.9 per cent in May 2024, mainly due to good showing by power and mining sectors, according to official data released on Friday.
The factory…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Russia, scheduled for July 8-9, has generated a lot of buzz in India. This is the first time Modi will have an in-person bilateral meeting with Russian…
The Union Budget will be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 23, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday.
The Budget session will begin on July 22 and go on till August 12.
An…
London/Paris: India has launched the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) at Paris’ historic department store Galeries Lafayette after a successful launch at the iconic Eiffel Tower.
This significant step…
Koo, the Indian social media platform that sought to compete with Elon Musk’s X, is shutting down its operations after discussions of a potential acquisition with Dailyhunt failed.
Despite receiving…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to Moscow in the second week next month to hold the annual India-Russia summit level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to a…
Nita Mukesh Ambani, founder and chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, on Monday visited Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Temple to present the wedding invitation of her son, Anant Ambani.
“I have brought…
The Centre on Friday operationalised a stringent law that aims to curb malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations and entails provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine…
The Bihar cabinet has decided Thursday that four cities in the state Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur will have metro connectivity. Patna Metro, the foundation of which was laid by Prime…
Union Budget 2024 is expected to be presented on July 22, government sources told News18.
It will be the first full budget of Modi 3.0 government.
Government sources further told News18 that the…
Bengaluru has emerged as India’s leading city for electric car registrations in 2023, surpassing major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Pune.
The city’s tech-savvy workforce, who are usually open to…
Indian universities and higher education institutions will now be allowed to offer admissions twice a year on lines of foreign universities with the University Grants Commission giving a go ahead to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off his third term in office on Monday morning by authorising the release of the 17th instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi, which aims to benefit 9.3 crore farmers and…
Also referred to as mail-in ballots, postal ballots enable registered voters to cast their ballots by mail as an alternative to visiting a polling place. It offers a practical substitute for those who…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict dismissing his bail pleas in cases lodged by the ED and CBI in connection with the…
Mohamed Muizzu has sent his man, Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer to India at a time when both countries are undergoing troubled diplomatic ties. He was bombarded with questions that were due to…
Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia approached the high court on Thursday seeking bail in the corruption and money-laundering cases lodged by the CBI and the ED respectively in relation…
Uttarakhand’s Nainital is reeling under a massive forest fire, the worst the hilly town has seen in years. Fire has engulfed almost 34 acres of forest land since Friday, prompting assistance from the…