New Delhi:  In a big push for employment, skilling and other opportunities, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced an outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore for several schemes targeting...

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Union Budget for its measures for every section of society, asserting that it has heralded better growth and a bright...

New Delhi:  Senior BJP leaders, including Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and J P Nadda, heaped praise on the budget on Tuesday, lauding its vision and focus on all-round...

New Delhi:  The Congress on Tuesday termed the Union Budget a "copycat" and a "kursi bachao" budget, and said the "copy-paste government" borrowed ideas generously from the party's manifesto but...

Beijing: In a rare show of solidarity amidst the war in Gaza, 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, have jointly pledged to end their deep divisions and strengthen Palestinian...

London:  Anjem Choudary, a radical Islamist preacher with dual British and Pakistani nationality, was on Tuesday found guilty of directing a banned terrorist organisation and faces life imprisonment in the...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed reduction in basic customs duty on gold and silver to 6 per cent and platinum to 6.4 per cent. In her...

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Tuesday said courts should stay bail orders only in exceptional circumstances. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih said...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to create history when she presents her seventh straight budget on Tuesday for 2024-25, surpassing the record of former prime minister Morarji...

Rajouri/Jammu: A soldier and a civilian were injured as security forces foiled twin terror attacks on an Army post and the house of a Village Defence Group (VDG) in Jammu...