Shift Nawaz Sharif to hospital: Pak’s Punjab govt orders jail admin
Lahore, Feb 2 : Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government Saturday ordered that Nawaz Sharif be shifted to a hospital from jail, days after a special medical board concluded that the former prime minister has developed cardiac complications. Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills […]
Populist push in Budget before polls: Rs 5 L income exempt from tax, Rs 6,000 cash to small farmers
New Delhi, Feb 1 : Making a big populist push in its final budget before elections, the Narendra Modi-government Friday exempted people with an earning of up to Rs 5 lakh from payment of income tax, announced an annual cash dole-out of Rs 6,000 to small farmers and provided a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 […]
Budget empowers all sections of society: PM
New Delhi, Feb 1 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the interim budget is merely a “trailer” of what will guide India towards prosperity after the Lok Sabha polls and described it as something which will benefit all sections of the society. In his remarks after the interim budget was presented in Parliament, Modi […]
Giving farmers Rs 17 a day insult to everything they stand, work for: Rahul
New Delhi, Feb 1 : Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged the government destroyed the lives of farmers over the past fiver years, and said its Interim Budget announcement of “Rs 17 a day” for them was an insult to everything they stand and work for. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, in the Interim Budget Friday, […]
Interim budget has no value: Mamata
Kolkata, Feb 1 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Friday the interim budget for 2019-20 had absolutely no value as the term of the NDA government would end soon. “Who will implement this (interim budget)? Will the new government that will come into being implement this budget? Before election a vote on account […]
Mayawati calls Budget ‘jumlebazi’
Lucknow, Feb 1 : BSP president Mayawati called the Budget presented Friday by the BJP-led government `jumlebazi’, or empty rhetoric, that did not address the ground realties. She claimed that economic disparities had grown during the last five years with only a handful of capitalists benefiting, instead of farmers and the poor. “This is wrong […]
Citizenship bill to give justice to persecuted minorities of Pak, B’desh, Afghanistan: Prez
New Delhi, Jan 31 : Amid protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Northeast, President Ram Nath Kovind said Thursday the contentious legislation will give justice to persecuted minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan through Indian nationality. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament at the beginning of the Budget session, Kovind said the NDA […]
Rahul slams Modi on job creation, says ‘leaked report card’ reveals disaster
New Delhi, Jan 31 : Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over employment generation, saying he promised two crore jobs, but five years later a “leaked job creation report card” has revealed a “national disaster”. In a tweet, Gandhi also asserted that it was time for the prime minister to […]
Hazare’s fast enters 2nd day; locals in his village observe bandh
Ralegan Siddhi (Maha), Jan 31 : Social activist Anna Hazare’s hunger strike entered the second day on Thursday as he remained defiant on his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra and resolution of farmers’ issues. A bandh was also observed by locals in Hazare’s native Ralegan Siddhi village in […]
President’s address a summary of ‘lame’ excuses for non performance: Cong
New Delhi, Jan 31 : The Congress on Thursday described President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to Parliament as “a summary of lame excuses for non performance” and alleged that the government is seeking to lend credibility to “false promises” through it. Presenting a virtual report card of the Modi government’s tenure, President Kovind, in his […]
