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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has dismissed senior IAS officer and former managing director of the Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), Vinod Kumar from service on corruption charges. This action was taken after the corruption charges levelled against Kumar were found to be true and the Union government accorded necessary clearances to this effect, official […]

Ahmedabad: Pharmaceutical company Zydus on Wednesday announced that it has started the supplies of its COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D to the Government of India against their order from its newly commissioned state-of-the-art, Zydus Vaccine Technology Excellence Centre at the Zydus Biotech Park in Changodar, Ahmedabad. The company is also planning to make the vaccine available in […]

Chennai: It was a moment of great pride for the team that created Vande Bharat trains (also known as Train 18) when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced production of 400 trains over the next three years, said the train creator. Presenting the Union Budget for 2022-23, Sitharaman said 400 new energy efficient Vande Bharat trains […]

New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem on Wednesday gave a notice under rule 267 to suspend the business and discuss the Pegasus issue. Today, CPI MP from Kerala Binoy Viswam also gave a suspension of business notice under rule 267 demanding a discussion on Pegasus spyware. Opposition leaders have […]

Mainpuri: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the death of a 16-year-old school girl who was allegedly raped and found hanging in a prayer room in the school in 2019, has filed a 2,000-page charge sheet against the former principal of the residential school. Special public prosecutor (POCSO) Anoop Yadav said: “The charge sheet was […]

New Delhi: India on Wednesday reported 1,61,386 new COVID-19 cases and 1,733 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The country’s overall COVID-19 cases tally has reached 4,16,30885, while the death toll has mounted to 4,97,975. India on Tuesday reported 1,67,059 new COVID infections and 1,192 deaths. With […]

New Delhi: A major fire broke out in an oil tank at a factory in Ghuman Hera area of southwest Delhi on Wednesday. Fire Department received a call about the incident at around 5 a.m. Fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot following the information. A senior official of the department said that the […]

New Delhi: The Healthcare industry experts have expressed mixed reactions to the Union Budget 2022. Some experts have welcomed the provision for National Digital Health Ecosystem in the post vaccination first budget while some have opined that other essential services have been ignored. K. Sujatha Rao, former secretary, Health Ministry, termed the budget “disappointing” for […]

Mumbai: Social media influencer Vikas Fhatak, also known as ‘Hindustani Bhau’ has been sent to police custody by the court till February 4. “We have tendered an unconditional apology in court. Our cause was right, we had come to support the students. Unfortunately, it was misused and it turned into a riot. We will cooperate […]

Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday said that the Union Budget 2022-23 looks more like a manifesto wherein most of them are announcements only. Slamming the Centre, Thackeray told the reporters, “This budget looks more like a manifesto. In this budget, mostly announcements are made and it will be important to see the outcome.” […]

New Delhi: Giving clarity on taxation of cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed a 30 per cent tax on income from transactions in such assets. Also, to bring such assets under the tax net, she proposed a 1 per cent TDS (tax deducted at source) on transactions in such […]

Hyderabad: There is nothing for the common man, particularly the salaried class. There have been no tax exemptions, deductions or tax proposals that can help employees save tax. These expectations stemmed from the rising cost of living and also higher Covid-related spend. Also, there have been many concerns related to work-from-home, which many hoped will […]

Hyderabad: The Finance Minister also announced that the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) will be extended to cover the next fiscal as well, with expanded guarantee cover of Rs 5 lakh crore. This will help the MSMEs that have been hit by the pandemic, said Mahesh Desai, Chairman of Engineering Export Promotion Council. The […]

Hyderabad: The Union Budget 2022-23 focuses on a long-term plan for the country with digitisation, urban development, and sustainability at its core. For the real estate sector, the budget placed an outlay of Rs 48,000 crores under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, and construction of 80 lakh homes will facilitate affordable housing. Real estate sector […]

Hyderabad: Outstanding scientist and Programme Director, Advanced Naval Systems Programme, GA Srinivasa Murthy, has been appointed as Director, Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), a premier laboratory of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, DRDO, Hyderabad, on Tuesday. Srinivasa Murthy assumed charge as Director, DRDL following superannuation of Dr Dashrath Ram, DS and Director DRDL. […]

New Delhi: The Railway Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,40,367.13 crore in the Union Budget on Tuesday – Rs 20,311 crore more than the revised figures of the previous fiscal. Vande Bharat Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech for 2022-23 said that India will manufacture 400 new, energy-efficient Vande Bharat trains in the […]

New Delhi: In further respite for startups amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the government on Tuesday announced to extend the period to avail tax incentives by one more year. To incentivise startups, the government had last year extended the eligibility for claiming tax holidays for startups by a year to March 31, 2022. It had […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said customs duty rates are being calibrated to provide a graded rate structure to facilitate domestic manufacturing of products like wearables and electronic smart meters. Presenting the Union Budget 2022-23, Sitharaman said duty concessions are also being given on certain items to enable domestic manufacturing of high-growth […]

Kolkata: The Union Budget provided nothing to the common people who have been “crushed” by unemployment and inflation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, terming it a “Pegasus spin budget”. Banerjee said the Centre was lost in “big words” signifying nothing. BUDGET HAS ZERO FOR COMMON PEOPLE, WHO ARE GETTING CRUSHED BY […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that the Modi government is on a “destructive path” as it talks of protecting the environment on the one hand but is promoting ecologically disastrous river-linking projects on the other. His remarks came soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2022-23 in […]

Patna: NDA constituent Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Tuesday expressed its disappointment with the Union Budget 2022-23. JD-U Parliamentary Board President Upendra Kushwaha called it a “disappointing Budget”. “We have a long standing demand for special status of Bihar and expecting that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would say something on it but unfortunately, she completely […]

New Delhi: Calling the Union Budget a “visionary budget” brought by the Modi government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said it will change the scale of India’s economy and make the country self-reliant. Shah took Twitter to express his views soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament. […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday dubbed the Union Budget for 2022-23 as a “zero-sum budget”, saying it has nothing for the salaried, middle class and the poor. His comments came soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in Parliament “M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Budget! Nothing for – Salaried class, […]

Udupi: The protesting Muslim girl students of the Government Girls Pre-University College here, who attended their Class wearing ‘hijab’ thereby defying the Karnataka government order, were sent out of the respective Classrooms on Tuesday. The entry to media has been prohibited in the premises of the college and security has been beefed in the campus […]