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New Delhi: The Opposition Tuesday termed the Union Budget as a "kursi bachao budget" driven by political compulsions and claimed that it ignored opposition-ruled states in a bid to "appease" BJP's allies. The Congress slammed the Budget as being "more focused on posturing than action"...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday announced income tax relief for the middle class, a Rs 2 lakh crore outlay for job creation schemes over the next five years and a spending splurge for states run by her party's new coalition partners as she...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the pleas seeking cancellation and re-test of the controversy-ridden NEET-UG 2024, holding that there was no data on record to indicate a systemic leak of question paper and other malpractices. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said the ‘special help’ announced in the Union Budget addressed the state's concerns, which had previously led to demands for special category status. Speaking to reporters at the Vidhan Sabha premises shortly after the Budget presentation Union Finance...

New Delhi: The Centre has set aside Rs 1.48 lakh crore for education, employment and skilling of youth, which is 30 per cent higher than the previous allocation of Rs 1.13 lakh crore. “In this Budget, we particularly focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs and the...

New Delhi: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday hailed the government's decision to formulate "Purvodaya", a plan for the development of the eastern region, including his home state, Odisha. "Comprehensive focus on development of human resources, infrastructure and economic opportunities and assistance to Odisha for development...

New Delhi: The government will formulate an 'Economic Policy Framework' to set the scope of the next generation of reforms for facilitating employment opportunities and sustaining high growth. The proposed 'Economic Policy Framework' is one of the nine priorities envisaged in the Budget for generating...

New Delhi: Over Rs 200 crore have been earmarked for expenditure on ‘examination and selection’ of the civil servants by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the 2024-25 Budget announced Tuesday. The Commission conducts the civil services examination annually in three stages -- preliminary,...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Tuesday said the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha has nothing for West Bengal and called it a budget for the ruling NDA and not for India. "This is a 'kursi bachao budget' (budget...

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday slammed the Union Budget, claiming that it has ignored the interests of the youth and farmers. Speaking to reporters after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget in Parliament, Yadav linked her announcements of several development measures...