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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will Tuesday present her 7th straight Budget that would lay a roadmap for Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047, while giving a glimpse of the Modi government's performance in the past 10 years. All eyes will be on whether...

Bhubaneswar: As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the first budget of the Narendra Modi government 3.0 Tuesday, the people in the Capital city are looking forward to some special grants that could significantly impact the state’s economic and infrastructure landscape. They are...

Mumbai: A sailor is missing after fire broke out aboard the Navy's multi-role frigate INS Brahmaputra in Mumbai dockyard, an official said Monday, adding the ship is now resting on the side. “A fire had broken out on board Indian Naval Ship Brahmaputra, a multi-role...

New Delhi: The BJP and the RSS Monday hailed the Centre's move to lift a ban on government employees from participating in activities of the Hindutva organisation, while opposition parties slammed the decision, alleging that it is aimed at politicising employees around an ideology. In...

New Delhi: The government cited an inter-ministerial group report prepared in 2012 to assert in Lok Sabha Monday that a case for granting special category status to Bihar is not made out, a day after BJP's allies from Bihar demanded the status for the backward...

New Delhi: The pre-budget Economic Survey Monday called for urgent reforms in India's agricultural sector, warning that the structural issues could impede the country's overall economic growth trajectory. The survey, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, highlighted the untapped potential of the Indian...

New Delhi: Over 170 employees at the National Testing Agency (NTA) are either contractual or outsourced staff, the Ministry of Education (MoE) informed the Parliament Monday. The ministry, however, clarified that "all core activities involving setting up of question papers" for the exams conducted by...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked the Director, IIT-Delhi to set up a team of three experts that would go into a particular question asked in the NEET-UG 2024 examination and submit a report on the correct answer by Tuesday noon. The top court...

New Delhi: The government's pre-Budget Economic Survey Monday set a conservative growth forecast of 6.5 to 7 per cent for the current fiscal as it flagged the need for creating more jobs in the economy and backed more Chinese direct investments to boost exports. The...

New Delhi: The Economic Survey has projected a prudent growth rate of 6.5-7 per cent for the current financial year, and much will depend upon the progress of the monsoon, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said Monday. Addressing reporters here after the tabling of...