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New Delhi: The government will introduce a new Income Tax bill in Parliament next week, replacing the six-decade-old income tax act of 1961. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her 2025-26 Budget speech, said the new I-T Bill will carry forward the spirit of "Nyaya" (justice)...

Mysuru: Criticising the Union Budget 2025, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dubbed it as a disappointing one, detrimental to the state's welfare. "Not a single demand we raised in the pre-Budget meeting was fulfilled. Karnataka, one of the highest tax-paying states, received nothing in the Budget,"...

New Delhi: Eight outgoing AAP MLAs joined the BJP in New Delhi Saturday, with only four days to go for the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls. All the eight MLAs resigned from the primary membership of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Friday, citing reasons like...

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress has accused the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of depriving West Bengal in her budget proposals for the Financial Year 2025-26 that were presented on the floor of the Parliament Saturday. "When West Bengal had sent 18 BJP Lok Sabha members...

New Delhi: Imported life-saving drugs and medicines used in the treatment of cancer, rare and other severe chronic diseases, along with imported premium cars and motorcycles, are set to become cheaper with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing cuts in customs duty in the Union Budget...

Bijapur: Eight Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Saturday, the police said. The gunfight broke out around 8.30 am in the forest in Gangaloor police station area when a joint team of security personnel was out on an...

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday said the government is busy garnering praises for the Union Budget when the entire country is struggling with problems of inflation and unemployment, and asserted that the Budget is an attempt to "dupe" the people. He said the...

New Delhi: Union government Saturday unveiled several big-ticket plans for poll-bound Bihar in the FY26 Budget, which include setting up of a makahana board, a greenfield airport as well as financial support for Western Koshi Canal Project in the Mithilanchal region of the state. In...

New Delhi: Individuals having an annual income of Rs 24 lakh or more can hope to save of Rs 1.10 lakh in income tax, while those earning Rs 12 lakh will have to pay no tax, benefiting to the tune of Rs 80,000 from next...

New Delhi: If budgetary proposals are anything to go by, the decadal census is unlikely to be carried out in 2025 as well with a meagre Rs 574.80 crore allocated for the exercise in the Budget presented Saturday. A meeting of the Union Cabinet December...