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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday presented Union Budget 2025-26, envisaging an expenditure of Rs 50,65,345 crore, an increase of 7.4 per cent over the current fiscal. The 2024-25 expenditure (Revised Estimates) is Rs 47.16 lakh crore. According to Budget documents, Rs 5,41,850.21 crore...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday announced that there will be no income tax payable for incomes up to Rs 12 lakh, and Rs 12.75 lakh for salaried taxpayers (including standard deduction). In the new tax regime, the revised tax rate structure is Rs...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday began the presentation of record 8th Union Budget 2025-26 in Lok Sabha. Watch the live stream of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2025 speech by clicking here. This Budget continues efforts to accelerate growth and provide inclusive development,...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the eighth consecutive time Saturday. Nirmala Sitharaman, who surpassed the record of former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Morarji Desai last year, is set to present the Union Budget for 2025-26 in...

New Delhi: India's economy is likely to expand by 6.3-6.8 per cent in the coming fiscal, much lower than what is needed to become a developed country, and requires deregulation and reforms in areas like land and labour to stimulate growth, according to the government's...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu in her address to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha Friday highlighted the government's various schemes and goals. She said the government was committed to fulfilling the welfare of the poor and the dreams of...

New Delhi:  The Economic Survey, a pre-budget document detailing the state of the economy over the last fiscal year, will be presented in Parliament at noon Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The presentation comes a day before the much-anticipated Union Budget 2025-26 arrival. The...

Washington: A commercial American Eagle plane about to land at the Reagan National Airport collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night, in one of the worst aviation disasters in recent US history. “Both aircraft crashed instantly and were immediately submerged into the...

Arlington: At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, officials said Thursday. The...

Washington: A mid-air collision over the Potomac River near Washington's Reagan National Airport has claimed at least 18 lives, as rescue teams continue to search for survivors, according to local media reports. The crash involved American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk military helicopter....