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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled Tuesday a bigger Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget, with higher spending on highways to affordable housing. This was done with a view to fire up the key engines of the economy to sustain a world-beating recovery from the...

Middle, salaried class disappointed again New Delhi: Belying expectations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not tinker with the personal income tax rates in the Budget for 2022-23. The minister also did not raise standard deduction, which was widely anticipated in view of elevated inflation levels...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday approved the Budget 2022-23, sources said. The Budget will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a short while from now in the Lok Sabha. The Budget documents usually include the finance...

Keonjhar: Despite execution of a host of development programmes by the Odisha and the Central governments for the Juang tribe in this district, their progress on socio-economic and education fronts has been dismal, if the literacy rate of 12.24 per cent among these tribals is...

Puri: Devotees will be allowed to enter the Shri Jagannath Temple here from Tuesday (February 1, 2022) from 6.00am to 9.00pm on all days except Sundays. The temple had been closed down January 10 to January 31 as Covid-19 cases shot up in Odisha mainly...

Nairobi: A local official in northeastern Kenya says at least 10 people are dead after their vehicle ran over an explosive device on a highway Monday morning. North Eastern regional commander George Seda said the blast occurred outside Mandera town. It was not clear how...

Srinagar: Five terrorists, including a Pakistani national, were killed in two separate encounters at Budgam and Pulwama districts in Kashmir in the last 12 hours, officials said Sunday. Four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists were killed in an encounter with the security forces in the Naira area...

New Delhi: After the new expose in an international publication on Pegasus, the Congress Saturday alleged that the Modi government is involved in the whole incident and snooped rivals which is an act of treason. Addressing a press conference, leader of opposition in the Rajya...

Bhubaneswar: Soon made in Odisha rapid antigen testing kits will hit the market for testing of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has validated the first made in Odisha Covid-19 rapid antigen test kit, ImCOV-Ag. The kit has been developed...

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's granddaughter Dr Soundarya V Y allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling fan at her Vasant Nagar flat Friday morning, police said. According to police, the reason behind the extreme step taken by the...