Chennai, Feb 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s major political leaders Saturday expressed their disappointment at most proposals made by union finance minister Arun Jaitley in his 2015-16 budget while welcoming a few. “In so far as our hopes and expectations have not been fully met, we have to say that the budget has fallen short of […]
Lucknow, Feb 28 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party and the CPI-ML Saturday slammed the union budget, saying it had disappointed the common man. Samajwadi Party spokesman and cabinet minister Rajendra Chowdhary said people were looking forward to the budget with hope, especially that some relief would be given in various tax regimes and to control inflation. […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) In a move apparently dictated more by politics, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday proposed a series of sops for Bihar and West Bengal, which are set to hold assembly polls this year and in 2016. Presenting the union budget for 2015-16, Jaitley announced special assistance for the two eastern states […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Two drug traffickers, including a woman, were arrested in two separate raids and 500 grams heroin worth Rs.50 lakh in the international market seized from them, police said Saturday. The duo were apprehended in two separate raids conducted by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police at two different places in […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India’s defence ministry Saturday cleared a project worth Rs.32,000 crore for 12 mine sweeping vessels to be made in the country, along with some other projects including one for buying 38 basic trainer aircrafts. In a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the government […]
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday unveiled a slew of stringent steps to battle black money stashed abroad, including a new law that will entail rigorous imprisonment of up to 10 years and a penalty of 300 percent on its perpetrators. Those evading tax by sending money to foreign countries will […]
Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) A team of police officers from 21 countries Friday visited the office of Telangana’s police chief. Director General of Police Anurag Sharma and other senior police officers briefed them about the functioning of state crime record bureau, fingerprint bureau and also explained them about the functioning of anti-Maoist force Grey Hounds. […]
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notices to British daily and two Indian newspapers on a defamation suit filed against them by Raihan, son of Robert and Priyanaka Vadra, for carrying a news article speculating that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi may adopt him to finalize a succession plan in […]
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Sidelined Trinamool Congress national general secretary Mukul Roy Friday said he has not crossed any limits by calling on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and would skip the party working committee meeting Saturday due to the union budget presentation and personal work. Throwing veiled punches at the party leadership, Roy – […]
Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Telesur, a telecommunications service provider in Suriname, and India’s YuppTV, Friday signed an agreement to deliver over-the-top (OTT) internet television services in the South American nation. YuppTV, claimed to be a leading OTT content player for South Asian content, will provide a full turnkey technology solution to Telesur. It will aggregate […]