New Delhi, 2/2: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday rejected criticism over the slide of the Indian rupee, saying it has depreciated only against a strengthening US dollar but remained stable against all other currencies because of the strong macronomic foundation. In an interview with PTI, she said a 3 per cent depreciation in the…
Karachi, 2/1: Hina Munawar, a police officer with a strong background in security and operations, has been named as the first female team manager for the Pakistan men’s cricket team ahead of the Champions Trophy. Munawar, who has served in the Frontier Constabulary in the high-risk Swat area, has been appointed as the Operations Manager…
Bhubaneswar, 2/2: In a recent development ,Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Sunday announced that the release of the installment amount of Subhadra Yojana’s fourth phase will be on February 8. Parida urged the eligible beneficiaries under the Subhadra Yojana to get their issues including NPCI and eKYC checks by visiting their concerned bank…
New Delhi: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday launched the party’s fourth campaign song for Delhi Assembly elections, three says before the February 5 polling day. The song — “Dil Walo Ki Dilli Ko Ab BJP Sarkar Chahiye” — has been sung by former MP Dinesh Lal Yadav, while senior BJP leader Neel Kant Bakshi…
New Delhi, 1/2: Eight outgoing AAP MLAs joined the BJP here on 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) on Friday, citing reasons like alleged corruption and the Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s deviation from…
Puri: Young artist Biswajit Nayak has created a model of Lord Jagannath’s Lotus Attire (Padma Vesha) using 1475 new ice cream sticks. He took 4 days to make this Besha. He has created a 3-foot tall and 2-foot wide statue of Lord Jagannath’s rare Padma Besha statue. In his creation the artist has made lotus…
New Delhi,1/2: 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 on Saturday. A meeting of the Union Cabinet on December 24, 2019 had approved the proposal for conducting…
New Delhi, 1/2: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Union Budget 2025 is a blueprint of the Modi government’s vision for building a developed country and that the middle class is always in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s heart. Shah said the Budget covers every section from farmers to the middle class and…
New Delhi, 1/2: In a major relief to middle class, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her budget speech that taxpayers with salaries up to Rs 12 lakh would not be required to pay tax in the new tax regime. The Union Minister also announced changes in the tax slabs. The new tax regime…
New Delhi,1/2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces the challenges of reviving growth and giving relief to a middle class hit by rising living costs, while also preparing for an uncertain year of global trade, when his government unveils its budget on Saturday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the next fiscal year…
