New Delhi: The Opposition on Wednesday claimed the Union Budget was “discriminatory” against non-NDA-ruled states and accused the prime minister of running a “shaky and vulnerable” coalition government. The ruling BJP rejected the charge and described the budgetary provisions as a tool to achieve the dream of a ‘Vikisit Bharat’. During the general discussion on…
Kathmandu: A private Nepalese airline plane crashed during takeoff and caught fire at the Tribhuvan International Airport here on Wednesday, killing 18 people aboard, including a foreigner, while the pilot survived with major injuries. The Nepalese domestic plane N9AME, belonging to Saurya Airlines, was bound for Pokhara for regular maintenance service when the accident occurred…
New Delhi: The government has no plans to privatise Singareni Collieries Company in Telangana and efforts will be made to further strengthen it, Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday. The coal mining company is jointly owned by the Telangana government and the Union government, and its reserves stretch across 350 kilometres…
Chennai: The ruling DMK, hitting out at AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami for his criticism of the state government over Amma Canteens, on Wednesday asked if he has locus standi to comment on the issue as the state-run eateries witnessed phased closure during his regime. The Dravidian party’s official Tamil organ ‘Murasoli’ said the Amma…
New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs staged a protest in Parliament premises on Wednesday over the alleged discrimination against opposition-ruled states in the Union Budget, with Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi saying the budget is an “assault on the sanctity of India’s federal structure”. Besides Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge,…
Kathmandu: An aircraft belonging to a private airline company with 19 people on board crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday morning. At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines plane which met with the accident at around 11 am, sources said. The pilot of the…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party takes immense pride in the groundbreaking achievement of the Liberalisation Budget of 1991, and asserted that there is a pressing need once again for meaningful and robust second-generation reforms. In a post on X, Kharge said July 1991 marked a watershed moment in India’s…
Washington: Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Friday. Netanyahu is in Washington and will on Wednesday address a joint session of the US Congress, the only foreign leader to do so for a fourth…
New Delhi: Industry leaders on Tuesday welcomed the defence outlay of Rs 6.22 lakh crore in the Union Budget, with some calling it a “landmark allocation” while others saying that initiatives outlined in the budget will collectively signal a “robust blueprint” for India’s progressive and inclusive development. Ashish Saraf, vice president and country director, Thales…
New Delhi: Buoyed by improvement in revenue collection, the government has lowered the fiscal deficit target to 4.9 per cent for the current financial year as against 5.1 per cent estimated in February’s interim Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, however, retained the fiscal deficit estimate at 4.5 per cent for 2025-26 as announced in February….
