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: 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….
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented a balanced and gratitude-oriented Budget 2025 under Narendra Modi’s third term. Matching the record of Morarji Desai by presenting the Union budget for the seventh time, Sitharaman delivered crucial announcements after an embarrassing electoral loss, demonstrating resilience despite the ruling party lacking a simple majority….
New Delhi: The Central government will provide Rs 15,000 crore financial assistance for Andhra Pradesh for the purpose of development of Amaravati, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. Presenting the Budget for 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha, she further said the NDA government at the Centre is fully committed to financing and early…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday again took a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional ‘bahi-khata’ style pouch as she headed for Parliament to present the full Budget 2024-25 in a paperless format just like the previous years. Draped in a white silk saree with magenta border, she posed for the traditional ‘briefcase’…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Tuesday present her 7th straight Budget that would lay a roadmap for Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047, while giving a glimpse of 10 years’ performance. All eyes will be on whether Sitharaman provides the much-expected tax relief for the middle class, leaving more money in their…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the first Budget of the third consecutive NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. The Union Budget 2024 will be the first major economic document of the Modi 3.0 government, which, among other things, is expected to lay the roadmap…
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Monday apprised Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about an incident of fire onboard India’s frontline warship INS Brahmaputra at the Mumbai naval dockyard that significantly damaged the frigate. According to the Navy, a junior sailor is missing following the fire incident on Sunday evening and rescue teams…
New Delhi: Asserting that Parliament is not for ‘dal’ but for ‘desh’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the opposition, saying that some parties have practised “negative politics” and “misused” Parliament to hide their political failures. Speaking with the media ahead of the start of Parliament session, Modi said the Union Budget,…
New Delhi: Ahead of the start of Parliament’s Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said people have given their verdict in the Lok Sabha polls and now all political parties must fight together for the country for the next five years. A day before the presentation of the Union Budget, Prime Minister Modi…
