Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:09:03
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday raised cess on petrol and diesel by Re 1 per litre, while customs duty on gold was also increased to 12.5 per cent from existing 10 per cent.
Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Sitharaman said surcharges on individuals having taxable income of Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore; and Rs 5 crore and more have been raised.
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:00:37
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a "citizen-friendly, development-friendly and future-oriented Budget."
"I want to congratulate Nirmala Sitharaman for citizen-friendly, development-friendly and future-oriented Budget. This Budget will make the nation prosperous (samrudh) and will make the people 'samarth' (able)," Prim
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:58:36
New Delhi:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holding Indian passports be given Aadhar cards upon their arrival in India without the mandatory 180-day waiting period.
"I propose to consider issuing Aadhar card for NRIs with Indian passports after their arrival in India without waiting for the mandatory 180 days," Sitharaman said while pre
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:55:45
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday reached the Parliament ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget and deftly hinted at the Budget being pro-rich.
When asked by reporters whether the Budget being presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be pro-Ambani or pro-farmers, Gandhi with an all-knowing smile said, "That is a good question, it means you have the understanding."
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:53:28
Leeds, Jul 5 (PTI) Swashbuckling all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite believes West Indies need to follow in the footsteps of England and rebuild the team over the next four years after failing to make the semi-finals at the ongoing World Cup.
After starting with a bang against Pakistan, West Indies ended their campaign with a 23-run win over minnows Afghanistan to register only their second win i
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:52:02
Death toll reached 19 in Ratnagiri's Tiware Dam breach incident as one more body was recovered during the search operation, which resumed on Friday morning.
"One more body was recovered this morning. A total of 19 bodies have been recovered so far. We are doing a continuous search operation," NDRF Inspector Mahesh Kumar told ANI.
The search operation was restarted by the police and the Natio
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:50:08
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi Police on a batch of pleas filed by convicts in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
The matter was heard by a three-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.
The pleas had been filed by various convicts who were indicted by the Delhi High Court.
The
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:48:08
The Indian economy will become a three trillion dollar economy in the current year and is on the path of achieving the Prime Minister's vision of a five trillion dollar economy by 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
"It took over 55 years for the Indian economy to reach one trillion dollars. In the last five years, the government has added one trillion dollars to reach
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:44:42
New Delhi:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that NRI investment in the country would be made much easier by merging NRI portfolio route with foreign portfolio investment.
"To provide NRIs seamless (access) to Indian equities, NRI portfolio investment route will be merged with the foreign portfolio investment route," she said while presenting the Union Budget for 2019-20 in
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