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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabling the Union Budget for 2017-18 in the Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley kept blending poetry with Budget's cryptic jargon

His poetic barb was aimed at the Opposition, particularly the Congress, which had been flaying the government's...

2 Feb 2017 3:02 AM IST

Heathrow, Europes busiest airport, said 80 out of about 1,350 flights scheduled on Thursday have been cancelled pre-emptively because of the wintry weather. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Union Budget 2017: PPP model for Tier-II airports

Four major airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad had been handed out to private developers by the UPA-I...

2 Feb 2017 2:59 AM IST

The Anil Kakodkar Expert Committee report on Railway Safety, states that 36 per cent of accidents occur at unmanned level crossings. (Representational Image)

Merger of Railway Budget with General Budget likely to save Rs 9,500...

The practice of announcing new trains was stopped last year itself with the government focusing on improving rail...

2 Feb 2017 2:50 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: BJP tries to get Dalits' support

In UP's multi-corner contest, a major battle is raging to capture the Dalit vote bank.

2 Feb 2017 2:47 AM IST

nion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley alongwith MoS for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Santosh Kumar Gangwar during a Post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on Wendnesday. (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: Long-term fund to achieve per drop more crop'

Rs 20,000 crore has been announced by the PM as an additional amount to the corpus already set up in Nabard.

2 Feb 2017 2:38 AM IST

The government has increased its spending on PMFBY to Rs 13,240 crore, which the industry believes will help bring more farmers under the insurance cover. (Representational Image)

Union Budget 2017: NDA snatches UPA's 'poverty' agenda

The total allocation for the rural, agriculture and allied sectors in 2017-18 is Rs 1,87,223 crore.

2 Feb 2017 2:34 AM IST

Stating that quality education will energise Indias youth, he said, â€œIn the words of Swami Vivekananda, the education which does not help the common mass of people to equip themselves for the struggle for life... is it worth the name?â€ (Representational image)

Union Budget 2017: Sankalp, Strive schemes to energise students

Jaitley said the government plans to launch SANKALP at a cost of Rs 4,000 crore.

2 Feb 2017 2:29 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley outside Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: Small traders get Finance Minister's sops

The sop will be available to firms with annual turnover of up to Rs 50 crore.

2 Feb 2017 2:19 AM IST

The government has increased its spending on PMFBY to Rs 13,240 crore, which the industry believes will help bring more farmers under the insurance cover. (Representational Image)

Union Budget 2017: Hike in crop insurance, a blessing

Coverage under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima increased from 30% to 40% to tide over calamities.

2 Feb 2017 2:17 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presenting the Union Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: NRIs won't pay capital gains tax on rupee bonds

The decision to continue with lower TDS rate for masala bonds has been taken after demands from various stakeholders in...

2 Feb 2017 2:06 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: AP)

Supreme Court asks search engines to build web firewall on sex crimes

The Bench did not agree with the submissions advanced on behalf of Google and others.

2 Feb 2017 2:04 AM IST

There has been a precipitous decline in the number of voters in the recently published revised electoral rolls of Visakhapatnam district. (Representational image)

Union Budget 2017: Now, poll bonds

Donors can buy electoral bonds from banks.

2 Feb 2017 1:52 AM IST