Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:12:29
After thrashing the Congress in neighbouring Amethi, the BJP is working flat out for a win across the assembly segments in Rae Bareli -- the only citadel left of the Gandhi family in Uttar Pradesh.
The ruling party appears to have worked to a plan, beginning with the weaning away of Congress MLC and MLAs.
Rae Bareli was the only Lok Sabha seat won by the Congress in 2019 in UP even as the al
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:10:49
The Law Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,525 crore in the Union Budget 2022-23 to provide funds to Election Commission for purchase of new electronic voting machines and destruction of obsolete voting machines.
The ministry has also been allocated funds for Lok Sabha polls and photo identity cards for voters.
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:07:39
Belying expectations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not tinker with the personal income tax rates in the Budget for 2022-23.
The minister also did not raise standard deduction, which was widely anticipated in view of elevated inflation levels and impact of the pandemic on the middle class.
The standard deduction currently stands at Rs 50,000.
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:05:53
The government on Tuesday proposed to extend the customs duty exemption on steel scrap by one year.
The move has been taken to provide relief to the secondary steel producers in the MSME sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget for the financial year 2022-23 in Parliament.
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:04:18
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said GST revenues are buoyant despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presenting the Union Budget for 2022-23, the finance minister said remarkable progress has been made in GST regime, although there are still few challenges remaining.
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:02:23
Upset over denial of party ticket from the Kharar Assembly segment, senior Congress leader and former Punjab minister Jagmohan Singh Kang on Tuesday joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kang along with his two sons Yadwindra Singh Kang and Amrinder Singh Kang joined Arvind Kejriwal's party.
Disenchanted with Punjab Congress- Jagmohan Singh Kang Saab, 3 time cabinet minister and MLA joins AAP along w
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:01:03
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed to set up a digital university to provide education that will be built on a hub and spoke model.
She also said that the 1-Class-1-TV channel will be implemented to provide supplementary education to children to make up for the loss of formal education due to the COVID pandemic.
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:58:44
Jet fuel price on Tuesday rose to record levels across the country following a steep 8.5 per cent hike necessitated due to a spike in international oil prices.
While the jet fuel or Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) price has been hiked for the third time in a month, petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged for a record 88th day in a row.
ATF price was hiked by Rs 6,743.25 per kilolitre or 8.5
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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:41:31
A student of the girl's pre-university college in Udupi district has moved the Karnataka High Court with a prayer to allow the right to wear a hijab' (headscarf) inside the classroom.
The writ petition was filed on behalf of the student Resham Farooq, represented by her brother Mubarak Farooq.
The petitioner states that the students' right to wear a hijab is a fundamental right guaranteed u
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