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Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot and Congress candidate Raghu Sharma flash victory sign in Ajmer on Thursday after the latters victory in Ajmer byelection. (Photo: PTI)

Congress sweeps Rajasthan bypolls

The defeat coming just 10 months before Assembly elections is also a personal setback for chief minister Vasundhara...

2 Feb 2018 5:16 AM IST

Budget 2018: Govt officially announces it intends to privatise Air...

The words strategic privatisation were used for Air India by finance minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech.

2 Feb 2018 2:21 AM IST

The government has not yet made any specific allocation for the scheme, at the current commercial rate of premium, this could cost the government up to Rs 1.5 lakh crore.

Budget 2018: Largest universal health cover sans allocation announced

The government has a Rashtriya Swastya Bima Yojana which provides a cover of Rs 30,000 per family.

2 Feb 2018 2:04 AM IST

Congress workers celebrate the partys win in bypolls in Bikaner. (Photo: PTI)

Huge blow to BJP, Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan byelection

Congress wins all in desert state; Trinamul sweeps West Bengal.

2 Feb 2018 1:45 AM IST

CJI Dipak Misra

CJI makes allocation of cases to judges public

The new roaster will apply to the fresh cases and not the existing ones.

2 Feb 2018 1:37 AM IST

A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.

A blockbuster budget for rural India

People invest in equities for long term returns, and this tax is not going to dissuade investment in equities in the...

2 Feb 2018 1:26 AM IST

Arun Jaitley said, the reservation formula for the Patel community is legally and constitutionally untenable. (Photo: PTI)

Budget 2018: Bilingual Budget turns to Hindi for populist measures

Jaitley who started his Budget speech in English, quickly switched over to Hindi the moment he came to the chapter on...

2 Feb 2018 1:26 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

Budget 2018: Sangh body, TDP feel disappointed by Budget

Speculation has been rife that TDP-BJP ties have strained and the former is thinking of splitting from the alliance.

2 Feb 2018 1:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget development-friendly and said it would strengthen the vision of a new India. (Photo: PTI)

Budget will uplift Dalits, farmers, tribals, says PM Modi

The Prime Minister said that benefits mentioned in the budget must reach to the people and the sector they are aimed...

2 Feb 2018 1:26 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: AP/File)

Budget 2018: Salary hikes bring cheer

Emoluments of President, Vice-president and state governors to increase.

2 Feb 2018 1:26 AM IST

Arun Jailtey also said the government will develop 10 tourist destinations to attract more visitors. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

Budget 2018: Rs 5.97 lakh crore boost to infra, 99 cities to turn'...

For Indian Railways, Jaitley said the government has allocated capital expenditure of Rs 1,48,528 crore for 2018-19.

2 Feb 2018 1:05 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament. (Photo: ANI)

India's digital push evident in Union Budget

Industry observers say it indicates the government's political push towards making India a digital economy.

2 Feb 2018 12:55 AM IST