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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the focus is on low-cost farming, higher MSP. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Budget 2018: Govt to pay full MSP even if farmers sell below price

The finance minister said the agricultural output of the country is at a record high and wage of farmers will be doubled...

1 Feb 2018 12:37 PM IST

A woman who had been born without a uterus gave birth to the baby at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. (Photo: Pixabay)

8-month-old rape victim transferred to AIIMS: Centre informs SC

The bench asked Centre and petitioner's lawyer to file details of pending cases of sexual assault against children...

1 Feb 2018 12:35 PM IST

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had courted controversy a couple of days ago while taking a dig at state BJP chief Satpal Satti. (Photo: PTI)

Ex-Himachal CM Virbhadra, wife booked under money laundering act

The CBI has claimed that Singh had amassed assets worth around Rs 10 crore which was disproportionate to his total...

1 Feb 2018 11:59 AM IST

Won't leave BJP, if it wishes, it can expel me: Yashwant Sinha

Sinha said he had taken up the cause of farmers in his capacity as a citizen; his opposition was not to a person or a...

1 Feb 2018 11:43 AM IST

B H Loya was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, and the SC sought response from Maharashtra government on pleas seeking an independent probe into it. (Photo:

Cong demands SC-monitored probe in judge Loya's death case

Kapil Sibal pointed out various discrepancies and stressed that the case must be probed thoroughly.

1 Feb 2018 11:33 AM IST

Two suspected robbers, referred to as Jai and Veeru, popular characters of the iconic Bollywood film Sholay, were arrested from south Delhi for their alleged involvement in motor vehicle thefts. (Representational Image)

Delhi: Uber driver, 2 others abduct, rob passenger at knifepoint; held

Kaushal, an accountant at an event production company told police that 3 men offered him a ride in their car and robbed...

1 Feb 2018 11:08 AM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley addresses the media after the 22nd meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley to break tradition, will deliver Budget in Hindi

Sources in the know said that the main idea is to establish a direct connect with the rural populace.

1 Feb 2018 10:54 AM IST

The by-elections on the seats were necessitated after sudden deaths of BJP MP from Ajmer Sanwarlal Jat, MP from Alwar Mahant Chand Nath Yogi and Mandalgarh MLA Kirti Kumari. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Cong in Rajasthan, TMC in Bengal surge ahead of BJP in bypolls

The by-elections took place in Noapara and Uluberia in West Bengal and Ajmer, Alwar and Mandalgarh in Rajasthan.

1 Feb 2018 10:53 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2018-19 in the Parliament. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Union Budget 2018: Key highlights

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says, 'This year's budget will focus on strengthening rural and agricultural economy.'

1 Feb 2018 10:05 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will unveil the Union Budget 2018 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley tables Union Budget 2018, all eyes on fiscal deficit target

Benchmark 10-year bond yields have fallen 135 basis points and the NSE share index has surged 55 per cent since Modi...

1 Feb 2018 9:44 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi extraordinarily well-read, interesting guy: Shashi...

Gandhi has grown up with ideas, perspectives, anxieties, knowledge, vocabulary base that many of youth will find...

1 Feb 2018 9:20 AM IST

Agriculture is one of those sectors where we have seen no reforms, whether in terms of export-import policies or domestic constraints.

Economic Survey glosses over the problems that lie ahead for India

In agriculture, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shrill rhetoric, there has been no major investment by the State...

1 Feb 2018 6:47 AM IST