NEW DELHI: Dubbing the budget as “discriminatory and dangerous“, Congress announced that its chief ministers would not participate in the meeting of the NITI Aayog on July 27.Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said, “The budget was extremely discriminatory and dangerous, which completely goes against the principles of federalism and fairness that the Union govt must…
A central assistance of Rs 2.2 lakh crore over the next five years is aimed at meeting the housing requirement of 1 crore urban poor and middle-class families under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban. Govt has also proposed an interest subsidy to provide loans at affordable rates.FM Nirmala Sitharaman said 3 crore additional houses under Pradhan…
Individuals miffed at tax collection at source (TCS) proposals have now been offered a small relief – provided they have salary income.At present, a salaried employee may declare income, such as bank interest and rent, to their employer, who factors this and, accordingly, deducts a higher tax against the monthly salary. The employee then does…
In another indication that the old tax regime will be eased out, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has tried to make the new tax regime more attractive for taxpayers.She has increased the standard deduction for salaried class by Rs 25,000 from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000 while keeping it at the same level of Rs 50,000…
PRAYAGRAJ: Kaushambi Police have invoked Gangsters Act against Rajiv Nayan Mishra alias Rahul Kumar Mishra, mastermind of paper leaks in various competitive exams in Uttar Pradesh, and 22 of his accomplices.Mishra, a resident of Amaura village, had been operating an inter-state racket that leaked question papers of several competitive exams, Kaushambi superintendent of police (SP)…
PRAYAGRAJ: Kaushambi Police have invoked Gangsters Act against Rajiv Nayan Mishra alias Rahul Kumar Mishra, mastermind of paper leaks in various competitive exams in Uttar Pradesh, and 22 of his accomplices.Mishra, a resident of Amaura village, had been operating an inter-state racket that leaked question papers of several competitive exams, Kaushambi superintendent of police (SP)…
NEW DELHI: CBI reached members of NEET-UG question paper leak gang by the providential recovery by Bihar Police of a partly burnt leaked question paper, which was a printout of a mobile phone photo of the question paper taken five hours before the examination on May 5 at Oasis School in Hazaribag.Explaining the modus operandi…
Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected pleas for a retest for admissions to 1.08 lakh MBBS seats in govt and private medical colleges in the absence of evidence to establish that the exam paper leak in Hazaribag vitiated the results or breached the examination’s sanctity and integrity, a verdict that lifted the haze of uncertainty that…
The effect of 2024’s Lok Sabha election results was writ large on the first Budget of Modi 3.0, with employment creation given pride of place and keeping allies happy too very much in focus. The fact that the Budget comes at a time when the govt’s finances are relatively comfortable meant that finance minister Nirmala…
NEW DELHI: England vice-captain Ollie Pope has expressed optimism about England’s cricket team potentially achieving a score of 600 runs in a single day of Test cricket under favourable conditions. This confidence stems from England’s recent performance, including a victory in the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge, where England won by…
