Personal income tax limit raised to Rs 2.5 lakh
Jul 10, 2014, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS) The personal income tax exemption limit has been raised by Rs 50,000 at Rs 2.5 lakh, announced Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech for 2014-15 on Thursday.
Jul 10, 2014, at 06:19 pm
Jaitley begins budget speech saying we cannot spend beyond our means.
Arun Jaitley feels unwell during budget speech
Jul 10, 2014, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley felt unwell while delivering his government's maiden budget speech on Thursday.
Arun Jaitley begins budget speech in Parliament
Jul 10, 2014, at 04:45 pm
New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday began his speech for the Union Budget 2014 in Parliament pointing out the aspirations of Indian society and how everyone is looking forward to a low level of inflation, freedom from poverty and creation of employment.
Greenpeace 'shocked' over govt move
Jul 10, 2014, at 04:18 am
New Delhi| July 9 (IBNS): Greenpeace India on Wednesday said it is shocked and dismayed over the arbitrary manner in which the government has attempted to muzzle voices of dissent in democracy in the name of financial scrutiny.
UP: Blast, firing in court kill 2
Jul 10, 2014, at 04:13 am
Faridabad, July 9 (IBNS) At least two people were killed and several others were injured in a blast, which was followed by firing, inside a Faizabad court in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, the police said.
AgustaWestland scam: AP Guv's statement recorded
Jul 10, 2014, at 02:31 am
Hyderabad, July 9 (IBNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday recorded Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan's statement in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper deal scam, reports said.
Rajiv killers: SC stays release of convicts
Jul 10, 2014, at 02:00 am
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the release of all seven convicts till July 22 in connection with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case.
Rahul Gandhi caught 'sleeping' in Parliament
Jul 10, 2014, at 01:56 am
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was caught on camera 'dozing off' in the Parliament on Wednesday.
Encounter on in J&K, 1 militant killed
Jul 10, 2014, at 01:00 am
Srinagar, July 9 (IBNS): In a fierce gunfight, which started on Wednesday afternoon in Handwara area of north Kashmir, one militant was killed while an Army jawan was injured.
First Airport Operations Control Centre inaugurated at Chennai
Jul 10, 2014, at 12:15 am
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation Ashok Lavasa has inaugurated the Airport Operations Control Centre (AOCC) at Chennai Airport.
Jul 09, 2014, at 11:42 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday.
81-year-old raped, killed by help in Delhi
Jul 09, 2014, at 10:57 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) An 81-year-old woman was raped and then strangled to death in a plus south Delhi apartment allegedly by her domestic help on Monday, sending shock waves across the city.
Amit Shah proved himself: Modi on new BJP chief
Jul 09, 2014, at 10:47 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the new chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Amit Shah has proved his mettle repeatedly.
Sonia Gandhi alleges witch hunt in National Herald case
Jul 09, 2014, at 10:16 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi has alleged that Narendra Modi government is acting in a vindictive manner politically by targeting her and her son Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in the case of misuse of the funds of the now defunct National Herald paper which was once run by the Gandhi family.
Amit Shah is the new BJP president
Jul 09, 2014, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah was announced as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.
Woman kidnapped outside Ghaziabad mall, raped
Jul 09, 2014, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) A young woman was allegedly gang-raped by four after she was kidnapped from outside a shopping mall in Ghaziabad, police said on Wednesday.
Both houses of Parliament adjourned over TMC, Opposition protest
Jul 09, 2014, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Both houses of Parliament were adjourned on Wednesday over protest by mainly Trinamool Congress MPs over the railway budget.
Salman Khan served Supreme Court notice in poaching case
Jul 09, 2014, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has issued notice to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the case of poaching of black buck in 1998 during the shooting of a film in Rajasthan.
TMC protests outside Parliament, Rajya Sabha adjourned
Jul 09, 2014, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MPs on Wednesday protested outside the Parliament against alleged attack on them by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers during the budget speech a day ago, a charge that has been strongly denied by the BJP.
TMC to protest outside Parliament
Jul 09, 2014, at 04:20 pm
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Protesting against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who allegedly physically threatened and attacked then, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders are planning to protest outside the Parliament on Wednesday.
Top US official to visit India
Jul 09, 2014, at 03:51 pm
Washington, July 9 (IBNS) US deputy secretary of state William J. Burns will visit India from July 10.
Vacate official accommodation: India tells UNMOGI
Jul 09, 2014, at 06:08 am
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS): India on Tuesday asked UN Military Observers Group on India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to vacate the bungalows provided by the government in New Delhi.
PM Modi to leave for BRICS summit on July 13
Jul 09, 2014, at 05:38 am
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will leave for the BRICS summit in Brazil on July 13.
Jul 09, 2014, at 04:32 am
Srinagar, July 8 (IBNS): A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale hit Jammu and Kashmir region on Tuesday.
AAP criticises Centre's Rail Budget
Jul 09, 2014, at 03:03 am
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS):Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday criticised the Railway Budget announced by the Centre and said it turned out to be a 'missed oppurtunity'.
UK Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of Exchequer meet PM
Jul 09, 2014, at 02:31 am
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS): British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne called on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Omar condoles death of 9 officials in Kashmir road mishap
Jul 09, 2014, at 12:44 am
Srinagar, July 8 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed deep grief over the road accident on Kokernag-Kishtwar road near Simthan Top in which nine officials of Sheep Husbandry Department loss their lives.
Nine killed in Kashmir road accident
Jul 08, 2014, at 11:37 pm
Srinagar, July 8 (IBNS) At least nine employees of State Sheep Husbandry Department, including a District Officer, were killed Tuesday when a Tata Sumo vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Rail Budget Protest: Congress leader stomps on Gowda nameplate
Jul 08, 2014, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) Taking the protest over the Railway Budget to the official residence of Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda, a Congress leader plucked out the nameplate of the minister and stomped on it shouting slogans on Tuesday.