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Pune, Jul 10: Two persons were injured when an explosive placed on a motorcycle went off near a police station here this afternoon, police said. The "low-intensity" blast occurred near Pharaskhana Police Station close to the famous Dagdusheth Halwai Temple in the busy Budhwar Peth area around 2:30 pm. Top police officials and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad have reached the spot, while forensic

New Delhi, Jul 10: The Budget for 2014-15 today left income tax rates unchanged but provided sops to small and marginal assessees by raising the threshold exemption limit from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh and investments under 80C by Rs 50,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh while promising not to bring tax changes with retrospective effect. Presenting the maiden budget of the BJP-led NDA government, Finance Minister

New Delhi, Jul 10: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley began presenting the first national budget for self and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government Thursday expressing concerns over economic slowdown while promising steps to ensure a course correction with bold measures. "People of India have voted decisively for change," Jaitley said. "Steps I will unveil in the budget will aim at 7-8 percent

New Delhi, Jul 9: Video footage of Rahul Gandhi apparently dozing off today in the Lok Sabha during a debate on price rise went viral on the social media. The Congress vice president was seen in a television shot with closed eyes and head tilting on the right. The shot, picked up from Lok Sabha TV, went viral on the social media accompanied by carping comments. While Congress prmptly denied that

New Delhi, Jul 9: Government on Wednesday came under scathing attack from the opposition on the issue of price rise with members taking a dig at BJP, wondering where the “achche din” (good days), promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have gone. In a discussion on price rise, they expressed concern over rising prices of essential commodities and asked the government to act against hoarders to

New Delhi, Jul 9: Heartwarming stories, including romantic ones, about Indian soldiers who fought in the First World War as part of the British Army, culled from archives and personal testimonies, feature in a new documentary. The upcoming feature-length film Mademoiselle France Pleure (Miss France is in Tears) attempts to piece together the lesser known fact about the 1.4 million Indian soldiers

New Delhi, Jul 9: India's wholesale as well as retail inflation is likely to decline by the end of this year, a government survey said Wednesday. However, it warned that prices may spike if the monsoon remains sub-normal. The Economic Survey 2013-14 presented in parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said both the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation

New Delhi, Jul 9: An unclaimed bag was found outside the BJP headquarters on Ashoka Road here this morning, triggering panic in the area. Police got a call about the bag around 8am following which a bomb squad and dog squad were rushed to the spot. Investigators found nothing suspicious in the bag. In the meantime, a couple claiming to be BJP workers reached the spot and said the bag belonged to

New Delhi, Jul 8: Amit Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is all set to be the new BJP president with the party's highest decision-making body expected to announce his name tomorrow. The BJP Parliamentary Board will be meeting tomorrow to put its stamp of approval on Shah's name as the new party chief, sources said. According to sources, Shah will take over from Rajnath Singh, who

New Delhi, Jul 8: Sparing passengers of any further fare hike, Railway Budget for 2014-15 proposes to attract private domestic and FDI in infrastructure projects and pursuing private-public partnership to boost the finances of the cash-strapped railways. Having hiked fares to the tune of 14.2 per cent recently, railway minister Sadananda Gowda, who presented the new government's first budget in