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New Delhi, Feb 1: A slew of measures for the agriculture and rural sectors, a new health insurance scheme for the poor and some relief in income tax for the salaried class and senior citizens, were announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today in the last full budget before the general elections. Presenting his fifth straight budget in the Lok Sabha, Jaitley raised the health and education cess

New Delhi, Feb 1: Government is launching 'Modicare', a flagship healthcare scheme to cover 10 cr poor families across the country, announces Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech in Parliament on Thursday. The scheme will also provide Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The government will take steps to boost exports of agriculture commodities which have the potential of reaching USD 100

Kolkata, Feb 1: The Trinamool Congress today surged ahead of its rivals in both Noapara assembly seat and Uluberia parliamentary constituency after the initial rounds of counting of votes for the bypolls. At Noapara, the ruling party stormed ahead by a massive margin of 30,000 after the sixth round of counting. TMC candidate Sunil Singh secured 46,281 votes whereas his nearest rival of CPI(M)

Hyderabad, Feb 1: As the day finally arrives for the Finance Minister to present the Union Budget, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has emerged as the main concern among retailers, who expect a relaxation in the tax slabs across various product categories. ANI asked the retailers of Hyderabad about their expectations from the budget, and the majority ascribed the dip in their business to GST and

Jaipur, Feb 1: The Congress was leading in Ajmer and Alwar parliamentary seats while the BJP was leading in Mandalgarh Assembly seat, according to initial trends in the counting of votes for the bypolls. The counting began at 8 am today amid tight security. Sources at the State Election Department said in Alwar, Congress' Karan Singh Yadav was leading by 61,500 votes over BJP's Jaswant Yadav. In

Washington, Feb 1: Noting that President Donald Trump is very fond of his country's growing relationship with India, a top American diplomat has said that "sky is the limit" for this bilateral relationship. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being aggressive in pursuing economic and administrative reforms, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, told a select gathering high

Muzaffarpur, Jan 31: In yet another incident of cow vigilantism, a mob in Bihar's Muzaffarpur vandalized a truck and thrashed its driver on suspicion that he was carrying beef in the vehicle. However, nothing was found from his vehicle but the police recovered meat from a factory on his tip-off. The police sent the meat sample sent for identification as whether it is beef or not. Many similar

Muzaffarpur, Jan 31: In yet another incident of cow vigilantism, a mob in Bihar's Muzaffarpur vandalized a truck and thrashed its driver on suspicion that he was carrying beef in the vehicle. However, nothing was found from his vehicle but the police recovered meat from a factory on his tip-off. The police sent the meat sample sent for identification as whether it is beef or not. Many similar

A rare spectacle in the sky is appearing after 152 years on January 31. The Super Blue Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse, a rare coincidence of three different phases of the moon will be visible in most parts of Asia, North America and Australia. LIVE NOW: Watch views of the #SuperBlueBloodMoon from multiple telescopes. Take a look: https://t.co/a5ScGDXhQu — NASA (@NASA) January 31, 2018 What is a Lunar

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31: Sreejith who has been protesting for last 800 days demanding CBI inquiry into custodial death of his brother Sreejeev, ended his protest on Wednesday after the probe agency recorded his statement. Sreejith had been protesting outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. The CBI earlier this month had agreed to probe the alleged death of Sreejeev in police custody. The