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New Delhi, Jan 30: India will unveil its closely watched budget on Monday, expected to get it back on track as the world’s fastest-growing major economy by boosting spending on job-creation and rural development while battling back the coronavirus. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will likely make a generous allocation for development, put more money in the hands of the average taxpayer to

Bengaluru, Jan 29: Karnataka Minister for Home Basavaraj Bommai on Friday invited opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly K Siddaramaiah for a discussion to resolve the issues over his letter to the Speaker about boycotting the House Committee meeting. Speaking to newsmen here, he said that he had a discussion with Siddaramaiah, KPCC President D K Shivakumar and Congress leader R V Deshpande

A low-intensity explosion was reported few metres away from the embassy of Israel in Delhi on Friday, police said. The blast took place at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road near the Israel embassy, officials of Delhi Police confirmed. While initial reports said there were no injuries to people in the vicinity, the impact of the explosion shattered the windscreens of at least three cars in the area. Close

Duabi, Jan 29: Israel has reportedly extended an apology to the UAE for a comment made by a senior official, who blamed a surge in virus cases in the country on people returning from Dubai. According to an Israeli channel, Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, chief of Public Health in the Health Ministry, allegedly said that "more people died in two weeks of peace with Dubai than in 70 years of war with them"

Bengaluru, Jan 29: A day after announcing the tentative time-table for the SSLC board exams, the state government on Friday announced a tentative time-table for the II PUC (12th grade) examination. The annual II PUC examination, for all disciplines, will be held between 24th May and 10th June. Announcing the tentative time-table for the II PUC exam, Education minister S Suresh Kumar said, "If

Bengaluru, Jan 29: Karnataka has vaccinated over 2.84 lakh people since the launch of the vaccination drive on January 16, state Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Friday. In a series of tweets, he said India's vaccination drive, the world's largest was also the fastest. "The world's largest vaccination drive is now also the fastest vaccination drive. After the launch on 16 Jan, India has

New Delhi, Jan 29: Clashes were reported at the farmers’ protest site in Singhu, after another group of protesters broke past the police barricades and tried to uproot the tents where the farmers have been camped since November 28. While media reports have described the second group as “locals” or a “group of people claiming to be locals”, it is likely that they are members of the Hindu Sena. On

New Delhi, Jan 29: India forecast robust economic growth of 11% for the fiscal year beginning on April 1 in its annual economic survey on Friday, on the back of the beginning of a nationwide coronavirus vaccination drive and a rebound in consumer demand. The Indian economy, which the International Monetary Fund singled out as a global bright spot only a few years ago, is set to contract 7.7% in

With farmers' agitation showing signs firming up further despite the police crackdown after the violence during the Republic Day tractor rally by farmer unions, the Government on Friday reached out to numerically dominating small and marginal farmers through President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of Budget Session beginning Friday. Kovind assured farmers that the new farm laws

Bengaluru, Jan 29: BJP MLC M K Pranesh was elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday. Pranesh succeeds late SL Dharme Gowda. Pranesh was backed by the JD(S) MLCs in the election. The regional party was assured of support from the BJP during Legislative Council Chairman election, expected to be held during the course of the session. The BJP has already moved a no