‘There was no big bang announcement for us’
The Union Finance Budget has no special announcements for high-income families, whose hopes for a massive restructuring of the tax system found no mention in Arun Jaitley’s speech. One such family that lives in adjoining Noida is the Kandharis, a six-member household, including three children and... read more »
Zohra Sehgal, doyenne of Indian theatre, dies at 102
Zohra Sehgal, a quintessential Bollywood diva who essayed character roles with aplomb in a career spanning over seven decades in both theatre and cinema, died in New Delhi on Thursday. She was 102. A Padma Vibhushan awardee, Sehgal breathed her last at Max hospital in New Delhi at around 4.30... read more »
Mizoram Governor Vakkom Purushothaman resigns
Mr. Purushothaman, who announced his decision here this morning, said his secretary had sent across the resignation letter to the Rashtrapati Bhavan from Aizwal a little earlier. Mr. Purushothaman’s resignation comes in the wake of his transfer to Nagaland. Coming down heavily on the NDA... read more »
Union Budget 2014-15 : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Full text of spe...
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday presented his maiden budget. Here is the text of the full speech. Click here for the full text of speech of Union Finance Minister Arun... read more »
AAP, Congress leading in 4 seats each in Punjab, Amarinder Singh leading in Amritsar
New Delhi – The counting begins for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab on Friday and all arrangements have been made for counting of votes registered in the EVMs. During the polling, 71... read more »
Election Results 2014: Delhi rejects AAP completely as the sweepers get swept away in Lok ...
Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party had made a lot of noise about a party full on independent candidates which did pose as a genuine ray of hope but after their 49 days stint and... read more »
Congress Party Admits Defeat, but Shields Rahul Gandhi from Blame
New Delhi – The incumbent Congress has accepted that it has been trounced by the opposition BJP in the national election, but predictably, the party offered cover to frontman Rahul... read more »
Election Results 2014: BJP Leads in All 7 Seats in Delhi
New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi-led BJP looked set to form India’s next government shortly after the counting of votes began on Friday, the party took an early lead in all seven... read more »
Google doodle salutes Indian election
New Delhi – Google doodle saluted the Indian parliamentary election Friday, a day when the vote count was held. Some 550 million votes are being counted at 989 counting centres across the... read more »
