Investors wealth was on Friday eroded by Rs 4.6 lakh crore amid massive selling in the stock market where the BSE benchmark index plummeted 840 points. The 30-share Sensex crashed 839.91 points, or 2.34 per cent, to end the day at 35,066.75.
» Read moreKey highlights of Arun Jaitley’s Budget 2018: Tax Proposal No change in personal income tax rates. Made many positive changes in personal income tax rates in the past years, no change in Income Tax slabs this year: Jaitley. Standard deduction on salary reintroduced. A standard deduction of upto Rs 40,000 will be available. Standard deduction had been withdrawn in 2005-06 […]
» Read moreRescue workers on Wednesday fished out one more body from the government bus that fell into the Gogra canal at Balirghat area of Murshidabad district of West Bengal on January 29 morning, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 43. Eight rescued with injuries are undergoing treatment at the Murshidabad Medical College. Search is on for more bodies as […]
» Read moreA senior BJP MP from Maharashtra Chintaman Wanaga died in New Delhi on Tuesday, said doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. He was 67. The presentation of the Union Budget on February 1 is unlikely to be affected by Mr. Wanaga’s death, sources in the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said.
» Read moreBiju Janata Dal (BJD) MP from Kendrapara, Baijayant Panda, was on Wednesday suspended from the primary membership of the party for “anti-party” activities. Mr. Panda, who is the vice-president of IMFA, India’s largest, fully integrated producer of ferro alloys, was suspended from the party with immediate effect by Chief Minster and BJD president Naveen Patnaik. IMFA is engaged in mining, […]
» Read morePolice have arrested the Chittorgarh unit chief of the Shri Rajput Karni Sena, after its spokesperson who declared that over 1,900 women of the community are “ready” to commit jauhar (mass immolation) as part of protests over the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat. Police swooped down on the residences of Karni Sena Chittorgarh unit President, Govind Singh Khangarot, and […]
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