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Trinamool Congress boss, whose govt in West Bengal is facing a challenge from Centre's ruling BJP in assembly polls due soon, termed the budget “directionless”

Jairam Ramesh noted that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not clarify budget allocations for several major programmes in her speech

The MEA said that Pakistan should focus on addressing long-standing demands of people in Balochistan, highlighting the “suppression and brutality” in the region

Sitharaman proposed the setting up of five university townships in the vicinity of major industrial and logistic corridors.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech announced measures to reduce the financial burden on cancer patients by waiving customs duties on several medicines.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in Lok Sabha.

This was the fourth time in the past two weeks that forces have established contact with terrorists in the area.

“The Indian design industry is expanding rapidly, and yet there is shortage of Indian designers,” she said, announcing a new National Institute of Design

The union minister's remarks on Sunday comes as India faces 50 percent tariffs from the US. 

“This three-fold approach requires supportive ecosystem,” Nirmala Sitharaman said in what is her ninth consecutive budget in the 12 years of Modi-led NDA regime