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Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the Budget as “historic”, calling it a “highway of immense opportunities".

Jaiswal said instead of parroting frivolous claims, Pakistan would do better to focus on “addressing long-standing demands of its people in the region”

In her budget speech, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new dedicated freight corridor between Dankuni in West Bengal and Surat in Gujarat

Nirmala Sitharaman’s 81-minute-long Budget speech saw no change in income tax slabs but included a major focus on three “kartavyas” of the government.

Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta welcomed the budget, highlighting that it is a step toward realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Viksit Bharat'

In her budget speech, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that companies providing data centre services to their own group firms from India will get tax certainty

BJP lawmaker and former chief minister N Biren Singh said that the meeting in New Delhi is likely to be about the new government formation

The Budget drew praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several ministers and BJP leaders, who described it as forward-looking.

Rain and snowfall continue in Uttarakhand’s higher reaches as IMD issues avalanche alerts in several hill districts amid unstable weather conditions

The VB-G RAM G scheme, which promises 125 days of work in a year, will replace the two-decade-old UPA-era rural employment scheme framed under the MGNREGA.