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Under the Union Budget, Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Indian Semiconductor Mission 2.0 will produce equipment and materials and improve supply chains.

CM Devendra Fadnavis was earlier supposed to address 22 campaign meetings over seven days for local body elections.

Yadav urged the courts, the Election Commission of India, and journalists to take cognisance of what he described as a "mega-scam".

The chief minister further noted that the budget included significant measures to enhance farmers' incomes and strengthen the rural economy.

Syndicate extorting money from Rajasthan bus conductors for decades dismantled, 8 held

Five men were detained in Pune after firing at filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s Mumbai home, as police probe a possible link to the Bishnoi gang.

On heritage tourism, the finance minister proposed the development of 15 archaeological sites as public destinations.

While some proposals were aimed at providing relief to common taxpayers and easing compliance, others like STT hike will reduce net profits for active traders.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2026 proposed raising STT on Futures and Options trading, a move that crashed the stock market on Sunday.

Moody's Ratings last year affirmed its long-term local and foreign-currency sovereign ratings for India and retained its "stable" outlook.