National News Updates

New Delhi: Emphasising on doubling the farm income of farmers across the country by 2022, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 2020-21 Budget speech said that the government has provided 11 crore farmers under Aspirational India programme. “Under Aspirational India programme, the first point is agriculture, irrigation and rural development. We are committed to […]

New Delhi: The parents of 2012 gang-rape victim named ‘Nirbhaya’ by the media are all set to move a Delhi court seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against the four death row convicts after the President on Saturday rejected the mercy plea filed by one of the convicts Vinay Sharma. Speaking to IANS, Advocate Jitendra […]

New Delhi: Amid fears of novel coronavirus, two more suspected cases of coronavirus have come to Delhi’s Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, that makes a total of 8 suspected cases which are admitted to the hospital. The samples of the two suspected cases have been sent for testing. Speaking to IANS, RML’s PRO Smriti Tiwari […]

New Delhi: Government will reduce its stake in state life insurer LIC through an IPO, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. “Government will list LIC on the stock exchanges”, she said in her Budget speech. This could be the country’s biggest initial public offering in recent times, the government will list Life Insurance Corp […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday cut short her Budget speech as she felt unwell after speaking for a record 160 minutes in Lok Sabha. Sitharaman had only two pages of her Budget speech unread when she appeared uneasy and was seen wiping sweat from her forehead. She was offered candies by her […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 69000 crore including Rs 6400 crore for PM Jan Aushadhi Yojna for the healthcare sector on Saturday as she announced that the Budget 2020 is woven around 3 prominent themes – Aspirational India, Economic Development and Caring Society which includes health as one of the fundamental […]

New Delhi: Industry observers and analysts have lauded the government’s proposal to introduce dedicated rail and flight transport services for the agri-allied sector. Under the 16-point plan to boost agriculture and allied sectors, Sitharaman announced in her Union Budget presentation that Kisan Rail, a special refrigerated rail service, under private-public-partnership, will be launched for speedy […]

New Delhi: Railways has got a budgetary allocation of Rs 70,000 crore and the highest-ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.61 lakh crore from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2020-21 presented on Saturday. The capital expenditure of Rs 1.61 crore is higher than the revised estimate of 2019-20 by […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) along with Tihar Jail authorities on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court order putting a stay on the death warrants issued against the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The MHA plea states that the said four […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Sitharaman’s budget will bring sunshine for the farmers in Odisha. The major announcement that the PM KUSUM (Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan ) Yojana will cover an additional 15 lakh farmers for grid connected solar pump will prove a milestone in doubling the income of the farmers in the State. As […]

New Delhi: A man on Saturday fired two rounds in air in the Shaheen Bagh area, where an anti-CAA protest is on, following which he was taken into custody by police, eyewitnesses said. No one was injured in the incident which occurred at around 4:53 pm. According to eyewitnesses, the man opened fire behind the […]

Bhubaneswar: Two Odia craftsmen working in a restaurant in Japan were reportedly killed in a carbon monoxide gas leakage in the eastern island country. According to sources, the mishap occurred on January 29 but the family members of the deceased learnt about it on January 30. The deceased were identified as Sheikh Mantaz of Kasaba […]

New Delhi: Days after IndiGo banned Kunal Kamra for a six-month period for allegedly heckling journalist Arnab Goswami on a flight, the comedian has sent a legal notice to the airline demanding an unconditional apology, revocation of the ban and Rs 25 lakh compensation. In the notice sent to the airline on Friday, Kamra’s lawyer […]

Bhubaneswar: In contrast to the fears of a decreased central devolution to Odisha owing to affects of economic slowdown on GST collection, the budget 2020-21 has, however, budgeted a hefty rise of 19 per cent in the devolution of net proceeds of taxes and duties to the State. As per the Budget 2020-21 tabled by […]

New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case “can be hanged separately”. Mehta while arguing before Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said, “Once a person is aware that his fate is death penalty, any delay in execution […]