Modi's new ministers take charge a day after expansion

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and other ministers took charge of their respective offices on Thursday,......

Aiming to 'remove Modi', Mamata meets farmer leaders

In a move that may take her political battle against the Bharatiya Janata Party into the Hindi heartland, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday promised to rally......

PM announces Rs 1,000 cr for cyclone relief in Odisha, Bengal, Jharkhand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand which were battered by Cyclone Yaas and said that a team of Union......

Ex-Union minister Yashwant Sinha joins TMC; says democracy in peril

Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high-octane West Bengal assembly polls.  ......

Govt averts mini crisis, petrol pumps will accept card payments

Credit and debit cards will continue to be accepted at petrol pumps even after January 13 without customers having to pay transaction charges, the government said on Monday. Banks and oil companies......

Tax employees throw up their hands, feeling 'demotivated'

With the income-tax department facing a huge volume of black money cases post-demonetisation, two associations of its employees have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking adequate......

Black money: Truth behind FinMin's 'compliance window'

Clever wordplay does not change the fact that the government is going pretty easy on some tax offenders, says Arup Roychoudhury. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is expected to sign off......

Highlights of the Union Budget

Image: Budget aims at high growth. Photograph: Reuters   Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a budget aimed at high growth, saying the pace of cutting the fiscal deficit......