Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

2 years of Uddhav as CM: Past perfect, future tense

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, which completes two years in power on November 27, has survived against all odds amid the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGE:......

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, 5 cr houses got water connection: Modi

Since the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, five crore households have got water connection and now tap water is reaching every household in about 1.25 lakh villages, Prime Minister......

Andhra 'invaded' our territory, changed names of villages, Odisha tells SC

More than five decades since the first status quo order on territorial jurisdiction dispute with Andhra Pradesh over 21 villages, Odisha moved the Supreme Court once again on Thursday seeking......

Modi Sarkar's Budget IV will keep focus on countryside

The focus is likely to be on consolidation and improvement of existing rural-centric programmes to ensure their completion ahead of the next general elections in 2019, rather than announcement of......

FinMin may stick to 3.5% fiscal deficit for FY17

Modi govt faces extra spending burden due to policies like 7th Pay Commission and OROP With less than 40 days left for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget 2016-17, its makers are......

Swachh Bharat: A big opportunity for start-ups

The government's Swachh Bharat programme presents entrepreneurs with a chance to curb open defecation and make money in the process, R Gopalakrishnan.   India has eight "Unicorns" -......

Expect big rural push in Budget

  Allocation boost likely for schemes on agriculture, irrigation, rural roads In a move to boost rural consumption and alleviate distress in the hinterland, the government is likely to give......