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The Indian Mirage 2000s are fitted with the Martin Baker Mk 10 ejection system which is highly reliable and has saved over 7,500 lives globally as of February 2018 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G7CTRF Bikram Vohra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to lay the foundation or inaugurate various development projects, including two All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu and Srinagar divisions and the University of Ladakh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Df66q7 Press Trust of India

In a move which was frowned upon by the regional political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor Satya Pal Malik has amended the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Ombudsman Act, 2000, arguably diluting the eligibility criteria for the post of ombudsman. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G7IEyW Ishfaq Naseem

Six people died on Sunday after nine coaches of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed in the Vaishali district of Bihar. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Df655x FP Staff

Narendra Modi cut short his speech at a rally in Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district on Saturday after a stampede-like situation broke out. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G7ICXQ Press Trust of India

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his dissent on the appointment of new CBI Director. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D6Umpc Press Trust of India

Here are brief profiles of the candidates who had been shortlisted by the Selection Committee for the appointment of CBI director. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G84L85 FP Staff

Fifty-eight-year-old Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS officer, was on Saturday appointed the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D4XF0j Press Trust of India

The BJP government's hand was forced because it seems to have realised that the rhetoric on development has worn so thin that even the blindfolded can see through it from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G6PtAv Suhit K Sen

Though former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah unveiled a new sand mining policy in 2014 giving more power to district-level officials, legal miners remain on tenterhooks, while illegal ones gained the upper hand courtesy 'protection' from political bosses. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D8dtzi M Raghuram

Although the new government in Madhya Pradesh promised a slew of measures to tackle the problem, theground reality is much grimmer. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MCCRBx Manish Chandra Mishra

If one examines the way Modi ran the Gujarat government, it will be apparent to them that his style of operation remains unchanged even as the Prime Minister of India. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HMxGAd FP Staff

Chandrababu Naidu had strongly criticised BJP's floor leader, P Vishnu Kumar Raju, in the Assembly on Friday when the latter tried to defend the Centre after the chief minister accused the Narendra Modi government of discriminating against south India in allotment of cabinet berths. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G9nU9G Press Trust of India

Even if the numbers do not add up in Narendra Modi's 'no pain, all gains' budget in February 2020, the disinvestment block is always there to help meet its 3.4 percent fiscal deficit target from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D2dNjg Madan Sabnavis

Maharashtra Gramin Bank has sent a criminal defamation notice to the man who blew the whistle on the alleged nexus. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G5JaND Parth MN

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Shukla's appointment as CBI director for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RzkVZw FP Staff

The development comes just days after the Times Magazine listed the Hampi World Heritage site as the second must-see place in 2019. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WClEwT Asian News International

Activist Nayan Kalola's is just one story among many in Gujarat who have tangled with the sand mafia. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Rzsqj1 Rajnish Mishra

Only time will tell if Piyush Goyal's speech lures the salaried, middle class taxpayers from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WKtRzc Rajan Katoch

The development comes after the Pune Sessions Court on Friday rejected an anticipatory bail application of the activist. He was kept at Vile Parle police station in Mumbai. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RzuGXv Asian News International

Ishrat was pursuing a degree through Indira Gandhi National Open University. Her family described her as "chatty" and someone who "made people laugh" from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WClB4b Sameer Yasir

The boat capsized while the pilgrims were on their way to take a dip in the holy Ganges river during the ongoing Kumbh Mela. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RBBZ14 Asian News International

The Centre is mulling a proposal to extend free and compulsory education up to 12th standard. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WDvIFH Kangkan Acharyya

The 2019 Interim Budget presented on Friday is a clear example of a Narendra Modi who plans for a decade, even when he is set to face an uncertainty three months down the line in the general elections. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MLAHzL Ajay Singh

Hundreds of farmers from Uttar Pradesh stayed put near the DND flyway, at the junction of Noida and Delhi, on Saturday demanding enhanced compensation in lieu of their land acquired before 2013. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DPJyO8 Press Trust of India

A Delhi court on Saturday granted interim bail till 16 February to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MLACvX FP Staff

Along with the relief package for farmers, the government has initiated a range of measures to boost agriculture. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DQIpG6 FP Staff

The incident happened during a snow-clearing exercise on Pahalgam-Aru road at Gudkhamb point when one JCB and some persons came under the avalanche. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MKiqmo Asian News International

It does not take a rocket scientist to tell you that Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Interim Budget for 20190-20 was an election year act. Nor does it require a quantum physicist to say that the fiscal deficit target has been missed. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HL4F8f Madhavan Narayanan

One very important move in Budget 2019 is that income tax returns will now be processed within 24 hours and refunds will be initiated immediately. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2t2oVYD Vinayak Jain

Piyush Goyal's Interim Budget 2019 is a 3-by-3 Budget. First, it veers around politics, political economy and economics. Second, it addresses poor farmers, unorganised labour and the low tax-paying middle class. Third, it makes a case for re-election. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HNuSDf Gautam Chikermane

The Mumbai Police on Friday claimed to have solved the murder of a 34-year-old woman and her daughter within 24 hours, with the arrest of her husband and his girlfriend. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2t2oTjt Press Trust of India

Several farmers said after Finance Minister Piyush Goyal finished presenting this government's last budget that it had not swayed them to vote for Narendra Modi's BJP. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HJpn8t Reuters

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she was "sorry" that Commissioner of Kolkata Police Rajeev Kumar was not present at a meeting with the Election Commission of India (ECI) a day ago. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Rw8spC Press Trust of India

Students in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday were seen crossing snow-capped mountains to reach schools as the state received a fresh spate of snowfall. Braving all odds, these children, dressed in red school uniforms in Malana had to cross a thick block of snow to attend school. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WCyD1m Asian News International

The Centre is likely to announce the name of next CBI chief soon, ignoring the objections raised by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, a member of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Selection Committee, on the names of probable contenders proposed by the government, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RtvlKh Press Trust of India

Even if the numbers do not add up in Narendra Modi's 'no pain, all gains' budget in February 2020, the disinvestment block is always there to help meet its 3.4 percent fiscal deficit target from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WAOU7i Madan Sabnavis

The Indian Embassy in the US has opened a 24/7 hotline to assist the 129 Indian students arrested by the American authorities in the "pay-and-stay" university visa scam, officials have said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RxPaQD Press Trust of India

A month long media study of 28 TV channels in India undertaken by members of the Network of Women in Media India found that only 13.6 percent women are part of panel discussions on TV news channels. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WxJE4l Sonal Kellogg

Several key railway projects in the Mumbai region will be expedited with the Union Budget making sufficient provisions for the megapolis, railway officials said on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Rw8luc Press Trust of India

Anand Teltumbde, an accused in Bhima Koregaon case, has been arrested by the Pune Police from Mumbai early morning on Saturday. The Pune Sessions Court on Friday rejected an anticipatory bail application of the activist and professor. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WDZavh Asian News International

While some of the themes mentioned in Dissent on Aadhaar have filtered down to conversations in urban, English-speaking India, the book reveals that we haven't even begun to scratch the surface. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RxpcwG Partha P Chakrabartty

Yusuf, the nephew of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, was shot dead in Siwan on Friday night. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WD9zr1 FP Staff

Within hours of the Interim Budget being presented in Parliament on Friday, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking that it be quashed on the charge that there is no Constitutional provision for an Interim Budget. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Rw8fmk Press Trust of India

With the Budget, Narendra Modi has made a move and attempted to seize initiative with a series of financial statements and promises that go far beyond the convention in an election year. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WyBPLv Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay

A two-year-old girl died when three consecutive earthquakes hit Maharashtra's Talsari taluka in Palghar district on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UCChqt Asian News International

Within three decades, India will be a country of old women and men. The burgeoning greying population will mostly be alone, lonely, vulnerable and ill, with no one to take care of them. Are we ready for an old society? from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WByDyI Sonal Matharu

Daily bulletin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two public rallies in West Bengal today as part of the BJP's campaign in West Bengal; Robert Vadra's plea for anticipatory bail is likely to be heard today; day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RzXkrA FP Staff

It seems the political side of the Budget 2019 has delivered with almost 70 percent of respondents who took part in CVoterIndia's Budget Exit Poll expressing their satisfaction from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WAWiiV Yashwant Deshmukh and Manu Sharma

Indians in the US and in India still coming to grips with the news of more than a hundred people arrested - mostly students - across US cities this week are increasingly using a one word reaction to a carefully laid fake University trap by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to round up visa fraudsters: "entrapment". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Rw86iM Nikhila Natarajan

Shekhawati is a region in Rajasthan that is famous for its heavily muraled buildings. The region is made up of several towns with thousands of painted buildings that include havelis, temples, shops and cenotaphs. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WBIQvh Saumya Agarwal

Riding a bike was her thing and that is what Pissay loves more than anything else in the world. She started racing because she wasn't sure what to do after failing her boards. But she was ready to explore, and biking clicked. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RzXkb4 Suprita Das

In New Delhi's elite social circles and corridors of power, considerable prestige and social capital adheres to a 'Lutyens bungalow', of which there are about a thousand in all, with 90 per cent owned by the government from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WAWgaN Jagan Shah

Irrespective of who they find, the solution will only be skin deep because the real problem in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) runs far deeper than most understand. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Rw7ZDS Navneet Rajan Wasan

The government decision to allocate Rs 75,000 crore to 12 crore farmers for a minimum assured income of Rs 6,000 per year in the interim budget will boost the rural consumption and positive for agriculture and allied sectors from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WzQI0e Press Trust of India

The Centre announced direct income support of Rs 6,000 per year to farmers holding cultivable land up to two hectare, a move that would benefit 12 crore farmers and cost the exchequer Rs 75,000 crore annually from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WAWfUh Press Trust of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the interim budget is merely a "trailer" of what will guide India towards prosperity after the Lok Sabha polls and described it as something which will benefit all sections of the society. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RwwmkG Press Trust of India

The process of demolition of fugitive diamond businessman Nirav Modi's illegal bungalow at Alibag has started, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court Friday from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WswGVg Press Trust of India

The Atal Pension Yojana levies heavy penalties for delay in paying monthly contributions, or inability to pay contributions for certain months. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RwQLGb Sohini Sengupta

The government, which has already raised around Rs 36,000 crore from disinvestment so far in the current fiscal, expects to raise another Rs 44,000 crore from share sale in state-owned companies in the two months till March 2019. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WyjOx0 Press Trust of India

After all, this final Budget of the Narendra Modi government, although technically an 'interim' one, comes around 30 days ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RxeYfQ Sanjay Singh

Going the extra mile on Friday, the Madhya Pradesh chief minister led a one kilometre road procession from Shourya Smarak war memorial to Mantralaya where people sung Vande Mataram in the secretariat's park. A police band struck up patriotic songs as well at the venue from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WyjD4O Press Trust of India

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday doled out tax sops to middle class including doubling of income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh and raising standard deduction to Rs 50,000, and provided concessions on interest income from bank deposits and rent. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RyY7sW FP Staff

The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 is fermenting alienation and mistrust in the North East and might infuse a fresh lease of life to insurgency in Manipur from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WyjqP4 Sunzu Bachaspatimayum

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the interim budget announced by the Narendra Modi-led government is independent India's greatest-ever, adding that it promised to fulfil the dreams of a new India. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RyXYpo Asian News International

The final results of the 2018 Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist exam of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) have been declared. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WyjgXY FP Staff

Beyond the political messaging and counter messaging, a few takeaways of the budget are evident. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RumGr2 Sreemoy Talukdar

Goyal said that the Centre would request the state governments to give list of farmers with less than 2 hectares of land holding, so that small and marginal farmers can enjoy these benefits from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WzdS72 FP Staff

The crackdown on illegal business of sand and its resulting scarcity has largely affected construction work, rendering hundreds of daily wage workers jobless. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RyXC22 Ramashankar Mishra

Budget 2019 LIVE: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot termed the budget as another 'jumla' of the Narendra Modi government. The Opposition has been targeting the interim budget calling it an exhibition of hollow dreams. Gehlot said that Narendra Modi was showing people dreams for the next 10 years when in reality, his term is going to end soon. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MIdcHL FP Staff

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday proposed to increase tax deducted at source (TDS) limit on rent income to Rs 2.4 lakh from the current Rs 1.80 lakh from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DMfsL9 Press Trust of India

Making a strong re-election pitch, the BJP-led NDA government Friday announced the biggest income tax sops for the middle class, including a complete exemption for income up to Rs 5 lakh, and Rs 6,000 annual cash dole to poor farmers in a scheme that will cost Rs 75,000 crore per year from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MQysLL Press Trust of India

Witch-hunting is rampant across 17 districts of the state, with Kokrajhar leading the tally with 45 deaths, followed by Chirang with 24 deaths and Goalpara with 17 deaths from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DMfoLp Press Trust of India

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, while announcing the Interim Budget said farmers will be provided Rs 6,000 per year, which amounts to Rs 16.44 daily, in three instalments under a central government scheme. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MQyrrb Press Trust of India

Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on 3 February, officials said on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DMfin1 Press Trust of India

Chidambaram sais Goyal tested people's patience by delivering the "longest interim budget speech in the recent memory from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MJRK5f FP Staff

On Friday, when Finance Minister Piyush Goyal was concluding his Budget speech with a couplet in Lok Sabha, Ramdas Athawale was on his feet eager to recite a poem from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DMf6nN Press Trust of India

The NDA government's decision to provide Rs 6,000 per year to each farmer with a land holding of less than 2 hectares is a major boost for the sector that has been witnessing a sharp decline in the numbers of cultivators since 2001. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MKlGya Yatish Yadav

Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced in his Interim Budget speech that the government will now increase its contribution to employees' provident fund to 14% from the earlier 10% while keeping the contribution of workers intact at 10%. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DMeRJp FP Staff

There has been no change in the current fiscal's allocation of Rs 4.29 crore for the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal during 2019-20, from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MIsOek Press Trust of India

As he presented the Interim Budget 2019 of the NDA government, Union minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced a 10-point 'vision for the next decade'. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DOvXGE FP Staff

Non-senior citizens have now been spared of the TDS rigor upto Rs 40,000 but without any income tax exemption upto Rs 40,000. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MJ1NaG S Murlidharan

The Interim Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal unveiled an interim budget with giveaways for rural citizens and tax benefits for the middle class, in what is being seen as a critical test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is facing anger over depressed farm incomes and unemployment with a general election just months away. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DNj3bT FP Staff

Goyal made some key announcements in the budget includingassured Rs 6,000 per year income support for small and marginal farmers from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MIpZKo FP Staff

In a clear pre-poll sop for the middle class, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said that the government proposes to raise the income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh, but left the implementation to the next government in the full-fledged budget. It has also proposed to raise the standard deduction to Rs 50,000. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D1JmJZ FP Staff

Budget Speech 2019 LIVE: Piyush Goyal said that the government's hands were tied since this was an Interim Budget. However, the government still tried to reach out to the two poorest sections of society, ie small farmers and labourers in unorganised sector. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G2H2pZ FP Staff

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said the operating ratio for Indian Railways is expected to improve from 98.4 percent in 2017-18 to 96.2 percent in 2018-19 and further to 95 percent in 2019-20. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D1JoS7 FP Staff

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday doled out tax sops to middle class including doubling of income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh, raising standard deduction to Rs 50,000 and provided concessions on interest income from bank deposits and rent from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G3hTLU Press Trust of India

In a bid to woo farmers, poor and the marginalised, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced a higher allocation of funds for their benefit. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CVS1NY Asian News International

Goyal added that GST has resulted in increased tax base, higher collections and ease of trade. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G5uWwi Press Trust of India

Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Piyush Goyal also said that a welfare development board to frame special strategies for the benefit of the hard-to-reach de-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic communities will be set up under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D00lfL Press Trust of India

Crediting the government for rolling out stuck projects like Eastern Peripheral Expressway to decongest Delhi and Bogibeel Bridge in Assam, Piyush Goyal said India also witnessed container movement on waterways from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G5uNsK Press Trust of India

Economists, therefore, feel Isaac's 10th budget will remain as a castle in the air unless he shows the political will to cut down the growing revenue expenditure and raise resources from non-tax sources. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CZ9WTZ TK Devasia

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday complimented Piyush Goyal for delivering an excellent pro-farmer, a pro-poor budget which will also strengthen the purchasing power of the middle class from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G5uA8W Press Trust of India

E-vehicle sales in India are expected to be 30 percent of total sales by 2030. According to Niti Aayog estimates, e-vehicles sales are expected to touch around 25.36 million units in India in 2030. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D00jEF Press Trust of India

Why is the Centre hesitant to release the NSSO report officially when it has maintained that there is job growth in the country, and schemes such as 'Skill India' and 'Make in India' were working to this end? from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G5udey Shraddha Chowdhury

In the last Budget session of the NDA government, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced the setting up of 'Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog' for enhanced productivity of cattle. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CXjXkC FP Staff

On 25 December, 2016, at least 80 vehicles engaged in transporting iron from Surajgarh mines, in Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli, were torched by Naxals. A senior official said Rao and Gadling were arrested from Pune on Wednesday and produced in Aheri court in Gadchiroli on Thursday from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G0zYtT Press Trust of India

As Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presents he Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's sixth and final budget before the Lok Sabha polls, here are the highlights of his speech. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D0vsb2 FP Staff

The 30-share Sensex was trading 506.21 points, or 1.40 percent, higher at 36,762.90; from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G1YieT Press Trust of India

Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said more than 70 percent of Mudra scheme beneficiaries were women. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D0vijW Press Trust of India

The runway at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will be shut between 7 February and 30 March for repairs, lading to cancellation of over 5,000 flights from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G2Z6Au FP Staff

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said it is the first time that the Budget outlay has touched Rs 3 lakh crore mark. He said if more funds are required, those will be made available. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D0va3W Asian News International

The government has relaxed foreign investments norms in several sectors, including single-brand retail, defence, airlines and food processing from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G0zYKp Press Trust of India

Women in Afghanistan's Kabul fear that any peace deal between the Taliban and the US could erode hard-won freedoms. Their concern is shared by those in rural areas, where the literacy rate can be less than two percent and rights are often even more constrained by conservative tradition. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D0v1xq Agence France-Presse

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said 10 lakh patients have been treated so far under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, the world's largest health care programme. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G2GTTt Press Trust of India

Budget Speech 2019 LIVE: Among the first major announcements in budget speech 2019, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal says Rs 60,000 crore has been set aside for MGNREGA, the rural employment scheme, adding that the allocation can be increased further. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RuUioD FP Staff

Startup founders want the government removes the startup tax in all forms from the Budget from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WyByrZ FP Staff

Five people have been arrested for allegedly burning an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi, in an enactment of his assassination on his death anniversary, officials said on Thursday. The suspects, allegedly belonging to the right-wing All India Hindu Mahasabha, fired at the effigy before setting it ablaze on Wednesday, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RvHJth Press Trust of India

Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Geze3C Press Trust of India

The RSS leader, who spoke in Hindi, also hit out at the Kerala government over the Sabarimala row and blamed it for "facilitating the entry of women through the back door." from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RxFXbb Asian News International

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will present the the Interim Budget for 2019, the last financial exercise by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government before the general election, on Friday at 11 am. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GeXov5 FP Staff

A Vote on Account is a formal request for approval of funds for essential government spending for a limited period. This is sought in an election year, while a full-fledged Budget is presented by the new government. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G0htFX FP Staff

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced a culture of honesty in governance and no one who "cheats" India can "hide" anywhere in the world and "escape". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ggb1Ky Press Trust of India

In Union Budget 2019, the government is expected to project economic growth of around 7.5% for the next financial year, while expanding capital spending on railways, roads and ports by 7-8% from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G0hr0N FP Staff

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will present the Narendra Modi government's sixth and final Budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 on Friday. Watch it live on the Press Information Bureau's YouTube channel. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GcWYFw FP Staff

Piyush Goyal, also serving as the railway minister, examined the final copy of the document on Thursday evening in New Delhi. He will present the Interim Budget in the Lok Sabha at 11 am. He is also expected to address the media around 3.30 pm. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2G0hnOB Asian News International

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given strong indication that he would like to present a full budget instead of a vote-on-account which is traditionally called for in an election year, by an outgoing government, triggering outrage by the Congress. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GdhQMJ FP Staff