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Bloodbath on D-Street, budget fails to impress investors
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Stock markets witnessed a bloodbath during the special trading session on Saturday as traders resorted to short selling after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2020-21.
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Will make efforts to raise more money for Delhi-Mumbai highway: Gadkari
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari expressed happiness over the Centre's announcement that the ambitious infrastructure project of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be completed within a span of three years and said that the government will make eff
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Budget 2020: Govt sets aside Rs 4,400 cr to battle climate change
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Underlining India's focus on environment preservation and climate change, the government has set aside Rs 4,400 crore to spend under this head in this year's Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday.
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Market indices tumble after Budget announcements
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Equity indices were on a downward swing during afternoon on Saturday as proposals in the Union Budget 2020-21 failed to cheer investors.
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Budget 2020: Rs 9,000 crore allocated for senior citizens' welfare
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): While presenting her second Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Saturday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Centre this year has allocated Rs 9,000 crore for the welfare of senior citizens.
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Despite weekend, stock markets open for special trading session on Budget
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): As the government decided to follow its tradition of presenting the Union Budget on February 1 despite being a Saturday this year, the Indian stock market too has decided to remain open.
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Centre ready to talk to Shaheen Bagh protestors, clear doubts on CAA: Ravi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): In a first, the Centre on Saturday said that it is ready to talk to and clear any misgivings of protestors who have been on a sit-in agitation at Shaheen Bagh in the national capital against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here for over almost two months.
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Policeman's family found murdered in Ranchi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Three members of a family, including two children, were found murdered at their house here, police said on Saturday.
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CII DG optimistic about maintaining GDP growth rate
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Hours before the tabling of the Union Budget, CII's Director General Chandrajit Banerjee on Saturday expressed hope that India would be able to achieve required Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate by carrying out reforms and creating jobs in the market
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SC refuses to stay BSP MP's parole to take oath
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with an Allahabad High Court order, which granted two-day parole to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Atul Rai for taking the oath as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the national capital.
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Amit Shah asks Kejriwal to take 'a dip in Yamuna to realise the condition
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Wednesday asked AAP leader and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to take "a dip in the Yamuna to realise the condition of its water."
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Milind Deora writes to Sonia requesting to deliver poll promises made by M
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Congress leader Milind Deora on Tuesday wrote to party president Sonia Gandhi requesting her to deliver poll promises made by the party to the voters of the state during the Assembly elections.
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