2018

New Delhi: Terming infrastructure as growth driver of the economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced an allocation of Rs 5.97 lakh crore for 2018-19 for infra spending, up by over Rs 1 lakh crore from the ongoing fiscal.…
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New Delhi: Snapping its two-day rising streak, gold prices drifted lower by Rs 150 to Rs 31,250 per 10 grams at the bullion market today, largely on weak global trend amid slackened demand from local jewellers. However, silver advanced by…
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New Delhi: Announcing a series of benefits for senior citizens, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the exemption limit on income from interest for them has been raised five times to Rs 50,000 per year. At the same time, the Finance…
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Srinagar: A 10-year-old boy, who was injured after an unexploded shell went off at an encounter site in Shopian last week, succumbed here today, police said. Musharaf Faya, who was critically injured after an unexploded shell went off at…
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New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram today said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had failed the fiscal consolidation test in Budget 2018-19 and this would have serious consequences. The former finance minister said the fiscal deficit…
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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was today adjourned until Monday following the presentation of the Union Budget by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. There will be no Lok Sabha sitting tomorrow in view of the death of BJP MP Chintaman Vanga on…
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Tokyo: Eleven people were killed in northern Japan after fire broke out at a home for elderly people with financial difficulties, police said today. Television footage showed the three-storey building engulfed in flames and dozens of…
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New Delhi: The fiscal deficit will overshoot to 3.5 per cent from the earlier estimate of 3.2 per cent in the current fiscal, ending March 31, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday. The target has been fixed at 3.3 per cent for…
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Yangon: A petrol bomb was thrown at the lakeside Yangon compound of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi today while she was away from her home, a government spokesman said. "It was a petrol bomb," spokesman Zaw Htay confirmed to Agencies,…
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