Kolkata, In the midst of strong protests by the opposition BJP, West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Friday presented a populist Budget of Rs 3.21 lakh crore, proposing extension of the 2 per cent rebate on stamp duty and 10 per cent waiver on circle rate of land for another six months till September 2022, alon

New Delhi, A Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs 3 lakh on his head, was killed while a District Reserve Guard (DRG) trooper sustained a minor injury in a gun fight in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday morning, officials said.

Inspector General, Bastar range P. Sundarraj also said that the gunfight broke o

New Delhi, The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is currently running 60,929 shakhas across the country, marking an increase of 5,277 shakhas since March last year. Till March 2021, about 55,652 RSS shakhas were running across India.

This was revealed on the opening day of the three-day meeting of the Akhil Bharat

New Delhi,  With a total financial outlay of Rs 500 crore for the period from FY 21-22 to FY 25-26, the pharmaceutical department under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers released the guidelines for the Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry (SPI) scheme on Friday.

The scheme will address the ri

New Delhi,  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has lodged an FIR against an Indore-based firm -- Krishidhan Seeds Private Limited -- and its directors Jainarayan Pusaram Karwa, Ushil Karwa, Mukund Karwa and others -- for allegedly committing a bank loan fraud of Rs 33.09 crore.