Karnataka crisis: Bid to pacify rebels and save government

Bengaluru (IANS) Hectic parleys are underway to pacify a dozen Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) rebel legislators to withdraw their resignations and save the 13-month-old coalition government in Karnataka, an official said on Sunday.

"Senior…

Finance Ministry asks officers to guide taxpayers on Budget proposals

New Delhi (IANS) The Finance Ministry has sent out informative guide on various indirect tax proposals in the Union Budget to senior field officers for implementation.

In a letter to Principal Chief Commissioner, Chief Commissioner and Principal…

Karnataka crisis: 5 Congress, 3 JD-MLAs 'resign'

Bengaluru (IANS) In a severe jolt to the year-old coalition government in Karnataka, five Congress and three Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) legislators on Saturday resigned from their respective Assembly segments in the southern state, sources said.

Modi government behind defections in Karnataka, says Congress

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP over the resignations of 11 MLAs of the ruling coalition in Karnataka, alleging that the Central government was "orchestrating the defections".

Addressing reporters after…

Jai Kisan! Big farm push expected in first Budget of Modi 2.0

New Delhi (IANS) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present her maiden Budget, is likely to fulfill many of the promises made by the Prime Minister during his toiling poll campaign culminating in the historic mandate.

Taking forward…

Polling on for by-elections to 2 RS seats from Gujarat

Gandhinagar (IANS) As many as 60 legislators of the ruling BJP and four of the Opposition Congress here on Friday cast their votes for bypolls to the two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, which fell vacant after Union Ministers Amit Shah and Smriti Irani…

TN politician Vaiko sentenced to 1 year in jail for sedition

Chennai (IANS) MDMK General Secretary and Rajya Sabha candidate Vaiko was on Friday sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of Rs 10,000 by a Tamil Nadu court here in a sedition case dating to 2009.

The court also stayed the execution of the…

Highest capex for Railways at 1.60 lakh crore

New Delhi (IANS) In her maiden Budget speech, Finance MInister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday gave Indian Railways the highest-ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.60 lakh crore and a budgetary allocation of Rs 65,837 crore.

Vote for change in J&K Assembly polls, urges Shah Faesal

Srinagar (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) Chairman Shah Faesal on Thursday urged people to vote for change in the Assembly polls whenever they will be held, adding that Kashmir is placed at the crossroads of its political history.

Judge, who wrote to PM on nepotism, denied farewell party

Lucknow (IANS) Justice Rangnath Pandey, Allahabad High Court judge Rangnath Pandey who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging 'favouritism, nepotism and casteism in the appointment of judges, was not given the customary farewell…