‘High flight toward Viksit Bharat’: PM Modi hails Union Budget 2026 as ‘historic’

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the Union Budget 2026 as “historic”, saying it charts a clear roadmap towards achieving the goal of a Viksit Bharat by 2047 and gives fresh momentum to India’s reform journey. He also highlighted the recently signed “mother of all deals” between India and EU in his … Read more

‘Woefully short of the hype’: Congress slams ‘completely hollow’ Union Budget 2026 | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Union Budget 2026–27, claiming the finance minister’s speech was “fairly short” and “lacking specifics”. He said the budget offered little reassurance to the middle and lower-middle classes, further accusing the government of missing Kerala from the budget address.Speaking to news agency … Read more

MCC adds 49 Hamdard postgraduate seats to round III after Supreme Court order

NEW DELHI: Acting on the Supreme Court’s directions in a petition filed by affected candidates, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has added 49 postgraduate medical seats of the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) to the Round III seat matrix, enabling students to exercise choices immediately.The admissions will be conducted through centralised All … Read more

Slightly warm and dry Feb may impact Rabi crops, IMD predicts while releasing monthly temp and rainfall outlook | India News

NEW DELHI: February is likely to be warmer than usual with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicting ‘above normal’ monthly minimum (night) and maximum (day) temperatures over most parts of the country during the month and ‘below normal’ cold wave days over several parts of northwest India, including Delhi-NCR, and adjoining central India. … Read more

‘Looking to see what benefits Kerala gets’: Tharoor ahead of Budget presentation | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Union Budget would be closely watched for measures to translate projected economic growth into employment, stressing that growth without jobs would not benefit the country’s youth. “We are all looking forward to hearing what the finance minister has to tell us. The Economic Survey projects … Read more

After Supreme Court rap and ministry reminders, 65 medical colleges still off NMC records on intern stipends: RTI | India News

NEW DELHI: Even after sharp observations from the Supreme Court and repeated reminders from the Union health ministry, the National Medical Commission has failed to enforce its own directions on payment of stipends to medical interns, with 65 medical colleges still yet to submit required details, according to an RTI reply.On October 28, 2025, the … Read more

BLA launches Op Herof 2.0, 12 security personnel dead | India News

BLA claims 84 Pak security personnel killed in Operation Herof (Representative image) New Delhi: Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on Saturday commenced “Operation Herof 2.0”, a large-scale military offensive characterised by synchronised attacks at dawn. While BLA claimed scores of casualties across the region, the official count stood at 12. The local administration claimed to have … Read more

‘Zero tolerance against terror’: Delhi declaration slams Pahalgam | India News

India, Arab League adopt ‘New Delhi Declaration’; vows zero tolerance toward terrorism, push for UNSC Reforms New Delhi: The Delhi Declaration issued after the second India-Arab foreign ministers’ meeting reaffirmed the principle of zero tolerance towards terrorism, condemned cross-border terrorism and called on all states to refrain from using terrorism against other states.In that context, … Read more

SC slams tax department, RBI governor for harassment of IRS officer | India News

New Delhi: Supreme Court has slammed the income tax department and a former revenue secretary, who now is the governor of RBI, for systematically harassing an Army officer turned Indian Revenue Services bureaucrat for over a decade and imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the authorities.Pramod Bajaj was commissioned as an officer in … Read more