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Country has turned bankrupt under Modi govt: Tiwari

10:00 pm February 12, 2021

Mohali: The country has turned bankrupt under the Modi government and its image has been dented on social, political and international fronts, Congress MP Manish Tiwari alleged here on Friday. Addressing a rally in support of party candidates for Mohali municipal body elections slated for February 14, he said there is a debt of Rs […]

Cattle smuggling case: ED raids Kolkata house of Binay Mishra

4:29 pm February 12, 2021

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted a search operation at the house of Binay Mishra, a businessman allegedly involved in a cattle smuggling racket in West Bengal and considered close to the ruling Trinamool Congress, an official said. The central agency is investigating into the money laundering aspect of the case, he said. The […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Opposition parties slam govt over Union Budget, say nothing in it for common man

3:46 pm February 12, 2021

New Delhi: Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha on Friday charged that the Union Budget serves the interests of capitalists that will help the rich turn richer and has nothing for the common man, even as the BJP defended saying it has earmarked funds for all including strengthening of health sector. Participating in the debate on the […]

India looks to become self-reliant in silk sector in next two years: Irani

Irani hits out at Rahul in LS, says he is spreading lies

12:02 am February 12, 2021

New Delhi: Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday launched a scathing attack in Lok Sabha on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of spreading lies and saying he may not accept the budget, but people will. Making an intervention in the general discussion on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha, Irani said that she did not expect Gandhi to support a budget which intended to promote the government’s ‘Atmanirbhar […]

Budget for the rich, of the rich, by the rich: Chidambaram

4:30 pm February 11, 2021

New Delhi: The Congress tore into the government in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday for presenting a ”disappointing” budget, with former finance minister P Chidambaram describing it as a ”budget for the rich, of the rich and by the rich” that is meant for only ”one per cent of India’s population that controls 73 per cent of the country’s wealth”. Outrightly […]