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In this issue

February 02, 2025

Bihar gets bulk of the allocations

BIHAR was written all over the Union Budget as it made significant allocations for the NDA-ruled state that will face assembly polls later this year.

1 min

Boy Dies After 12-ft Goalpost Falls on Head

A seven-year-old boy died while playing football at a municipal ground in Avadi after a goalpost collapsed and fell on him on Friday evening, police said.

1 min

Man Immolates Self at Police Station Over Son's Arrest

CONDEMNING the arrest of his son on charges of possessing ganja, a 45-year-old man immolated himself at the Kavundampalayam police station on Saturday morning.

1 min

Can Decide Locus Standi of Complainant in Plea Against Party: EC to HC

The Election Commission of India has told the Madras High Court that it is competent to determine questions of its own jurisdiction whenever required, as it is inherently vested with legislative and judicial powers apart from executive powers.

1 min

Accused who jumped bail 19 years ago held

A 50-year-old man who had eluded the police for 19 years was arrested by the Karimangalam police in Mayiladuthurai on Friday.

1 min

ECR car chase: Bharathi says accused AIADMK member, DMK flag misused

DMK Organisational Secretary RS Bharathi on Saturday alleged that one of the accused in the East Coast Road (ECR) case is a member of the AIADMK.

1 min

Ensure direct contact with people: CM to collectors

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Saturday instructed the newly appointed collectors to nine districts to pay special attention to fulfilling the basic needs of the people besides concentrating on implementing developmental and welfare schemes.

1 min

FEMA violation notice: Plea by Flipkart owners dismissed

THE Madras High Court has dismissed the petitions filed by the owners of the e-commerce platform Flipkart challenging the complaint and the notices issued by the Enforcement Directorate over violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India Regulations (TISPRO) over receiving foreign direct investments (FDI) and issuing of equity shares.

1 min

A year after inauguration, 800MW thermal plant not ready for ops

Unable to run at full capacity due to technical issues and lack of wagon-loading facilities

1 min

Anna univ rape: Journos stir against intimidation, phone seizures by SIT

MEMBERS of the Chennai Press Club (CPC) along with senior journalists, held a protest on Saturday, accusing the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of intimidating reporters probing the Anna University rape, by unlawfully seizing their personal mobile phones.

1 min

Cane farmers decry rise in labour costs

SUGARCANE farmers in the district are distressed by increasing labour costs and have urged the state government to implement a special subsidy scheme that would provide them assistance during harvest season.

1 min

Budget benefits only working class which is 5% of population

REACTING to the union budget announced on Saturday, the farmers association stated that it benefits only the working class, which is just five per cent of the country's population, and not the farmers which is over 80 per cent of the country's population.

1 min

Export, Cotton Initiatives Boost Tiruppur Firms

Knitwear

1 min

New turnover limit leaves MSMEs vexed

REVISED LIMIT

1 min

Anti-People for DMK & Co, Visionary for BJP

Tirukkural quoted in union budget speech

2 mins

A BID TO BUILD SKILL ECONOMY

BALANCED GROWTH

1 min

₹5,936 crore earmarked for Polavaram project in Andhra

Section Label: Funds For Projs

1 min

More financial aid, subsidy sought for deep-sea fishing

As the union government is set to introduce a supporting structure for sustainable fishing in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and high seas, the Tamil Nadu fisherfolk demanded improved measures to promote deep-sea fishing boats such as long-liners and gillnetters.

1 min

Empty pot for second highest tax-paying state

‘Anti-poor’

1 min

NEITHER A HALWA, NOR A BIRYANI

N his parliament speech on Budget 2024, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi had taunted the government by showing a picture of the finance minister and her mostly upper-caste officers participating in the ritualistic 'budget halwa ceremony' and asked metaphorically why India's budget halwa was not being shared proportionately with the oppressed sections.

3 mins

Prudence in the Time of Turmoil

The global macroeconomic backdrop to the finance minister's eighth budget is a turmoil caused by protectionist policies of the US and a stock market crash caused by a Chinese startup.

2 mins

Budget a force multiplier: Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed his third-term government's first general Budget as a \"people's budget\" and a \"force multiplier\" aimed at fulfilling the aspirations of 140 crore Indians.

3 mins

Budget a force multiplier: Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed his third-term government's first general Budget as a \"people's budget\" and a \"force multiplier\", aimed at fulfilling the aspirations of 140 crore Indians.

2 mins

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Scheme for 'First Engine of Growth'

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman positioned agriculture as \"the first engine of growth\" in the Union Budget for 2025-26, announcing flagship schemes, including Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, to be implemented in partnership with state governments to benefit 1.7 crore farmers.

1 min

Healing touch to cancer care, med infra push

1.1L UG and PG medical education seats in 10 yrs

2 mins

Politically motivated: Oppn tears into govt

OPPOSITION parties on Saturday called the Union Budget a \"cruel betrayal of people\" and \"politically driven,\" with an eye on the Delhi and Bihar assembly elections.

1 min

₹20K cr for roof top solar installations

ALLOCATIONS

1 min

Listened to people's voices: FM

FINANCE minister Nirmala Sitharaman on hiking income tax exemption limit on Saturday said, \"we've listened to the voice of the people because we are a responsible government\".

2 mins

No cheer in stock mkts amid flat capex growth

Mix of consumption push, low capex growth

2 mins

Fiscal deficit target cut to 4.4% for FY26

THE budget has pegged fiscal deficit, which is the quantum of government borrowings, for the next fiscal at 4.4% and the same for the current fiscal retained at 4.8%.

1 min

Clarification on Ulips cap gain tax

LTCG

1 min

All Set To Boost Household Sentiments

The last budget laid out a framework for a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, and Budget 2020 builds on this with great acumen.

2 mins

Exemptions for Life-Saving Drugs, Critical Minerals

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a series of exemptions and revisions to Basic Customs Duty (BCD) across various sectors.

1 min

TDS, TCS rates rationalised, new norms mooted

IN a significant step to simplify the tax regime and also to reduce compliance burden, the government has announced to reduce the number of TDS (tax deducted at source) rates. Also, the threshold amount for tax deduction will be increased.

2 mins

Tax benefits for NPS Vatsalya subscribers

EXEMPTIONS

1 min

₹10K cr fund will give fillip to startup eco

WITH an aim to boost the start-up ecosystem in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) will be supported by a ₹10,000 crore commitment.

1 min

UDAN scheme to connect 120 new destinations

Transformative shift

2 mins

Investment, turnover limit for MSMEs up

SMALL INDUSTRIES

1 min

Allocation Stands at ₹574 Cr, Census & NPR Unlikely to Begin in '25

A meagre allocation of ₹574.80 crore under the Union budget for Census, Survey and Registrar General India indicated that the delayed decadal head count exercise in the country may not be carried out this year too.

1 min

Def gets ₹6.8L cr, enhanced by ₹59.6 cr

Seven public enterprises, corporatised from Ordnance Factory Board, allocated a total of ₹1,494 crore this fiscal

1 min

Living Texts of New Voices, Lingering Memories, and Old Wounds at Lit Fest

A narrative from Kashmir to Los Angeles

2 mins

Truck with 150 gas cylinders catches fire in UP

A massive fire broke out in a truck loaded with around 150 gas cylinders leading to a series of blasts for about half an hour in UP's Ghaziabad district on Saturday.

1 min

Dhami Likely to Rejig Cabinet After Civic Body Polls in U'khand

DESPITE winning 10 out of 11 mayoral positions in Uttarakhand's municipal corporations, the BJP is facing growing concerns over its weak performance in key ministerial and legislative areas.

1 min

On fast track: Fillip to infra, 200 new Vande Bharat trains

THE Union Budget for 2025-26 on Saturday made significant provisions for the rail sector, with the government planning to introduce 200 new Vande Bharat trains, including both sleeper and chair versions, along with 100 Amrit Bharat and 50 Namo Bharat train sets, besides numerous projects and infrastructure development.

1 min

8 Naxals gunned down in C'garh's Bijapur encounter

EIGHT cadres of the banned outfit CPI (Maoist) were killed in an intense gun battle with the security forces in the Bijapur district, about 400 km south of Raipur, on Saturday.

1 min

Look Northeast: Assam to get urea plant, CMs of seven states elated

THE Chief Ministers of the states in the Northeast and industry bodies hailed the Union Budget, 2025.

1 min

3 Israelis, 183 Palestinian prisoners freed in fourth swap after truce

HAMAS militants freed three male hostages held for more than a year in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in the fourth such exchange of a ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of intense fighting.

1 min

6 dead in second US plane crash in as many days

A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff on Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.

1 min

Harris Gets Top Billing at Chennai Open

THE Chennai Open ATP Challenger 100 Men's International Tennis Championship 2025 will be organized by the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association from February 2 to 9 at the SDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam, Chennai.

1 min

Ramkumar and Mukund put India in command

INDIA made a strong start to their Davis Cup 2025 campaign on Saturday, taking a 2-0 lead over Togo on the opening day of the World Group I Playoffs at the DLTA Complex.

1 min

Salah Scores Double as Liverpool Extend Lead in EPL

MOHAMED Salah's controversial penalty put Liverpool on course for a 2-0 win at Bournemouth as the Premier League leaders moved nine points clear on Saturday.

1 min

Punjab's Arjun and Ojasvi take spotlight

Punjab's Arjun Babuta & Ojasvi Thakur won the 10 air rifle mixed team gold

1 min

Lifetime achievement award for Sachin

FORMER India captain and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was honoured with the Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award at the BCCI annual awards in Mumbai on Saturday.

1 min

Between Nature and Humanity

The fearlessness that reflects in artist GR Iranna's experimental mediums creates a deep aesthetic which elevates the canvas into a third dimension

2 mins

Wake Up to the Importance of AI in Education

For a couple of years or so the brouhaha about AI has been on us. The one worry that consistently nags me is the lack of readiness in terms of expertise and acceptance in terms of use of AI in education in my country.

2 mins

Increasing Man-animal Conflict is a Sign of Disasters Waiting to Happen

Acute Angle

4 mins

The Secret Sauce to Lasting Friendships

In the first week of January, I received an unexpected phone call from a cherished family friend, someone I hadn't met in 17 long years.

1 min

Eating with Eyes Wide Shut

Find yourself gaining weight and feeling excessively full in the mornings for no explicable reason? You may be suffering from sleep-related eating disorder

2 mins

Battles, Imagination and a Little History

The Cholas held power over a large geography, spanning the Lakshadweep in the west to Malaysia in the east

2 mins

A Heady Mix of Ambition and Academia

The narrative explores the venerable institution and walks the precipice between aspiration and necessity

2 mins

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