The New Indian Express Vellore - February 02, 2025
The New Indian Express Vellore - February 02, 2025
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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
Man immolates self at police stn, sustains 70% burns
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
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
Can Decide Locus Standi of Complainant in Plea Against Party: EC to HC
AIADMK had alleged quasi-judicial adjudication
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
Over 2cr benefited from MTM scheme: MaSu
Health minister highlights the new medical infrastructure, cancer screening & welfare schemes to improve public health
1 min
Special educators stage protest, seek better pay and job regularisation
AROUND 50 special educators from the Tamil Nadu Samagra Shiksha Special Educators Association for Differently Abled Students (TN-SS-SLEADAS) staged a protest in front of the district collectorate on Saturday, urging the state government to regularise their jobs.
1 min
Export, Cotton Initiatives Boost Tiruppur Firms
The Export Promotion Mission and a five-year plan to boost cotton production, announced in the union budget, would together drive up exports of knitwear firms and cut down manufacturing costs, said Tiruppur Exporters' Association president K M Subramanian on Saturday.
1 min
Anti-People for DMK & Co, Visionary for BJP
Tirukkural quoted in union budget speech
2 mins
New turnover limit leaves MSMEs vexed
REVISED LIMIT
1 min
₹5,936 crore earmarked for Polavaram project in Andhra
WHILE Andhra Pradesh was not specifically mentioned in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech, a closer look at the document revealed that the Centre has allocated funds for several key projects in the State, including the Polavaram Irrigation Project, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, and Visakhapatnam Port.
1 min
A BID TO BUILD SKILL ECONOMY
BALANCED GROWTH
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
VIKSIT BHARAT
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
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 rooftop solar installations
FINANCE minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated a substantial budget for various key schemes in the Union Budget 2025 across different sectors.
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
HIGH ticket Ulips (unit-linked insurance plans) held for over one year will now attract capital gains tax at 12.5% from April 2026, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified on Saturday, ending the ambiguity about whether such gains should be taxed as long-term capital gains (LTCG) or as income from other sources.
1 min
All Set To Boost Household Sentiments
The last budget laid out a framework for a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.
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
FINANCE minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that NPS Vatsalya subscribers will receive the same tax benefits under Section 80CCD(1B) as regular NPS subscribers for their contribution, provided they opt in to remain under old income tax regime and not in the new regime, which does not allow any deductions but offers a higher tax-free income level.
1 min
₹10K cr fund will give fillip to startup eco
NEXT GEN
1 min
UDAN scheme to connect 120 new destinations
Transformative shift
2 mins
Investment, turnover limit for MSMEs up
IN a bid to support Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced increases in the investment and turnover limits for MSME classification, raising them by 2.5 and 2 times, respectively.
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
Fire due to short circuit, says official
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
Won't Accept Gaza Residents: Arab Nations
Reject Trump's plan to relocate refugees to neighbouring Egypt, Jordan
2 mins
3 Israelis, 183 Palestinian prisoners freed in 4th swap
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
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
Punjab's Arjun and Ojasvi take spotlight
Punjab's Arjun Babuta & Ojasvi Thakur won the 10 air rifle mixed team gold
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
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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