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Hindustan Times Ranchi
Oppn Decries Budget as 'Pro-Bihar', 'Anti-farmers'
The Opposition hit out at the Centre for failing to address the \"economic crisis\" and decried the Union Budget as a \"pro-Bihar\" budget.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
CM, NDA leaders belaud, Tejashwi belittles budget
Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu has secured benefits for his state upto ₹1 lakh crore. What has happened for Bihar's special package and special status? TEJASHWI YADAV, RJD leader and Bihar LoP
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Push for clean energy, critical minerals
Nuclear energy is expected to form a significant part of the energy mix for Viksit Bharat (developed India), Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Saturday, as she announced a ₹20,000 crore allocation for a programme for the research and development (R&D) of small modular reactors.
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
German Doctor Convicted of Raping Patients
A German court on Friday handed a doctor a six-and-a-half-year jail term for raping female patients while carrying out colonoscopies.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Man killed in road rage incident, two arrested in Jamshedpur: Cops
A 27-year-old man was killed in a road rage attack by three car-borne people near Tinplate Company quarters under the Golmuri police station (PS) in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur city, police officials said on Saturday, adding that two people have been arrested in connection with the case.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Centre Unveils ₹1L-Cr Urban Challenge Fund, Revamped PM-Svanidhi
An urban challenge fund of ₹1 lakh crore to transform cities into \"growth hubs\"; ₹15,000 crore fund for SWAMIH 2.0 (special window for affordable and mid-income housing) to construct 100,000 \"stuck\" housing units; and enhanced bank loans and UPI-linked credit cards under the revamped PM SVANidhi (Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi) scheme—these were the major announcements made for the urban sector by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Saturday.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
UDIT NARAYAN JHA ON BACKLASH FOR KISSING FANS
After a video showing him kissing a fan on the lips sparked outrage online, the singer says this is how fans show love
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Defence Spending Hiked, Focus on Modernisation
A significant portion of the modernisation outlay in defence will be spent on buying weapons, systems and equipment
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bhutan Takes Lion's Share in Allocation for MEA in Budget
India's close partner Bhutan once again garnered the largest share of the government's external aid portfolio, with an outlay of ₹2,150 crore in the 2025-26 Budget, which also retained a ₹100 crore to develop Iran's Chabahar port.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
India Eye Women's U19 T20 WC Defence
Unbeaten so far in the tournament, a dominant India will start as overwhelming favourites to win their second consecutive title when they take on South Africa in the final of the Women's U19 T20 World Cup here on Sunday.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Sky and Samson's form in focus as India take on England in fifth T20I dead rubber
The series already in their pocket, India would look to address their nagging batting woes against an England team gunning for revenge after feeling hard-done by a debatable concussion substitute when the two teams clash in the fifth and final T20 International here on Sunday.
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
₹15k-cr SWAMIH fund to help stalled projects
Experts said the fund will help middle-class families, who are juggling home loans and paying rent for alternative accommodation
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
8 Maoists Killed In Gunfight With Security Forces In C'garh's Bijapur
Bijapur: Eight Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police officials said.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Job creation, infra development steps on anvil for poll-bound Bihar
With an eye on the Bihar polls due later this year, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced measures for job creation and infrastructure development including green-field airports.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Poll Vault: 'Special' budget boost to Bihar, Nitish govt
The Union budget 2025 has left the NDA leaders in poll-bound Bihar upbeat as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced state-centric projects.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
DGGI busts ₹150 cr input tax credit scam in Dhanbad
THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH RAID BY THE JAMSHEDPUR REGIONAL BUREAU, WHICH HAS COVERED ENTIRE JHARKHAND IN THE PAST 15 DAYS, BUSTING GST SCAMS WORTH OVER ₹400 CRORE AND LEADING TO A TAX LOSS OF OVER ₹100 CRORE
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
UDAN Scheme To Add 120 New Destinations In The Next 10 Yrs
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday that the government will launch a modified version of its regional connectivity scheme, UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik), which will set out to connect 120 new destinations over the next decade.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Agriculture budget is big on strategic Vision
The chief economic adviser termed agriculture \"the sector of the future\" at the release of the Economic Survey 2024-25.
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
A Highwire Walk That Must Balance Between Economic Growth and People's Welfare Needs
As India approaches the close of FY24-25, the economy finds itself at a crossroads.
4 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
New tax regime, TDS relief on house rents make people upbeat
THE TAX PROFESSIONAL SAID THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS, HAVING ANNUAL INCOME BELOW THE TAXABLE BAR, WOULD HAVE THE REASON TO FEEL GOOD
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Failing to make use of demographic dividend, the threat of walking into middle-income trap looms
The headline item on which the finance minister wants us (and Delhi's voters) to focus is the income tax break.
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
No 2nd Innings for Kohli as Delhi Crush Railways
Off-spinner Shivam Sharma grabbed five wickets as Delhi ended their Ranji Trophy league campaign on a high, sealing a bonus point win over Railways here on Saturday.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Mukund And Ramkumar Post Easy Wins, India Lead Togo 2-0
Sasikumar Mukund returned to Davis Cup action with a fluent straight-set victory while Ramkumar Ramanathan hardly broke a sweat in his match as an untroubled India took a 2-0 lead in the World Group I play-off tie against Togo, here Saturday.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
South Korea, Ireland to probe DeepSeek's handling of user data
Data watchdogs in South Korea and Ireland said on Friday they would ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, as governments from around the world turned a spotlight on the service.
1 min |
February 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Spix's Macaw extinct in the wild shifted to Brazil, says Vantara
THE TRANSFER WAS OVERSEEN BY VETERINARIANS AND A KEEPER FROM ACTP, ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPERT TEAM FROM VANTARA'S GZRRC
1 min |
February 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
How to avail tax deductions on joint home loan
Higher loan eligibility is not the sole benefit of a joint home loan.
3 min |
February 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Kejriwal Submits Reply to EC, Slams Haryana CM
Senior AAP leader and party convener Arvind Kejriwal submitted his reply to the Election Commission (EC) on Friday regarding his allegation that the BJP government in Haryana has mixed \"poison\" in the Yamuna water supplied to Delhi, saying his remarks were in context of the \"unprecedented high levels of ammonia in the raw water\".
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February 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Thailand Orders Stubble Burning Crackdown as Pollution Spikes
The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday a week after toxic air forced hundreds of schools to close.
1 min |
February 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Delhi Political ATM for AAP: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, accusing it of stalling Delhi's development while using the national capital's resources for its political gains.
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February 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Seven Arrested in Sasaram MP Assault Case
Seven accused were arrested in connection with two cases registered from both sides following Thursday's clashes between Congress MP from Sasaram, Manoj Kumar, his associates, and villagers at Nathupur village under Kudra police station in Kaimur district, police said.
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