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Budget 2026: Income tax slabs, rates for FY 2026-2027 - check how much tax you need to pay

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced during her Budget 2026 presentation that the Income Tax Act, 2025, will be implemented from 1 April 2026, and all rules and... Read More


Income tax changes in Budget 2026: What taxpayers need to know

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced several proposals regarding direct taxes in her Union Budget 2026-27 speech on Sunday. Here we take a look at key pointers ... Read More


How long was Nirmala Sitharaman's 9th consecutive Budget speech?

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the Union Budget for the year 2026-2027, speaking for a total of 1 hour 26 minutes, making it a 86-minute long speech. The financ... Read More


Union Budget 2026: Sitharaman announces scheme to develop Buddhist circuit in Northeast to preserve temples, monasteries

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a scheme for the development of a Buddhist circuit in the North East region. The Buddhist circuit scheme will help in preservatio... Read More


Budget 2026: Self-Reliant India Fund to get additional Rs.4,000 crore to bolster MSMEs

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday declared that the Self-Reliant India Fund would receive an additional Rs.4,000 crore in fiscal year 2026-27 to bolster micro, s... Read More


Union Budget 2026-27: Govt to set up 3 new All India Institutes of Ayurveda

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up three new All India Institutes of Ayurveda in her Union Budget 2026-27 speech on Sunday. These institutions are aimed at bo... Read More


Union Budget 2026-27: Govt to set up 3 new All India Institute of Ayurveda

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up three new All India Institute of Ayurveda in her Union Budget 2026-27 speech on Sunday. These institutions are aimed at boo... Read More


NCP-NCP (SP) merger possibilities: Piyush Goyal says unlikely that will happen; party leaders remain tight-lipped

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Union Minister Piyush Goyal stated on Saturday that he did not anticipate a reconciliation between the two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions - formerly led by Ajit Pawar,... Read More


'Our heads bow down in shame': Shehbaz Sharif says he feels ashamed for 'begging' money for Pakistan

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has voiced deep concern over the nation's dependence on external financing, arguing that the constant pursuit of foreign aid compromises na... Read More


Explosion hits Iran's Bandar Abbas port amid tensions with US, reason yet to be ascertained

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- An explosion occurred at Iran's southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, 31 January, Iranian media reported. It said the blast was being investigated but gave no further inform... Read More