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Mint Explainer: Can capital gains make you ineligible for a tax rebate?

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- In Union Budget 2025-26, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the tax-rebate threshold under Section 87A of the Income Tax Act from Rs.7 lakh to Rs.12 lakh. With the standa... Read More


"Those who have looted Delhi will pay price for it," says BJP Minister-designate Ashish Sood ahead of CM swearing in

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Ahead of Delhi Chief Minister designate Rekha Gupta's swearing-in ceremony, Bharatiya Janata Party Minister-designate Ashish Sood reiterated the party's aim of making a 'Viksit D... Read More


Budget for 2025-26 fiscal based on theme of 'Priority to the deprived': Yogi

Lucknow, Feb. 20 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the the theme of the budget for the financial year 2025-26 is 'Priority to the deprived', dedicated to the uplift... Read More


Centre allocates Rs 1.08 lakh cr to Telangana in Union Budget: Bandi Sanjay

Hyderabad, Feb. 20 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday stated that the Union Budget has allocated Rs 1.08 lakh crore to Telangana towards taxes and various schem... Read More


After row over Samay Raina's India's Got Latent, Harsh Gujral deletes all The Escape Room episodes

India, Feb. 20 -- The fallout from the controversy surrounding Samay Raina's show India's Got Latent and Ranveer Allahbadia's comment is continuing to create a ripple in the comedy world. In a recent ... Read More


Teachers threaten to boycott paper evaluation of class 10 and 12

India, Feb. 20 -- MLA Jayant Asgaonkar and Khanderao Jagdale, vice president of the state action committee of teachers association have declared a statewide boycott of the 10th and 12th-grade paper ev... Read More


BNP sees plot to delay election, adopts cautious stance with govt, student leaders

Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- As the political climate heats up again, the BNP is adopting a more cautious stance, reversing its earlier support for the interim government and student leaders of the Anti-Discrimi... Read More


Five of seven newly sworn in Delhi ministers, including CM Rekha Gupta, face criminal cases: ADR report

India, Feb. 20 -- Five out of the seven newly sworn-in ministers in Delhi have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to the poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms. This a... Read More


Uttar Pradesh: Devotees continue to arrive in large numbers at Triveni Sangam to take holy dip during ongoing Mahakumbh

Prayagraj, Feb. 20 -- Devotees continued to arrive in large numbers at Triveni Sangam on Thursday to take a holy dip during the ongoing Mahakumbh Mela at Prayagraj. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi ... Read More


Legitimate Demand

Dehradun, Feb. 20 -- Congress MLAs are perfectly right in demanding that the budget session of the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha be held for the necessary number of days required to deal with legislative b... Read More