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'It's a very good budget': Old video of Ramdas Athawale goes viral as Nirmala Sitharaman presents Budget 2026

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive Budget today, achieving a milestone as she became the longest-serving Finance Minister. Sitharaman's ninth Budg... Read More


Why did Wipro, TCS, Coforge and other tech stocks rally up to 4.6% despite stock market sell-off? Explained

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Wipro, TCS, and LTI Mindtree were among the few Nifty IT constituents that traded with sharp gains in today's session (February 1), defying the broader sell-off in the Indian stoc... Read More


Sitharaman announces Rs 10,000 cr SME growth fund, major push for MSMEs

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday that the government has decisively and consistently chosen action over ambivalence, reform over rhetoric, and people over populi... Read More


Budget 2026-27: FM Sitharaman proposes sports goods initiative, launch of Khelo India Mission

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed an initiative for sports goods manufacturing and proposed the launch of a Khelo India Mission as part ... Read More


Union Budget 2026: Passengers hope for tax relief, better rail services

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the 13th Union Budget of the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Sunday, as passengers at New De... Read More


High-Speed Rail corridors and Tourism Schemes skipped Odisha: Naveen Patnaik on Budget 2026

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 1 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday expressed strong disappointment over the Union Budget 2026, criticising the Centre for ... Read More


'Blind to India's real crises': Rahul Gandhi slams Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2026

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Union Budget for 2026-27 is "blind to India's real crises", and highlighted how the youth are without jobs, manuf... Read More


Ludhiana: Woman lawyer's friend booked for abetment to suicide

Ludhiana, Feb. 1 -- Nearly 25 days after a woman lawyer was found dead under mysterious circumstances, the Division Number 7 police on Friday booked her friend, Jagdish Singh, a resident of Akalia vil... Read More


Union Budget undermines cooperative federalism: Telangana Minister Sridhar Babu

Hyderabad, Feb. 1 -- Telangana Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu on Sunday criticised the Union Budget, stating that it ran contrary to the spirit of the Constitution and weakened the principles of coope... Read More


Data centre, AI stocks rally after Budget offers tax sops for cloud services

Mumbai, Feb. 1 -- E2E Networks jumped 8.56%, while Anant Raj rose 6.57%. Netweb Technologies India gained 5.27%, reflecting strong investor optimism around India's data centre and AI infrastructure th... Read More