Two killed as bus mows down pilgrims

Meerut, Feb. 2 -- Two pilgrims were killed and a woman critically injured after a speeding Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) bus hit them on the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway-5... Read More

Uttar Pradesh to get 2 of India's 7 high-speed rail corridors

LUCKNOW, Feb. 2 -- Two high-speed rail corridors passing through Uttar Pradesh promise to transform the state's economic landscape and religious tourism, with Lucknow emerging as a key station on a ne... Read More

Rs.250cr for setting up AVGC content creator labs in 15,000 schools

NEW DELHI, Feb. 2 -- The Centre will support the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), Mumbai, in establishing Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) content creator labs in 1... Read More

Fish caught off high seas to be duty free

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several sops to bolster India's seafood industry and marine shipments, including waiver of duties on imported inputs, policies aimed ... Read More

high-value crops get huge push, Rs.1.30cr allocated

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The government will strengthen high-value crop ecosystem, focusing on production of coconut, cashew and sandalwood, along with a new multilingual artificial intelligence (AI) tool... Read More

Dedicated rare earth corridors for mining

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- To counter constrained global supply chains of rare earths, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to support the mineral-rich states- Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh a... Read More

'Visionless' and 'blind to India's original crisis': Oppn parties slam Budget 26-27

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Opposition parties dubbed the General Budget 2026-27 as visionless and "blind to India's real crises," with former finance minister P Chidambaram pointing out that none of the... Read More

'Tourism sector key to generate employment, expand economy'

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget on Sunday placed tourism among the key sectors for employment generation and regional development, with proposals covering eco-tourism, heritage conservation, tra... Read More

Poll-bound states get no mega projects in budget

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday unveiled a bunch of projects that are expected to give a fillip to infrastructure and connectivity in the poll-bound states of ... Read More

Rs.5,000-crore fund for development of tier-2, 3 cities and temple towns

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- A Rs.5,000 crore fund to develop city economic region (CER) centred around tier-2, tier-3 cities and temple towns, a Rs.100 crore incentive for municipal bonds issued over Rs.1,00... Read More

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