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Budget 2026: rRs.r5,000 crore to develop CER around temple towns, tier-2, 3 cities

India, Feb. 1 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs.5,000 crore fund to develop the city economic region (CER) centred around temple towns and tier-2 and tier-3 cities, a Rs.100 ... Read More


Clinton mass shooting: What happened at East Feliciana Parish Courthouse? Scary details from Mardi Gras parade

India, Feb. 1 -- Multiple people were shot in front of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse during the Mardi Gras parade in Clinton, Louisiana, on Saturday, WBRZ reported, citing officials. The incide... Read More


Boss asks employee to work on 'nightmare project' right before engagement: 'Zoom calls all day, zero trust'

India, Feb. 1 -- Marriage leave has become the centre of a growing workplace dispute after an employee claimed a major project team dismissed wedding plans as "not an emergency" during a critical deli... Read More


16-year-old gang-rape victim dies in Meerut hospital, main accused held

MEERUT, Feb. 1 -- A 16-year-old gang-rape survivor, died while undergoing treatment at Meerut Medical College on Friday evening, police said. She had been on ventilator support for four days following... Read More


Nirmala Sitharaman delivers a short Budget 2026 speech, lasts 81 minutes

India, Feb. 1 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented the Budget for the financial year 2026-27 in a relatively short speech, by her own standards. According to the official ... Read More


From shadow to succession: Sunetra Pawar steps into the centre of power

India, Feb. 1 -- On a hazy evening in Mumbai, the political climate appeared charged as Ajit Pawar's widow, Sunetra Pawar, was sworn in as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, catapulting her from the... Read More


AR Rahman says 'messages get corrupted on the way' in first appearance on Kapil Sharma's show post 'communal' remark row

India, Feb. 1 -- Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman recently made headlines over his remarks, which many assumed hinted at communal bias in the film industry - a comment he later clarified. Now, during ... Read More


17 cancer drugs to become cheaper as Sitharaman announces customs duty exemption in Budget speech

India, Feb. 1 -- In her Union Budget 2026 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled steps to reduce treatment costs for cancer patients by removing basic customs duty on 17 medicines. She a... Read More


Sunetra Pawar sworn in as deputy CM, rift in family widens

India, Feb. 1 -- Three days after Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash, his widow Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as the state's fir... Read More


Ram Charan, Upasana Konidela become parents to twins, a boy and a girl

India, Feb. 1 -- Actor Ram Charan and his wife, businesswoman Upasana Konidela, are now parents of three children. It's official because the couple welcomed their twins - a boy and a girl. Congratulat... Read More