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Growth, stability over populism

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented the Union Budget for 2026-27 with total expenditure pegged at Rs 53.5 lakh crore, outlining a medium-term growth framework ... Read More


Mamata moves SC against EC over Bengal SIR

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in the state, alleging ... Read More


Opposition slams Budget 2026 as hollow, directionless

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Opposition parties on Sunday mounted a broad attack on the Union Budget 2026-27, calling it hollow, directionless and inattentive to economic stress, even as the government defend... Read More


Budget targets US tariff shock with customs relief, manufacturing support and logistics reforms

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Confronted with sustained trade pressure from the United States and growing volatility in global commerce, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a broad set of c... Read More


Mamata: Budget visionless, missionless & anti-people

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- Terming the Union Budget as "garbage of lies" leading to a "derailment of economy", Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused ... Read More


Budget: 5 varsity townships, girls' hostels across districts

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Five university townships in the vicinity of major industrial and logistic corridors, girls hostel in every district, setting up of content creator labs in 15,000 schools and 500 ... Read More


Madhyamik begins today; over 9.71L candidates set to appear

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- The Madhyamik Examination 2026 will begin on Monday across West Bengal, with 9,71,340 candidates set to appear at 2,682 examination centres. Of the total examinees, 5,44,606 are fem... Read More


KMC clears Rs 145 cr drainage project for north, east Kolkata

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has approved a major sewer rehabilitation and upgradation project at an estimated cost of nearly Rs 145 crore, aimed at addressing chronic wa... Read More


Anandapur fire: SIT formed to probe cause, negligence & safety lapses

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- The West Bengal Police have set up a Special Investigation Team to probe the devastating fire that broke out at warehouses in Anandapur on the southern outskirts of Kolkata in the e... Read More


Magistrate can't order FIR unless police first approached: Cal HC

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings arising out of a matrimonial dispute against the husband and his kin, holding that a magistrate's power to direct registrati... Read More