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Budget 2026: It is time for fiscal discipline again

India, Jan. 30 -- The Union Budget for the coming fiscal year is being presented at a moment of unprecedented global turbulence. The global economy is being shaped by tariffs, trade wars, and politica... Read More


Institution that is both a monument and a mirror

India, Jan. 30 -- India's history is littered with bold experiments that fizzled and grand pursuits that stumbled under the kaleidoscope of its complex society. But some institutions became glorious s... Read More


School students turn poets, storytellers for social change

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Picture this: a mother hurriedly whispers advice to her nervous 9-year-old daughter as they walk past a boy memorising words from a piece of paper clutched in his hands. Nearby, ... Read More


Class 9 student gang raped, dies by suicide in Raj

BIKANER, Jan. 30 -- A Class 9 girl, who consumed a pesticide after she was abducted and gang-raped by two men in Rajasthan's Bikaner on January 22, died at the Prince Bijay Singh Memorial (PBM) Hospit... Read More


Redevelopment policy gets nod, aims to transform urban landscape

Lucknow, Jan. 30 -- The state cabinet on Thursday approved the Uttar Pradesh Urban Redevelopment Policy 2026 to give a fresh momentum to urban development. The cabinet also approved an amendment to ru... Read More


tHAROOR MEETS KHARGE, RAHUL, SAYS 'all is good'

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor, who was at odds with the party's official line on a number of issues in the recent past, met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and leader of the Op... Read More


Black box recovered from crash spot, AAIB begins investigation

Pune, Jan. 30 -- Investigators have recovered the black box from the Learjet 45 crash that killed Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others near Baramati on Wednesday, a key develop... Read More


Convict gets 20 years in Ayodhya sexual assault case

LUCKNOW, Jan. 30 -- A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, on Thursday sentenced Samajwadi Party leader Moid Khan's employee Raju Khan to 20 years of ... Read More


UP Budget may have larger chunk for ongoing projects

LUCKNOW, Jan. 30 -- As the Yogi 2.0 government prepares to table its last annual budget (2026-2027) on February 11, it faces a dual task - providing additional funds to complete ongoing projects, impl... Read More


U.P. moves HC against order to book cops in Sambhal violence case

MEERUT, Jan. 30 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has moved the Allahabad high court against a judicial order from earlier this month that directed lodging of an FIR against 22 police officers, includin... Read More