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Growth, stability over populism

2 Feb 2026 1:30 AM IST
Budget pins Rs 53.5 lakh cr on infra, AI, manufacturing to shield India from global headwinds

Mamata moves SC against EC over Bengal SIR

2 Feb 2026 1:15 AM IST
Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls...

Opposition slams Budget 2026 as hollow, directionless

2 Feb 2026 1:06 AM IST
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Sunday mounted a broad attack on the Union Budget 2026-27, calling it hollow, directionless and inattentive to...

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

2 Feb 2026 1:05 AM IST
New Delhi: Confronted with sustained trade pressure from the United States and growing volatility in global commerce, Finance Minister Nirmala...

Mamata: Budget visionless, missionless & anti-people

2 Feb 2026 1:00 AM IST
Kolkata: Terming the Union Budget as “garbage of lies” leading to a “derailment of economy”, Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

Populism, rhetoric take pause in Sitharaman's 'Yuva Shakti-driven Budget

1 Feb 2026 7:38 PM IST
New Delhi: The mantra -- people over populism -- set the tone of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's ninth consecutive Budget speech, marked by...

STT hike in F&O aimed at curbing speculative trade, protect small investors: Sitharaman

1 Feb 2026 7:30 PM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the increase in STT in F&O is aimed at curbing high-risk speculative trade and...

Union Budget: FM pegs fiscal deficit lower at 4.3 pc of GDP for 2026-27

1 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the government expects the fiscal deficit to be at 4.3 per cent of the GDP in 2026-27,...

Sensex logs losses in 8 out of 15 Budget presentation days since 2014

1 Feb 2026 7:00 PM IST
New Delhi: In the 15 Union Budget presentation days of the Narendra Modi government since it came to power in 2014, the BSE benchmark Sensex has ended...

Income tax law comes into force from April 1: FM

1 Feb 2026 12:45 PM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Income Tax Act, 2025 will be implemented from April 1 and rules and tax returns...

Govt proposes to lower debt-to-GDP ratio to 55.6 pc in FY27: Sitharaman

1 Feb 2026 12:30 PM IST
New Delhi: The government has proposed to lower debt-to-GDP ratio to 55.6 per cent in FY27, from 56.1 per cent in the current fiscal year, Finance...

Individuals residing abroad to be permitted equity investments in listed Indian firms: FM

1 Feb 2026 12:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said individual persons residing outside India (PROI) will be permitted equity investments in...
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