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Gas leakage at Haldiram's building in Noida: 1 dead, 300 evacuated

An ammonia gas leak was reported at a Noida Sector 65 Haldiram building. More than 300 others were evacuated from there.

Feb 1, 2020

Political leaders reaction on Budget 2020: Rahul Gandhi says 'repetition, lot of rambling'

In her 2.5 hour-long speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures to boost the ailing economy and major tax reliefs. Here's how the political leaders reacted to it.

Feb 1, 2020

Budget 2020: Unable to complete her Budget speech, Nirmala Sitharaman quits midway

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech was the longest ever and she felt too tired to read out the final two pages.

Feb 1, 2020

Budget 2020: Govt to sell part of its holding in LIC via IPO as part of its divestment drive

This could be the country's biggest initial public offering in recent times, the government will list Life Insurance Corp of India in the next financial year starting April.

Feb 1, 2020

Budget 2020: Bank deposit insurance raised to Rs 5 lakh after PMC Bank scam

The move comes after the closure of PMC Bank, where thousands of depositors lost their money.

Feb 1, 2020

Kunal Kamra sends legal notice to Indigo against travel ban, seeks Rs 25 lakh compensation

Kunal is also seeking an unconditional apology from Indigo in all leading newspapers, electronic media and on all of the social media platforms currently being operated by the airline.

Feb 1, 2020

Cow urine and dung can treat Coronavirus, says Hindu Mahasabha chief

Hindu Mahasabha chief Swami Chakrapani Maharaj has said that a person who chants Om Namah Shivay and applies cow dung on the body, will be saved from Coronavirus.

Feb 1, 2020

India bans export of protective masks, clothing amid worldwide Coronavirus outbreak

While a reason for the ban has not been explained yet, the move assumes significance as there could be a spurt in demand for such products due to an outbreak of the virus.

Feb 1, 2020

Congress hopes Union Budget 2020 will bring relief to salaried class, rural India

Congress is hoping for the budget to include measures for investment in rural India besides providing a healing touch to the common man.

Feb 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Another Air India flight to evacuate Indians in Wuhan to leave New Delhi today

Another special flight will depart to coronavirus-hit Wuhan from New Delhi at 12.50 pm today with a different set of crew and the same team of doctors with other aircraft.

Feb 1, 2020

Govt ready to speak with anti-CAA Shaheen Bagh protesters, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The proposal for dialogue comes days before the scheduled Delhi Assembly elections.

Feb 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Air India plane with 324 Indians from China's Wuhan lands in Delhi

India has thanked the Chinese government for facilitating the special flight to evacuate the Indians from Wuhan.

Feb 1, 2020

Will the Union Budget 2020 make it India's decade?

With the focus on the new decade and India's opportunity to seize the global economic opportunity, the Union Budget may well herald the second wave of structural reforms.

Feb 1, 2020

Tareek pe tareek: Nirbahya convicts will not be hanged tomorrow, execution postponed

The executions of the four convicts -- Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma, Akshay Kumar and Mukesh Singh -- have been postponed till further orders.

Jan 31, 2020

Economic Survey: Govt's key steps to achieve $5 trillion economy, check here

The Economic Survey noted that the year 2019 was a difficult year for the global economy with world output growth estimated to grow at its slowest pace of 2.9 per cent.

Jan 31, 2020