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Hours After Budget Fuel Retailers Hike Petrol, Diesel Prices

Following the steep rise in international crude oil prices, the prices of fuel has been hiked twice in two weeks.

Mar 1, 2015

'Kakki Sattai' Opening Day Box Office Collection: Siva Karthikeyan's Best So Far, but Fails to Beat 'Anegan', 'Yennai Arindhaal','I', 'Kaththi', 'Lingaa'

Siva Karthikeyan's latest flick has failed to beat the box office collection records of Dhanush, Ajith, Vikram, Vijay and Rajinikanth movies

Feb 28, 2015

Union Budget 2015: 'India is about to take off,' Says Jaitley Delivering His Maiden Full-Year Budget Focused On Growth

The Finance Minister presented a balanced budget on Saturday aiming to go for high growth

Feb 28, 2015

Budget 2015: BJP Leaders Full of Praise for Arun Jaitley

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that the Budget was progressive, pragmatic and practical.

Feb 28, 2015

Wealth Tax Abolished; Super Rich Taxed 2%

Jaitley said the government's goal is to have "minimum government and maximum governance" with the focus on ease of doing business and simplifying tax procedures.

Feb 28, 2015

Atal Innovation Mission: ₹150 crore for Research and Innovation

Named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, AIM will be an innovation promotion platform involving academics, entrepreneurs and researchers.

Feb 28, 2015

Five Mega Power Projects of 4,000 MWs each to be Set up

The step has been planned with the aim of electrification of the remaining 20,000 villages in the country by 2020.

Feb 28, 2015

India Budget 2015: Gold Monetisation Scheme in the Works

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed ways to turn 20,000 tonnes of unproductive gold owned by Indian households into cash.

Feb 28, 2015

Tax Deductible Investments Hiked to ₹4.4 lakh

Jaitley said the government is proposing to rationalise various tax exemptions and incentives to reduce tax disputes and improve tax administration.

Feb 28, 2015

Union Budget 2015: Black Money Law Violation to Attract Rigorous Imprisonment of up to 10 Yrs

The FM introduced the initiatives of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government in tackling the menace of black money.

Feb 28, 2015

Union Budget 2015: Excise Duty on Cigarettes go up, Tobacco Company Stocks Slip

The FM increased excise duties on cigarettes, which saw industry stocks slip.

Feb 28, 2015

Budget 2015: Finance Minister Disappoints Bollywood

Members of film industry were hoping that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would include entertainment industry in the Union Budget 2015, but the budget failed to please them.

Feb 28, 2015