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Noisy scenes in Kerala assembly during budget discussion


CPI-M led LDF opposition members today tore away the budget papers and staged a walk out in the Kera...

Tax-free Delhi budget in an election year


No new tax was levied and chilly spray, desi ghee and LED lights will be cheaper with Delhi governme...

Maharashtra budget 2013: Ciggies, liquor, cosmetics to cost more


With large parts of Maharashtra reeling under severe drought, the state Budget presented today propo...

Punjab Budget 2013: Soft drinks, Cigarettes to cost more


The state government hiked the Value Added Tax in the Rs 460.21 crore deficit Budget presented in th...

Foreign tourists to get tax refund in Goa


Foreign tourists who fly into Goa can now shop cheap at the beach paradise.

Goa Budget 2013: Beer, IMFL to cost more


Beer and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) will be marginally expensive after Goa Chief Minister Man...

1,000 cr in Budget for skill development of 10 lakh youth


The Union Budget for 2013-14 has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for the skill development of 10 lakh youth...

Electricity rates might increase in Gujarat: Minister


Minister of State for Energy Saurabh Patel today claimed that a 5.7 per cent increase in freight in ...

Armed forces` modernisation not to be hit by budge


The modernisation plan of the armed forces will not be affected by the reduction in the defence bud...

Goa CM to begin consultations ahead of budget


Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will start holding consultations with different sections of peop...

New defence budget leaves ex-Army generals, experts unhappy


The Defence Ministry was allocated Rs 2,03 lakh crore for 2013-14 which is barely Rs 25,169 crore mo...

Budget 2013: Rs 270.05 cr for Union Ministers` travel; Rs 5.8 cr for salaries


The government has earmarked Rs 270.05 crore for the tour expenses of Union Ministers in the General...

All-women bank: Congress workers congratulate Sonia Gandhi


Large number of Congress women members and representatives of NGOs met AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to gr...

Bank for women mere `tokenism` sans social change: JS Verma


Former CJI JS Verma, who headed a panel that examined laws on crimes against women on Saturday said ...

Haryana budget draws flack from opposition parties


Opposition parties in Haryana on Friday dubbed state budget 2013-14 as "disappointing" and "directio...

Housing for poor, insurance cover in Haryana`s 2013-14 Budget


Unveiling Budget 2013-14, the Haryana government on Friday announced it will build 3.5 lakh houses i...

Budget failed to address concerns of masses: Karat


CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Friday said that the Union budget has "failed" to address ...

Naveen says Union Budget not to ensure food security


Terming Budget as "disappointing", Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik alleged there is no significant policy i...

Rs 150 crore for development projects in Kudankulam


The protest-hit Kudankulam town was on Thursday allocated Rs 150 crore for carrying out various deve...

Budget proposals will tackle economic challenges: Chandy


Welcoming the Union Budget proposals, Kerala CM Oommen Chandy on Thursday said it provided much reli...

Budget is clever attempt to mislead public in election year: AAP


Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the Budget presented by P Chidambaram was a "clever attempt to mislead"...

Budget lacks strategy and vision for India`s development: Modi


Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the UPA government`s budget lacks a growt...

Govt to have new criteria for special status, Nitish claims victory


Amid demand from Bihar to revise yardsticks for granting special status to backward states, Centre p...

Delhi govt gets marginal hike in allocation


Notwithstanding demand by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to hike central assistance, Centre earmarked...

Union Budget won’t ensure food security: Naveen


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik termed the Union Budget 2013-14 as "totally disappointing".

Fiscally correct, progressive budget: Scindia


Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday described the union budget as "fiscally correct, pro...

Union budget smoky: Left Front


Left Front described Union budget as "smoky" as it contained no specific measures for safeguarding i...

DMK welcomes union budget proposals


Key UPA ally DMK welcomed the Union Budget, saying they catered to women, farmers and the downtrodde...

Nothing exciting in budget, say Mumbaikars


The union budget 2013-14 presented Thursday that primised to be growth and investment oriented, some...

Fight against Naxalism gets enhanced allocation in budget


Finance Minister P Chidambaram has enhanced budgetary allocation for subjects dealing with upgrading...

Budget a damp squib, full of rhetoric, says Jayalalithaa


Describing Union Budget as `damp squib` Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalaithaa said it was full of rh...

Budget 2013: Mixed reactions from Kerala


Kerala`s ruling United Democratic Front welcomed the Union Budget for 2013-14 as a balanced one.

SP, BSP call Budget 2013 anti-poor


The Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party slammed the 2013-14 annual budget as being "anti-poor", ...

Govt to set up Srinagar-Leh power transmission link


The government announced construction of a power transmission link between Srinagar and Leh at an in...

CPI(M) slams tax `concessions` to the rich


The CPI(M) castigated the government for foregoing over Rs 5.73 lakh crore as tax revenues by granti...

Union Budget 2013 shows no early polls on cards


With the Budget not resorting to populism, the BJP and Samajwadi Party said there was little possibi...

Budget unimaginative, low on substance: BJP


The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday dubbed Union Budget 2013-14 as unimaginative, dull and low on...

Budget 2013: India hikes military spending 14 percent


India hiked its military spending to Rs 203,672 crore (Rs 2.03 trillion/USD 37 billion), an increase...

Rail rokos, dharnas in Odisha against rail budget


Alleging negligence towards Odisha in the rail budget, workers and leaders of different political pa...

Disappointed over Rail Budget, Maha MPs meet Bansal


Cutting across party lines, MPs from Maharashtra today met Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to co...

Dikshit wants significant hike in budgetary share for Delhi


On the eve of the presentation of the Union Budget, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday made ...

Union Budget for 2013-14: Sweet or bitter?


Deep in the bowels of the imposing North Block here, scores of men have been busy making `halwa` -- ...

Rail budget disappoints passenger associations


Railway passenger associations in Mumbai expressed anger and disappointment at the Rail Budget prese...

NCP dismayed over rail budget, says Mumbai `neglected`


NCP expressed disappointment over the railway budget with its chief Sharad Pawar telling a meeting o...

Rail budget reflects UPA`s non-performance: Narendra Modi


Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi termed the railway budget as "anti- development" and said that ...

Railway Budget disappointing for Karnataka: CM


Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday termed the Railway Budget as `disappointing` as...

Mumbaikars dismiss rail budget as dull


Even as the railway budget presented Tuesday was described by the government as reformist and forwar...

Disappointed with rail budget: Kerala minister


Aryadan Mohammed, Kerala minister for railways, Tuesday said he was disappointed as the state was ex...

Rail Budget will have spiralling effect on prices: CPI(M)


Slamming the Railway Budget, CPI(M) on Tuesday said it will hit the common man further through direc...

`Lalu, Paswan should reconsider support to UPA`


Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday asked RJD and LJP to reconsider their outsi...