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In a big boost to the Indian middle class, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that there will be no income tax payable for incomes up to Rs 12 lakh, and Rs 12.75 lakh for salaried taxpayers (including standard deduction). ....

Presenting her eighth consecutive Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of initiatives for the poor and marginalised sections including the gig workers. ....

Amid a protracted standoff with China, regular ceasefire violations by Pakistan and terrorist infiltrations, the Central government has given special powers to the Indian Army to buy ammunition and armaments without going through the red-tape, to be prepared for a 'short and intense war'.....

General Bipin Rawat, the Indian Army's new chief, on Sunday said that the nation wants peace and tranquillity but if necessary "will not hesitate to use force".....

In a coup of sorts, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday named himself the new head of the Samajwadi Party even as his supporters stormed the party's state headquarters.....

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A court here on Monday sent to judicial custody, till January 16, hawala trader Paras Mal Lodha who was arrested for converting demonetised notes worth Rs 25 crore linked to industrialist J. Sekhar Reddy and lawyer Rohit Tandon into new currency.....

Google dedicated a Doodle on Tuesday to mark the 186th birth anniversary of India's 19th century social reformer Savitribai Jyotirao Phule, considered the first feminist of the country.....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcements on the New Year's Eve, including sops in housing, agriculture and for pregnant women, will cost the economy a total of over Rs 3,500 crore annually, a State Bank of India report said on Tuesday.....

Police in Bengaluru has filed a First Information Report against two unidentified men for allegedly groping a young woman on New Year's Day, a police officer said on Wednesday.....