HC grants bail to JNUSU President Kanhaiya in sedition case
AMN / Delhi High Court today granted interim conditional bail to the JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar for six months in a sedition case. The Court asked him not to…
Congress sticks to its stand on Ishrat Jehan case: Sonia Gandhi
AMN / Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said her party sticks to its stand on Ishrat Jehan who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2004. Mrs Gandhi said…
BJP demands probe into Chidambaram’s role in Ishrat Jahan case
AMN / BJP has demanded a thorough probe into the conduct of the then Home Minister P Chidambaram and other top Congress leaders following another revelation by a former Home…
Govt to consider rollback of tax on withdrawals from EPF
Government Tuesday promised to consider demands for a partial rollback of the proposal to tax 60 per cent of withdrawals from provident fund and a ceiling on employers’ contribution. It…
Sedition law being reviewed: Govt to Parliament
Our Correspondent / The Controversial Sedition Law is likely to reviewed as Government today said that it was reviewing a section of the Sedition Law. In a written reply in…
Parliament faces adjournments over demand of action against Chidambaram
AMN / AIADMK members in both the Houses of Parliament forced repeated adjournments in the pre-lunch session today demanding the government to take action against former Home Minister P Chidambaram…
EPF withdrawal exempted from tax: Govt
Government today made it clear that Public Provident Fund will not be taxed on withdrawal. Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said in a statement that only the interest that accrues on…
Union Budget 2016-17 projects total expenditure at Rs. 19.78 lakh crore
By TN Ashok / New Delhi: The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented the BJP led NDA government’s 2nd full fledged budget providing reliefs to the small tax payer by…
Jaitley’s Budget focuses on Agriculture, infrastructure, rural employment
Union Budget 2016-17 Andalib Akhter / AMN IN HIS SECOND consecutive budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tried to focus on agriculture, farmers’ welfare, rural employment and development of infrastructure. It…
Union Budget 2016-17 to give thrust to agriculture, social sectors: FM
Measures to boost growth and employment generation Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said, 2016-17 Union Budget will give thrust to three sectors – farming and rural, social sector including healthcare and…