London Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Jeremy Hunt has reached out to the Indian diaspora to boost his chances against Boris Johnson, reiterating his plans to strengthen the “incredibly important” bilateral ties and strike a post-Brexit Free Trade Agreement. The 52-year-old UK foreign secretary, who is going head to head withRead More

Sangrur Two days after The Tribune highlighted how a Class XII student contracted HIV after using shared syringes to inject chitta, seven more addicts in the area have tested positive for the dreaded disease, while another four are suffering from hepatitis C. Sources said following the news report, Deputy CommissionerRead More

New Delhi Even though Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today rooted for a young Congress president, the party appeared undecided on the likely candidates. The schedule for the next Congress Working Committee was not final as yet with Rahul Gandhi in Patna for a court appearance today and expected toRead More

New Delhi Describing the Union Budget as citizen friendly, development friendly and future oriented, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it will empower the poor and provide the youth with a better future. Terming the Budget as one that extends “hope” and boosts “self confidence”, he said the policiesRead More

New Delhi India will grow to be a $3 trillion economy this very year, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday while outlining her vision to bring the beleaguered farming sector out of the dark. Talking about the Modi government’s focus on ‘gramin Bharat’, she quoted Mahatma Gandhi whileRead More

New Delhi A large number of items including petrol, diesel, gold, silver, cigarettes, fully-imported cars and split air conditioners (ACs) will become more expensive due to hike in taxes, as proposed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2019-20. At the same time certain items such asRead More

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Far From Home is yet to release in India, but the iconic Web Slinger has already reached India through art. In anticipation of the superhero film, students of art painted Spider-Man graffiti art on the streets of Mumbai last week. Some art students in Bengaluru and PuneRead More

Dhaka A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced nine activists of a BNP-led alliance to death and 25 others to life in prison for attacking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago when she was the Opposition leader. Hasina was leading a nationwide campaign by rail when her coach came underRead More

Kolkata The sanitary ware industry has urged the Centre to rationalize GST to 5 per cent from the existing 18 per cent to pare down the cost and encourage personal hygiene. The manufacturers hoped that the Union Budget, which is slated to be presented on Friday, would pave the wayRead More

New Delhi In a stinging response to the ongoing controversy over removing tax exemption to disabled soldiers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s office today tweeted a statement claiming it to be the “response of the armed forces on the issue of taxability of disability pensions”. Later, the official Twitter handle ofRead More