Chandigarh, Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal here on Saturday deplored the Modi government for presenting lacklustre and directionless budget. She said that Modi government which had made enticing promises to people of country before coming to power has disappointed the people by presenting a generalRead More

Chandigarh, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley rightly observed that instead of small steps, India needs a quantum leap. But unfortunately, far from a gigantic leap, his budget did not even comprise any small steps. It was more a case of one step forward and two steps back. The Economic survey releasedRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today said that there was nothing in the budget for the common man to cheer about. “There has not even been some token relief for the working middle classes as the income tax slabs remain unchanged”, he pointed outRead More

* Punjab to witness unprecedented growth in health, agriculture, heritage and tourism fields Chandigarh,Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today described the Union Budget presented by finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley as a positive pro development, pro poor initiative which would catapult growth and strengthen the nation’s economy. InRead More

Chandigarh, Expressing gratitude to the Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley for giving severa; important projects to the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that it was in furtherance of the agenda of NDA to emerge Punjab as a leading state by ending a longRead More

New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a 5 percentage point reduction in corporate tax over next four years, abolished wealth tax and replaced it with an additional 2 per cent surcharge on super-rich individuals, while increasing service tax that will result in higher cost of variety of services.Read More

New Delhi, Breaking his silence in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today denounced communalism and asserted that his government stood for unity wherein all religions prosper within the framework of the Constitution. “My government’s only religion is ‘India first’, my government’s only religious book is ‘Indian Constitution’, our only devotion isRead More

* ‘Double-digit growth possible, inflation easing’ New Delhi, India’s Economic Survey has projected growth at over 8 per cent for the next fiscal and said inflation was easing while setting the agenda for “big-bang” reforms to further drive expansion, prune wasteful expenditure and promote investments in a green way. Tabled inRead More

Chandigarh, People’s Party of Punjab Chief Manpreet Singh Badal today castigated the S. Parkash Singh Badal government in the state for having failed to effectively present its case to the centre for special financial assistance. “It is shocking that Punjab has been excluded from the list of debt ridden statesRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Pradesh Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today called upon the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal to explain to the people the reason for the latest discrimination by his own Narendra Modi government at the centre in the matter of denial of special financial allocation toRead More