The budget for defence has been set at £593 billion, a meagre 1. 5% increase over the revised estimates from the previous fiscal year and 13% more than budgetary expectations.
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31st May 2026 | Updated at 07:30pm 31st May 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
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KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
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Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
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West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
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India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the fifth and last full-fledged budget of Modi 2.0, before the general election next year,...
India has blocked more than 200 applications with ties to China, the government said. According to reports, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) took the initiative after the Ministry of Home Affairs made the suggestion.
After the US health protection agency warned that the eye drops may contain a drug-resistant bacteria that has been connected to instances of irreversible vision loss and one death from a bloodstream infection, a pharmaceutical company in Chennai...
“Butterflies in the stomach”, said a nervous Justice PV Sanjay Kumar seconds after he reached the pinnacle of his judicial career in taking oath on Monday as a Supreme Court judge, an occasion that appeared to physically overwhelm him, causing...
The Enforcement Directorate claimed that in connection with the Saradha money laundering case, it had attached assets totaling more than £600,000 from...
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India celebrated its 74th Republic Day on January 26. The main function was held at Kartavya Path in New Delhi. R-Day was also celebrated in different...
A US court found a resident of Ahmedabad guilty of human smuggling in July 2019.
A Gandhinagar sessions court on Tuesday sentenced self-styled godman Ashumal Harpalani alias Asaram Bapu to life imprisonment on charges of rape and unnatural sex, a day after the court had held him guilty of the offences.
