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Petrol prices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai and Noida have crossed the Rs 80-benchmark.
Parliamentarians should accept this module for pay hike if they do not intend to "face future criticism", Jaitley said, during his Budget speech.
A University for Railways will be set-up in Vadodara to impart training to the workforce who would be deployed for high speed railway projects.
Speculations are rife whether the Finance Minister would lean towards populism, considering the eight assembly elections to be held this year.
The corporate tax for companies filing I-T returns for an annual turnover of Rs 250 crore has been reduced from 30 per cent to 25 per cent.
Jobs in the rural region would be created by promoting horticulture, food processing and animal husbandry, apart from the employment provided through MNREGA, the FM said.
The Union Budget 2018 will be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1.
As hinted by CEA Arvind Subramanian, who presented the Economic Survey earlier in the week, "a pause in the fiscal consolidation plan can’t be ruled out".
If India shows leniency, it would be "flooded by refugees from all parts of the world", ASG Tushar Mehta said before the CJI-led bench.
The super blue blood moon at its peak would be seen in India at 6:21 pm, and its totality will end at 7:38 pm.
In the entire Asia-Pacific region, only Australia and New Zealand have been classified as "full democracies".
A total of 47 million children -- whose age is below five - reside in the most polluted cities of India, the report titled Airpocalypse II claims.
The salary of other Supreme Court judges and Chief Justices of High Courts has been raised from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2,50,000.
The elections for the 60-member Nagaland legislative assembly was slated for February 27, with the counting of votes scheduled on March 3.
The recent report released by the International Monetary Fund says India will emerge as the "fastest growing economy" in 2018.
The violence was unleashed by Karni Sena after the Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra nullified the ban imposed on Padmaavat by four states.
Nuclear tensions, the rise in nationalist tendencies and US' withdrawal from multi-lateral leadership were cited as some of the reasons to revise the time.
The controversy-ridden movie has "zero historical relevance", says BJP MP Subramanian Swamy.
"Many countries are becoming inward focused and globalisation is shrinking and such tendencies can’t be considered lesser risk than terrorism or climate change," Modi said at Davos.
The shut down came into effect on Saturday after Congress blocked the Bill extending federal funding in the mid-night legislative session.