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Indore, February 18 Industrial organizations in Madhya Pradesh said on Wednesday that the provisions made in the state budget will boost investment, infrastructure, and job creation.Earlier in the day, State Finance Minister Jagdish Devda unveiled the state's budget for the financial year...

Gujarat's Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai presented the budget for the fiscal year 2026, totaling over 4 lakh crore rupees. The budget includes the creation of a development fund of 50,000 crore rupees for scholarships, as well as a visionary plan to prepare for the 2030 Commonwealth Games and...

Gandhinagar, February 18 – Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel met with leading industrialists on Wednesday following the presentation of the Gujarat Budget 2026-27, discussing its impact on the state's business community.The session was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, MLA and BJP...

Bengaluru, February 18 At least 21 Congress legislators in Karnataka left for a foreign tour ahead of the state budget on Wednesday, as a power struggle continues within the ruling party.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is set to present the 17th budget on March 6, shortly after the legislative...

Gujarat Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai presented a ₹4.08 lakh crore budget for the fiscal year 2026, with an estimated surplus of ₹974 crore. This budget, designed under the vision of 'Viksit Gujarat @ 2047', includes key highlights such as a significant increase in student welfare through...

Shimla, February 18 The Himachal Pradesh government will release the remaining two installments of the MLA Area Development Fund, amounting to Rs 1.10 crore, before March 31.Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu made this announcement in the Assembly on Wednesday following a heated debate...

Chennai, February 18 – Premalatha Vijayakanth, the general secretary of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), has stated that her party would announce its decision on an electoral alliance at an appropriate time, even as she signaled openness to the idea of a coalition government with a...

Amaravati, February 18 Andhra Pradesh is falling short of its revenue targets, achieving only 61 percent of the targeted Rs 2.18 lakh crore, while also exceeding its borrowing target by over Rs 10,000 crore, according to the CAG, even though the fiscal year 2025-26 is still two months away...

Shimla, February 17 The Himachal Pradesh Pensioners' Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti staged a protest near the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday to demand the payment of Dearness Allowance and other issues.During the protest, pensioners raised slogans against the state government, accusing it...

Ranchi, February 17 The ruling JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand held a meeting on Tuesday to strategize for the upcoming assembly session.The session will be held from February 18 to March 19. The state budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year will be presented on February 24.The meeting was chaired...

Bhubaneswar, February 17 – The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Congress (INC) criticized the address delivered in the Odisha Assembly by Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on the first day of the Budget Session on Tuesday.Members of both the Congress and the BJD also...

Bhubaneswar, February 17 Legislators from the opposition BJD and Congress staged a walkout from the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday during Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati's address, in which he described the state as the nation's "growth engine".The opposition MLAs claimed there was a lack of...

Chennai, February 17 – Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu presented the interim budget (2026-27) of ₹2.55 lakh crore for the state, which will go to polls, allocating ₹4,000 crore for the DMK’s flagship scheme of free bus travel for women.Out of the ₹2,55,391 crore allocated for...

Bengaluru, February 17 – Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, Priyank Kharge, son of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, attempted to downplay the controversy surrounding the recent foreign trip of some Congress legislators...

Shimla, February 16 In an unusual move, Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla concluded his address to the Assembly on the opening day of the Budget Session in just over two minutes, skipping a portion of the speech he termed "comments on a constitutional institution."The incident was...

According to the 2025-26 Tamil Nadu Economic Survey, Tamil Nadu can achieve its ambitious $1 trillion economy milestone by 2031 if it sustains its nominal growth rate of 16 per cent for 2024-25.This projection assumes a medium-term annual appreciation of 2 per cent in the value of the US...

Bhubaneswar, February 16 – The Commissionerate Police has made elaborate security arrangements around the Odisha Legislative Assembly in view of the upcoming budget session, which is scheduled to commence on February 17.On Monday, the police conducted a full-scale security rehearsal, with a...

Shimla, February 16 In an unusual move, Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla concluded his address to the Assembly on the opening day of the Budget Session in just 2 minutes and 10 seconds, skipping a portion of the speech he termed "comments on a constitutional institution".After...

Chennai, February 16 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin released the 2025-26 Economic Survey, prepared by the State Planning Commission, at the Secretariat here on Monday.The survey examines the state's economic performance over the past five years and covers key aspects of the economy and...

Jaipur, February 16 – Rajasthan BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Madan Rathore confirmed on Monday that local body elections will be held on time in Rajasthan, as per the High Court directions, emphasizing that development will be the central issue.In an exclusive interview with IANS...