India assures 'every possible help' to digitalisation of Maldives legislature

IANS | February 11, 2025 9:37 PM

New Delhi/Male, Feb 11 (IANS) India on Tuesday assured of providing full technical assistance to Maldives to digitize its parliamentary resources. The support and "every possible help" was pledged by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday during bilateral talks with the visiting Maldivian delegation led by Abdul Raheem Abdulla, Speaker of the People's Majlis of Maldives, at Parliament House.

FM Sitharaman cites statistics to trash TMC's claims of Centre ignoring Bengal

IANS | February 11, 2025 8:44 PM

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday cited details of the large infrastructure projects in the highways, railways and airports sectors and the social welfare scheme undertaken by the Narendra Modi government in West Bengal to refute the claims of the Trinamool Congress that the Centre was discriminating against the state.

Hike in govt capex, rising rural spending will accelerate growth: FM Sitharaman

IANS | February 11, 2025 7:38 PM

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Indian economy will continue to be the world’s fastest-growing economy backed by the increase in the government’s capital expenditure in the Budget for 2025-26 and rising consumption levels, especially in the rural areas.

Oppn MPs accuse BJP of 'attempting to alter' Constitution

IANS | February 11, 2025 7:01 PM

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) A storm of political outrage erupted in Parliament on Tuesday as Opposition leaders expressed fierce condemnation of the BJP-led government, accusing it of "attempting to alter" the Constitution and "undermine" the legacy of B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution.