Govt aims to ringfence MSME sector, slash non-essential expenditures: Report

IANS | June 6, 2026 3:31 PM

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Amid the global headwinds, the government has made efforts to ringfence the MSME sector with various EPCLGS schemes, and would slash non-essential expenditures on the revenue side to make fiscal ends meet, rather than reducing capital expenditures, according to economists.

Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee denies seeking CAPF security for himself after Sonarpur attack

IANS | June 6, 2026 3:22 PM

Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday, issued a statement rubbishing claims that surfaced last week about him allegedly seeking security cover of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for himself after the assault by an angry mob at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on the afternoon of May 30.

Over 1.20 crore senior citizens enrolled under ABVV scheme

IANS | June 6, 2026 3:11 PM

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) More than 1.20 crore senior citizens have been enrolled under the Ayushman Bharat Vay Vandana scheme, which has delivered over 13.84 lakh treatments worth Rs 3,000 crore, the government said on Saturday.