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45-Year-Old Man Kills Wife, 2 Daughters In UP, National Security Act Invoked
- Feb 01, 2026 19:47 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The district administration has invoked the stringent National Security Act against the accused in a triple murder case in Shamli district, authorities said on Sunday.
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'Future-Ready Budget For Viksit Bharat': Piyush Goyal To NDTV
- Feb 01, 2026 19:30 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called the Union Budget 2026 "future-ready" for a developed India (Viksit Bharat) by 2047.
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Budget Will Help Boost Semiconductor, AI Industries: Ashwini Vaishnaw To NDTV
- Feb 01, 2026 19:29 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Praising the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, IT and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said it will help take India's semiconductor industry to the next step and also boost investment in data centres.
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Manipur NDA MLAs Fly To Delhi Amid Buzz Over Government Formation
- Feb 01, 2026 18:53 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
MLAs of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Manipur flew to Delhi today to meet the party leadership, amid buzz over government formation in the state which is under the President's Rule for nearly a year.
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"Astonishing In Election Year": Shashi Tharoor Says Kerala Neglected In Budget
- Feb 01, 2026 18:43 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
Congress's Shashi Tharoor, who has been making headlines lately over what many see as his softened stance towards the NDA government, was extremely critical of the Union budget 2026 presented today by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Union Budget 2026: What Fills Government Coffers And How The Money Is Spent
- Feb 01, 2026 18:27 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also tabled the Budget documents which provide a fractional break-up of every Re 1 that comes into the government coffers and how it gets spent.
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"Fails Economic Strategy Test": P Chidambaram's Union Budget Report Card
- Feb 01, 2026 18:21 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Congress MP P Chidambaram was blunt in his review of the 2026 budget - tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman - and said he had been left "astonished" by a speech that did not answer questions arising from economic challenges.
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Budget 2026 Supercharges Solar, Storage, Nuclear, But Skips EV Fast Lane
- Feb 01, 2026 17:59 pm IST
- Reported by: Shreya Ghosh
In a fiscal flex that marries atomic ambition with eco-innovation, India's 2026-27 budget drops a Rs 20,000 crore bombshell on carbon capture tech while extending duty-free imports for nuclear power plants until 2035.
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"Wait And Watch": Lawrence Bishnoi Gang Warns After Rohit Shetty House Firing
- Feb 01, 2026 17:54 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A member of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's gang, in a social media post, claimed responsibility for the firing at director Rohit Shetty's Mumbai residence in the early hours of Sunday.
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Weeks After Marrying 9-Year Lover, She Killed Him As Parents Held Him Down
- Feb 01, 2026 17:40 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Two months after a wedding that had capped a nine-year love story, a marriage in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly collapsed after the death of the husband. 33-year-old Jitendra Kumar Yadav was found hanging in a rented house in the city's Izzatnagar area.
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Northeast's Industry Bodies Welcome Budget 2026, Support For Tourism
- Feb 01, 2026 17:26 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Businesses in the northeast have welcomed the Union Budget 2026 and called it a growth-oriented document which is aligned with the region's development trajectory.
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PM Modi Unveils New Name Of Punjab's Adampur Airport After Guru Ravidas
- Feb 01, 2026 17:26 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled the new name of the Adampur airport here as Sri Guru Ravidass Maharaj Ji Airport, Adampur and also virtually inaugurated the terminal building at the Halwara airport in Ludhiana.
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Budget 2026: A Win For Tim Cook In India's Response To Donald Trump's Tariffs
- Feb 01, 2026 17:19 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The Budget also lowered input costs in high-priority sectors such as clean energy, defence, and logistics.
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Union Budget 2026 Puts Telescopes At Heart Of India's Science Vision
- Feb 01, 2026 17:10 pm IST
- Reported by: Pallava Bagla
While presenting the Union Budget 2026-27, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman covered traditional spheres like taxes, infrastructure and agriculture, but also looked to the sky.
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Boy Dies Weeks After Dog Bite, Hospital Says He Received Anti-Rabies Shots
- Feb 01, 2026 17:08 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A 12-year-old boy from Maharashtra's Thane district died weeks after being bitten by a stray dog, his family has said, prompting the local MLA to allege negligence by government hospitals.
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"Fundamentals Of Economy Strong": N Sitharaman On Rahul Gandhi's Budget Remark
- Feb 01, 2026 17:07 pm IST
- Posted by: Anindita Sanyal
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, hours after presenting the Union budget 2026, responded to the criticism from Congress's Rahul Gandhi with bemusement, saying she was unaware of what "course correction" he was talking of.
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Opinion | Union Budget 2026-27: Don't Look For Fireworks Here. Continuity Is The Goal
- Feb 01, 2026 17:04 pm IST
- Aditya Sinha
The latest Budget needs to be read as a statement of macroeconomic restraint under external stress. Its defining feature is calibration.
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India Slashes Fund To Bangladesh By Half Amid Diplomatic Tension
- Feb 01, 2026 16:58 pm IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
- Edited by: Shatabdi Chowdhury
India has significantly reduced its allocation for Bangladesh in the Union Budget 2026-27. The government has allocated Rs 60 crore to the neighbouring country, a 50 per cent drop from the Rs 120 crore allocated in the previous fiscal year.
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"Kaam Ki Dosti Hai, Boss": Kangana Ranaut, Team Thackeray Leader's Bonhomie
- Feb 01, 2026 16:49 pm IST
- Edited by: Ashutosh Tripathi
It is not a common sight, given the fraught nature of the relationship between the two parties. BJP MP Kangana Ranaut and Team Thackeray leader Priyanka Chaturvedi were spotted conversing, joking, and laughing in the Parliament building on Budget Day