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Budget FY27 at the Crossroads: Economic reform or electoral calculus as Bengal polls loom

17 Jan 2026 | 2:23 PM

Shahid K Abbas New Delhi, Jan 17 (UNI) As the countdown to union Budget 2026 begins, all eyes are on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present her ninth consecutive budget on February 1—an event that has become the country’s biggest annual economic and political moment. Coming early in the second full year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term, the 88th union Budget is expected to outline the government’s medium-term growth strategy.

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PM Modi pays tribute to MGR on his birth anniversary

17 Jan 2026 | 1:46 PM

New Delhi, Jan 17 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday paid homage to the legendary actor and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MGR, on his Jayanti.

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Taxes won't push Delhi towards green transport

17 Jan 2026 | 1:11 PM

By Shreya Madaan
New Delhi, Jan 17 (UNI) Delhi’s latest electric vehicle proposal makes one thing clear: when policymakers run out of ideas to make cleaner technology attractive, they reach for taxes.

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Renewed fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine over strategic port cities

17 Jan 2026 | 12:56 PM

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, New Delhi/Sittwe (UNI) Fresh fighting has broken out between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta as both sides battle for control of the strategically vital port cities of Sittwe and Kyaukpyu in Rakhine State, according to security sources.

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