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Adopted child entitled to take adoptive parent's caste: HC

India, Feb. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday held that an adopted child is entitled to take the caste of his or her adoptive parents and ordered revenue authorities to issue a Special Backward Cla... Read More


Nifty, Sensex open flat in special budget session, Experts say focus can be on relief for tariff impacted sectors

Mumbai, Feb. 1 -- Domestic stock markets opened largely flat on Sunday during a special budget session, as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budge... Read More


Project cost valid factor for computing green compensation, says SC

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The Supreme Court has strengthened the hands of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to impose higher environmental compensation (EC) on real estate projects, observing that if a com... Read More


Tax should be reduced on essential commodities: Odisha women express hopes from Union Budget 2026-27

Bhubaneshwar, Feb. 1 -- Ahead of the presentation of Union Budget for the financial year 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha, women entrepreneurs and engineers in Odisha expressed their hopes for the Budget. Sp... Read More


PDP MLA moves pvt bill seeking trauma healing for people affected by decades of violence in UT

Srinagar, Feb. 1 -- PDP MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Para has moved a notice in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly to introduce a private member's bill aimed at addressing trauma, reconciliation and dignity resto... Read More


FM Sitharaman leaves for Rashtrapati Bhavan with 'Digital Bahi-Khata' ahead of Union Budget presentation

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday left from Kartavya Bhavan for Rashtrapati Bhavan carrying her trademark 'bahi-khata', a tablet wrapped in a red-coloured cloth ... Read More


Trump says India has made deal to "buy Venezuelan oil"; urges China to do the same

Washington DC, Feb. 1 -- US President Donald Trump said that China is "welcome" to buy Venezuelan oil and India already "made" a deal to buy the oil. Addressing reporters aboard Air Force One, he sai... Read More


Not Stranger Things, not The Pitt - This animated series was 2025's most-streamed show

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- In what might surprise many viewers, a children's cartoon - not the latest blockbuster drama - has emerged as the most-streamed show of 2025 in the United States. Instead of Stra... Read More


Union Budget 2026: Passengers hope for tax relief, better rail services

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the 13th Union Budget of the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Sunday, as passengers at New De... Read More


Zohran Mamdani, mom Mira Nair, pictured with Jeffrey Epstein? Truth behind viral photo

India, Feb. 1 -- Photographs allegedly showing director Mira Nair with her son, and now mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, along with Jeffrey Epstein have gone viral. This comes after the Monsoon... Read More