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PMEGP Loans Approved By Banks Based On Viability, Not Government Discretion: MSME Ministry

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a demand-driven scheme, with final approval, sanction and release of loans undertaken by the concerned financing b... Read More


"Will keep Dada's ideals alive," says Sunetra Pawar after taking oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM; assigned key portfolios

Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- Newly appointed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, after taking oath on Saturday, remembered her late husband Ajit Pawar, promising to carry forward his vision while t... Read More


Reimagining the budget to reinvigorate reforms

India, Jan. 31 -- Newsrooms and budgets have a complicated relationship where the urgency of the present often has to confront the almost mundane chore of going through the same drill every year. Give... Read More


Sunetra Pawar Sworn In as Maharashtra's First Woman Deputy Chief Minister

Maharashtra, Jan. 31 -- Sunetra Pawar was on Friday, January 31, 2026, sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the state's history. The oath-... Read More


Budget 2026: Analysts expect policy continuity, capex-led growth to stay on track

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- As the Union Budget 2026 is set to be presented in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, market expectations remain measured, with invest... Read More


IIT Ropar Creates History: First IIT to Launch M.Tech (Defence Technology) in Partnership with Indian Army

India, Jan. 31 -- Groundbreaking Academia-Military Collaboration Propels India Towards Viksit Bharat 2047 In a watershed moment for Indian defence education and technological advancement, the Indian I... Read More


"Very big thing that a woman has become Deputy CM": NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique hails Sunetra Pawar

Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique on Saturday lauded Sunetra Pawar, wife of late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, after her historic elevation as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, calling it "a v... Read More


Amid threat emails and poll projections, what PM Modi's visit to Ballan dera in Punjab's Dalit heartland means

India, Jan. 31 -- First, a Padma Shri award on Republic Day eve, and now a visit by the Prime Minister on February 1 - Dera Sachkhand at Ballan in Jalandhar is getting top-tier attention in a caste-co... Read More


Honorarium hiked for vocational trainers

Jammu, Jan 30, Jan. 31 -- The Omar Abdullah-led government on Thursday announced an increase in the honorarium of Vocational Trainers (VTs) engaged under Samagra Shiksha and PM SHRI, marking a signifi... Read More


Speaker chairs All Party, BAC meeting at Jammu

Jammu, Jan 30, Jan. 31 -- Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather chaired a joint meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) and All Party representatives on Friday at ... Read More