Mysuru: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, Kannada language and music touch the heart directly. Speaking after inaugurating the three-day Mysuru Sangeetha Sugandha-2024 at KSOU Convocation Hall here this afternoon, she said music deserves a special mention, which was not just patronised by the connoisseurs, but also the Wadiyars, the erstwhile rulers of Mysore, with the…
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on a three-day visit to State
November 7, 2024To inaugurate ‘Mysuru Sangeetha Sugandha’ programme in Mysuru tomorrow Mysuru: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman will be visiting Karnataka on a three-day visit starting from this evening (Nov. 7). The Minister will depart New Delhi on a flight at 8.50 pm and arrive in Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) at 11.35 pm….
HC stays FIR against Union Minister, BJP leaders booked for alleged electoral bond scheme extortion
October 1, 2024Bengaluru: In a relief to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders, the High Court on Monday granted interim stay to the FIR registered by the Bengaluru Police for alleged electoral bond scheme extortion. Based on a complaint by one Adarsh Iyer, an Associate President of Janaadhikaara Sangharsha Parishath (JSP), Bengaluru’s Tilkangar Police…
‘Extortion linked to electoral bonds’: FIR against FM Nirmala Sitharaman,
September 29, 2024Vijayendra, Nalin Kateel and others Bengaluru: In a major development, Karnataka Police registered an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday over allegations of extortion linked to electoral bonds. The FIR was filed by Tilak Nagar Police in Bengaluru, following directions from the Special Court of MLAs/MPs. Nirmala Sitharaman has been named the…
Finance Minister urged to exempt black pepper from GST
September 18, 2024Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to request the continued exemption of pepper from Goods and Services Tax (GST). “Met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss GST exemption for black pepper, a vital issue for farmers in Kodagu, Hassan and Chikkamagalur districts. Requested continuation of the exemption, citing its…
Union Budget
July 23, 2024New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Modi Government’s nine priorities and four pillars to take the country forward as she presented the Union Budget for the year 2024-2025 in the Parliament this morning. She said, the Government will make sustained efforts on nine priorities for ‘Viksit Bharat’, listing them as productivity and resilience…
Parliamentary milestone with seventh consecutive Budget
July 23, 2024New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman achieved a Parliamentary milestone this morning by presenting her seventh consecutive Budget, a feat previously achieved only by C.D. Deshmukh 68 years ago. Both Deshmukh, who presented Budgets between 1951 and 1956, and Nirmala Sitharaman have presented six full Budgets and an interim Budget each. Two of Deshmukh’s Budgets…
7 Budgets, 7 Sarees: Tribute to India’s handloom heritage
July 23, 2024New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wore an off-white Mangalgiri saree with a magenta border from Andhra Pradesh to present the full Budget for 2024-25. Earlier in Feb. 2024, she wore a blue saree with Kantha stitch work, famous in West Bengal, while presenting the 2024 interim Budget. In 2023, she opted for a red…
Union Budget 2024-2025 tomorrow at 11 am
July 22, 2024New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her seventh Union Budget tomorrow, July 23 at 11 am, as the Monsoon Session of Parliament began this morning. With this, she becomes the first Finance Minister to present seven consecutive budgets, surpassing Morarji Desai’s record of six. Desai served as Finance Minister from…
Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget 2024-25 on July 23
July 7, 2024New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the highly anticipated Union Budget on July 23. President Droupadi Murmu approved a proposal on Saturday to summon both houses of Parliament between July 22 and August 12. This will be the first budget presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government since it was re-elected for a…
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