The 42-day-long Budget Session of Parliament will begin from today and will have 28 sittings.
During this period, Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government’s first Railway and General Budgets on July 8 and July 10 respectively.
The Economic Survey will be released on July 9. The session will end on August 14.
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United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, William Hague, will arrive in India on a two-day visit for the first time after the formation of the NDA government in the country.
The visit will focus on key areas, including ways to enhance investment, defence and security ties between the two countries.
Accompanied by senior ministers from the British government and UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Hague will hold talks with the Indian officials on areas including trade and defence.
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A tiny new species dubbed ‘water bear’ has been discovered in Antarctica and members of this species can survive in space, researchers said.
Researchers found the new creature while on a trip to Victoria Land, some 5,600 km south of Australia. The creature is a member of the tardigrade family.
“Under the microscope, they are slow walkers but they look like bears walking. They have four pairs of legs but they can hold their back legs down and arch themselves up to reach things,” Sandra McInnes of British Antarctic Survey was quoted as saying.
Pop star Katy Perry took a break from her Prismatic tour by having fun at a theme park.
The ‘Roar’ hitmaker, who performed in Miami on July 3, was photographed posing with Minnie and Mickey Mouse at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Sporting two top knots and red lipstick, Perry, 29, made playful poses with the characters.
Perry then took to Twitter to share the excitement.
“Oh my God! I have the wifi password to the Cinderella castle @WaltDisneyWorld. Dreams do come true,” she tweeted.
Singer-fashion designer Victoria Beckham took a trip down memory lane with two incredible throwback photos from her 1999 wedding to David Beckham.
The couple, who have four kids together, celebrated their 15th anniversary as husband and wife last week, reported Us magazine.
“15 beautiful years,” the 40-year-old fashion mogul captioned one shot of her in her wedding dress and a tiara, embracing her husband.
“We feel so blessed and thank you all for your love and support over the years. Such a special day for us all,” she said.
The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the constitutional relevance of the Shariat courts in the country, as per news reports on Monday .
The petition challenging the legality of the Shariat Courts was filed by a Delhi based lawyer Vishwa Lochan Madan.
In his petition, he stated that institutions like Darul Qaza and Darul-iftaa are operating like parallel courts which take decisions on the fundamental rights of the Muslim citizens.
With miserable weather making things difficult for late finishers, Graeme McDowell (67) played a brilliant round to defend his title successfully at the Alstom Open de France here even as India’s Shiv Kapur finished tied 18th.
Overnight leader, Kevin Stadler collapsed to a 76 on a wet and windy final day yesterday.
Kapur rounded off a modest week with a one-under 70. Kapur, the lone Indian to make the cut this week, ended the tournament at four-over 288. Jeev Milkha Singh and Gaganjeet Bhullar had earlier missed the cut.
Pop star Miley Cyrus has paid tribute to her beloved dog Floyd by having a tattoo of the late pooch inked onto her left ribcage.
The ‘Wrecking Ball’ hitmaker was depressed since April when the Alaskan Klee Kai died, reported Contactmusic.
The 21-year-old singer showed off the circular tattoo, featuring a portrait of Floyd and the words on her Instagram page.
“With a little help from my fwends (friends),” it read.
She also shared a snap of herself pulling up her shirt to display the inking while posing alongside two friends, who had matching tattoos on their bodies too.
People across Uttar Pradesh experienced yet another pleasant day as rains continued in most of the regions Monday, bringing the temperature below the normal level.
The Met Office has already confirmed the arrival of monsoon. It said more rains may occur in many parts of the state for the next few days.
The schools reopened after a two-month-long summer break in Lucknow.
Lucknow received more than 27 mm rainfall since Sunday as a result the temperature plummeted by 7.4 degrees Celsius Monday, said a Met official.
Presentation of the first budget by the Narendra Modi government will be the highlight of the over month-long session of Parliament starting Monday amidst signals that the issue of price rise could generate heat.
Opposition parties have a number of issues to target the government, including the recent controversy over the government rejecting the name of former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium for appointment as a judge of the apex court, the rape case controversy surrounding Union minister Nihalchand and rising incidents of atrocities against women in the country.
Mumbai remains the top favourite of property buyers with preferences for flats and bungalow, followed by Bangalore and Chennai as the next important destinations, according to a new survey released in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The survey, conducted by Indiaproperty.com, included a 2,583 strong sample of 40 per cent respondents in the 25-35 age group and the rest above the age of 46 years.
Diet fizzy drinks, touted as healthier substitutes are likely to push up diabetes risk by 60 percent, rather than the regular versions, says a European study involving more than 66,000 women.
Diet drinkers also consume more or an average of 2.8 glasses a week which compounds the effect, as compared to 1.6 for regular drinkers. Regular, full-fat versions have previously been suspected of causing diabetes.
The Reserve Bank has undertaken an exercise to swap old gold in its reserves with a new one with a view to standardise the yellow metal stock.
The central bank has asked nominated banks to give quotes for swap with the objective to optimise the management of its reserves.
The nominated banks, including State Bank of India, would import gold on behalf of RBI and subsequently the metal would be swapped.
Under the scheme, RBI would exchange relatively impure gold including some dating back pre-independence era from its Nagpur vault and get the equivalent worth of purer yellow metal.
Riding on a strong stock market rally, Anil Ambani-led diversified business conglomerate Reliance Group has crossed Rs one lakh crore market valuation as share prices of all its companies have gained sharply.
This marks a significant turnaround since last year when the group’s market capitalisation had touched a low of Rs 50,000 crore amid a wide-spread bearish trend in the stock market.
Tata Motors is working on a strong pipeline of products for the domestic market keeping in view changing customer needs to make the company more profitable over the years, Chairman Cyrus P Mistry has said.
In a letter to shareholders, Mistry said the company is also working on various other initiatives including enhancing customer experience to grow more profitable.
“Tata Motors is working on a strong pipeline of new products and technologies keeping in view the changing market, customers’ aspirations and regulatory needs,” Mistry said.
A panel headed by former PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan has dismissed the Tendulkar Committee report on estimating poverty and said that the number of poor in India was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5 percent of the population, which means that three out of 10 persons are poor.
As per the report submitted by Rangarajan to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh earlier, persons spending below Rs 47 a day in cities would be considered poor, much above the Rs 33-per-day mark suggested by the Suresh Tendulkar Committee.
Karnataka Health Minister UT Khader Sunday came to the aid of an old couple, involved in an accident, sending them to a hospital in his official car and himself taking an auto to reach his destination.
“The minister was going for ‘namaaz’ prior to the breaking of the Ramadan fast when he saw the old couple hit by an auto rickshaw at Mekri Circle. He immediately got down and asked his driver to take them to KG Hospital at Malleshwaram (in western suburbs),” an official told IANS here.
Surfacing few days after he was reported absconding, a ruling Congress MLA who is facing a criminal case for allegedly assaulting two constables in a brawl at a bar on Sunday maintained that he was not dodging the police and is ready to face probe into the incident.
“I have still not received any call. Please don’t spread false news that I’m absconding. As promised yesterday itself, I’m very much in Bangalore, I will be here,” Vijayanand Kashappanavar told reporters here, even as city police had been maintaining they were looking for the MLA as they were clueless about his whereabouts.
A 28-year-old man from Manipur allegedly drowned in a drain under mysterious circumstances in Chirag Delhi area here, police said today.
Locals told police that they saw Kawilungbou Chawang running on the streets before jumping into the drain. Chawang, working for a BPO in Gurgaon and residing at Naraina here, had gone to friend’s house in Chirag Delhi last night for a party, a police officer said. “His friends said he (Chawang) drank with them before leaving late at night without informing them. They searched outside the house but could not trace him,” the officer said.
James Cameron would be planning a global campaign with wife Suzy Amis Cameron in order to recommend people to include more plant-based foods in their diet rather than animals or animal products.
According to The Guardian, the couple suggested that if implemented on a global scale, the diet would dramatically cut carbon emissions and improve overall health, the Washington Times reported.
Ms. Cameron said that right now they were at the genesis of creating the project and collecting the science behind it so they were both steeped in the research and the data.
Khole Kardashian’s new man French Montana has reportedly abandoned his wife and sons to be with her.
According to sources, the rapper is still married to another woman and has”abandoned” his 4-year-old son and responsibilities for the ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star, Radar Online reported.
The insiders added that Montana has purchased a vehicle for someone who doesn’t need it. But he’s insisted that he would not pay for his child to go to school.
Montana surprised Kardashian with a diamond ring and blinged-out grills for her 30th birthday recently. (ANI)
Eugenie Bouchard has been defeated by Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon final but she will be walking away with more sponsorship stake because “sex sells”.
Kvitova secured her second Wimbledon crown and more than 3 million dollars in prize money winning 6-3 6-0 against her Canadian opponent in 55 minutes, News.com.au reported.
Vinnie Jones who was diagnosed with skin cancer in November has won the battle against the disease and now is back to full health.
The 49-year-old footballer-turned-movie star has revealed that he pledged to fight the disease with everything he had after he was diagnosed with it when his wife, Tanya was also fighting the skin cancer , Mirror reported.
An LA source said that Jones admitted that he was scared but he was also enjoying his life to the fullest. (ANI)