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LIVE Updates: Nirmala Sitharaman introduces revised Income Tax Bill-2025 in Parliament
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FM Sitharaman introduces revised Income Tax Bill 2025, replacing 1961 Act
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the modified Income Tax (No. 2) Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha, incorporating nearly all Select Committee recommendations. The bill aims to consolidate and replace the Income Tax Act, 1961. The government withdrew the earlier Income Tax Bill, 2025 to incorporate drafting corrections and stakeholder suggestions, preparing this revised version for approval.
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We want the process of election to unfold in a fair manner, says Supriya Sule
NCP (SP) MP Supra Sule on opposition MPs stopped from marching to Election Commission says, 'We are only demanding justice in a democratic nature.We want the process of election to unfold in a fair manner.'
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This fight is to protect voting rights, save democracy: Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the ongoing struggle is aimed at safeguarding people's right to vote and saving democracy, after opposition MPs were detained on their way to the Election Commission headquarters. He accused the BJP of conspiring to undermine the Constitution and vowed that the INDIA bloc would expose the ruling party's plans.
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Bihar SIR protest: 'This fight is not political but for saving the Constitution,' says Rahul Gandhi
Scores of opposition MPs, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, were detained on Monday during a protest march from Parliament House to the Election Commission, which was halted midway.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Jairam Ramesh were among those taken in buses to the Parliament Street police station.
'This fight is not political but for saving the Constitution,' Gandhi told reporters, adding, 'The truth is before the entire country.'
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SC confirms Medha Patkar's conviction in Delhi LG Saxena's defamation case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to overturn the conviction of activist Medha Patkar in a criminal defamation case filed by Vinai Kumar Saxena, the current Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, dating back to 2001. However, a bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh set aside the ₹1 lakh penalty imposed on her.
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Bastar region sets benchmark in digital healthcare services in Chhattisgarh, says govt
Chhattisgarh's Bastar division is seeing a healthcare boost with the rollout of digital medical services, officials said. Under Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, initiatives like the Next Gen e-Hospital system, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, and PM-JAY are transforming care in the tribal region. The e-Hospital system now operates in six district hospitals, two civil hospitals, and 41 community health centres across seven districts, integrating OPD, diagnostics, medicine distribution, and patient records on a single platform for faster, better services.
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Sanjay Raut writes to Amit Shah, seeks detail on ex-VP Dhankhar's whereabouts
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Trump yet to decide on tariffs over China's Russian oil purchase: Vance
US Vice President J D Vance said President Donald Trump has not yet decided on imposing tariffs on China for buying Russian oil, citing the complex US-China relationship. Vance noted that while Trump is considering the move, no firm decision has been made. He highlighted that Washington's ties with Beijing involve many issues beyond the Russian oil purchases, making the situation more complicated.
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Last week, a few dozen students of a Tribal Welfare Residential School for Girls in Parigi in Vikarabad in Telangana protested against the absence of math and chemistry faculty. In July, students of Left organisations agitated at the Secretariat in Hyderabad over poor education policies. Around the same time, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the State government to investigate reports of over 800 children falling ill due to suspected food poisoning in Telangana's residential schools. The protests by students and the directions of the NHRC cannot be seen in isolation. For the second year in a row, the Congress government in Telangana has let the education sector down. While the average allocation for education across States is around 15% of their total budget, according to a State Budget Analysis, Telangana allocates significantly less. For the year 2025-26, for instance, it earmarked only 7.9%. The Congress rode to power in 2023 promising a higher outlay for education. Several education activists and NGOs helped the party during its campaign. On January 24, before the Budget was presented, activists demanded that the Congress raise the budgetary outlay for the sector, but this did not happen. The education sector has been underfunded over the past decade in the State. At the time of Telangana's formation, the education budget of united Andhra Pradesh was 13.35% of budget estimates in 2013-14. After the formation of Telangana, this dropped to 10.89% in 2014-15 and further to 7.3% in 2022-23. The number of personnel in the sector has also dropped. Telangana had 1,56,957 employees in the education sector at the time of its formation. By the time the Bharat Rashtra Samithi handed over the reins to the Congress, the number had declined to 1,51,801. In 2024-25, the number has gone up to 1,53,421, but this is still insufficient. The School Education Department had 1,37,252 employees in 2014-15; this dropped to 1,31,872 in 2022-23. How a reduction of 5,380 personnel has impacted the school education sector is anyone's guess. It is also pertinent to note that the government's reduced priority towards the sector comes at a time when schools have been struggling to get back on their feet after the pandemic. A recent report shows how the system has been hollowed out due to the absence of regular teachers in rural and peri-urban areas, where the Congress performed well. Enrolment in government schools dropped from 70.1% in 2022 to 59.8% in 2024, according to the 2024 Annual Status of Education Report, published in January this year. If the State had invested sufficient funds in the sector, students would have continued to go to government schools. The same report found that only 6.8% of students in Class 3 can read text prescribed for Class 2 students. This is a drop from 12.8% in 2018. The government is not unaware of the needs of the education system. The Telangana Education Commission, set up in September 2024 under former IAS officer Akunukri Murali, had submitted a report on the state of education and the requirements to raise standards. It had called for an outlay of ₹5,000 crore for improving facilities in 100 mandals out of the 632 mandals in Telangana. The report had stated that a phase-wise outlay over six years would cover all the schools at a total cost of ₹31,600 crore. However, its suggestions remain on paper. The earlier regime had focused on the marquee model of residential education where a few students are provided good quality education, food, and boarding. There are 3,170 residential schools catering to girls, minorities, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribe students. The Congress government appears to be following a similar model by developing Young India Integrated Residential Schools. These schools will be able to cater only to a few as a vast majority of students in Telangana are day scholars whose parents prefer educational facilities in the neighbourhood. Unless there is more investment in government schools in every neighbourhood, the goal of universal primary education will be a mirage in Telangana. In 1795, Surendranath Banerjee, one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress, spoke of how only 7.5% was spent by the British on education. He said this needed to change. More than 130 years later, spending a similar share on education does a great disservice to the young people of Telangana.
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