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Delivering his maiden budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told Parliament that India's 1.2 billion people were "exasperated" after two years of economic growth of below 5 per cent.

However, the existing tax disputes, arising out of Retrospective Amendment to the Income tax Act, 1961, and are pending in Courts, will be allowed to reach their logical conclusions, he said.

TH Mustafa, triggered an outrage in the party with his remarks against Rahul Gandhi and blaming him for the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha polls.

"We never quote any religious community by its name. When we say 'Sabhi Puja Vidhi', they do not understand what we are saying," Bharti said.

Originally, in 1947, the Hindi belt consisted of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.

Anand Sharma said that the Congress would exercise all options to ensure a "democratically correct and logical conclusion" to the issue.

The Centre had decided to accord special status to the state and orders giving tax concessions to industries would have to be issued, the Chief Minister said.

Shahnawaz Hussain said the new government had inherited an "empty treasury" while the prices of oil were shooting up.

Dharmendra Pradhan said Modi government will decide on policies keeping the interests of the country, its poor, youth and women in mind.

The two British ministers will be accompanied by an official delegation comprising Minister for Business Engagement with India and Minister of State for Climate Change and Energy Gregory Barker, Minister for Government Policy in the Cabinet Office Oliver...

Defending his party, Roy said that the TMC has taken a stern decision in less than 24 hours of the incident and that its chief Mamata Banerjee should not be targeted over the same.

Narendra Modi earlier used to leave the column relating to the spouse blank while contesting Assembly elections in Gujarat.

The BJP has organised a two-day orientation programme starting Saturday to impart training to the newly-elected MPs.

Narendra Modi said India and Japan share the "fundamental identity of values, interests and priorities".

The industry was represented by members of the Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) and mill owners.

Reservations already exist among OBCs for a section of Marathas, known as Kunbis.