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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicBudget session

Topic: budget session

Even as INDIA bloc tottered, Trinamool had a strategy to make BJP uneasy during budget session

Despite keeping INDIA bloc at arm’s length, Trinamool did not dial down its anti-BJP rhetoric, while also managing to establish itself as a distinct voice of the Opposition.

Jailed J&K MP Engineer Rashid seeks interim bail to attend upcoming Parliament session

A Delhi court has directed the NIA to file a reply by 5 March. Rashid’s regular bail application is currently pending before the court.

Cancer registry covers only 10% of Indians. Call to make it notifiable disease is gathering steam

India ranked 3rd worldwide for new cancer cases in 2020 after China & US, according to GLOBOCAN. Currently, there are 11 notifiable diseases, including TB, cholera & AIDS.

Rashtrapati Bhavan’s dig at Sonia over ‘poor lady’ remark on President—’not familiar with Hindi idiom’

Congress and BJP lock horns following Sonia Gandhi’s comment that ‘poor lady’ President Murmu must have been tired reading out the ‘long’ pre-Budget speech.

Modi & BJP top guns slam Sonia for ‘poor lady’ remark on President Murmu. Insulting tribals, says PM

Priyanka Gandhi says it was pretty clear her mother meant no disrespect. On BJP's demand for an apology, she says, 'BJP should first apologise for landing the country in a ditch'.

As growth slows & capex falls, Economic Survey suggests prioritising ‘efficient’ investment

Survey says that India, in light of significantly-changed external scenario, needs to focus on domestic growth drivers and reduce regulations impeding them.

Nirmala Sitharaman tables Economic Survey 2024-25, Parliament adjourned for the day

The document gives insights into the state of economy, and outlook for the next fiscal. The Union Budget will be presented on Saturday.

‘Govt taking big decisions swiftly,’ President Murmu kicks off Budget Session

The President addressed a joint session of the Parliament after arriving in the traditional horse-drawn buggy.

‘Tried to stifle PM’s voice’ — Modi slams Oppn ahead of Budget session, says rise above party lines

Budget will play a pivotal role in shaping the country's destiny, propelling towards achieving vision of a developed India by 2047, he adds.

BJP ally seeks special status, Oppn raises Kanwar Yatra order, NEET row. Stormy budget session ahead

At all-party meet, BJD, YSRCP, RJD & BJP ally JD(U) sought special status for Odisha, Andhra Pradesh & Bihar. SP heavily criticised Kanwar Yatra order. Budget session starts Monday.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.