Asansol MP Shatrughan Sinha, who has been deputed by his party Trinamool Congress to canvass for the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, Saturday lauded the INDIA bloc ally's work in the city and said supporting them is in national interest.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament, Abhishek Banerjee, has expressed strong discontent over the Union Budget 2025, stating that it offers no relief or benefit to the common man.

If budgetary proposals are anything to go by, the decadal census is unlikely to be carried out in 2025 as well with a meagre Rs 574.80 crore allocated for the exercise in the Budget presented on Saturday.

A photo recently circulated on social media, with users claiming it showed the body of a woman named Neelam, allegedly stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a canal in Rajasthan by a Muslim man named Abid. It was also claimed that Abid and Neelam had married five months ago.

Zakia Jafri, the widow of former parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri, who was killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots, passed away on Saturday, February 1. She was widely known for her relentless fight for justice in connection with the communal violence that led to her husband's brutal killing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as a "people's budget" that puts more money in the hands of people and said it is a force-multiplier that will increase investments and lead to growth.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025-26 on Saturday. She has announced significant changes in customs duties and exemptions in the budget, affecting multiple sectors. While life-saving drugs, critical minerals, and EV manufacturing components will see price reductions, flat panel displays are set to face higher costs.

The government will facilitate setting up of daycare cancer centres in all district hospitals over the next three years and 200 of these will be established in 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday.