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Manila: The Philippine defence ministry asked President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday to issue an order for the military to play a role in his war on drugs,...

Manila: The Maoist-led rebel group in the Philippines said on Wednesday it was terminating a unilateral ceasefire it declared five months ago and resuming a...

Manila: Police prosecuting the war on drugs in the Philippines have behaved like the criminal underworld they are supposed to be suppressing, taking...

New Delhi: Former union minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader E. Ahamed has passed away early on Wednesday after he suffered a cardiac arrest, a...

New Delhi: A mishap was averted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Wednesday morning when a Visakhapatnam bound IndiGo aircraft entered a...

"India stands out as a bright spot in the world economic landscape." "My approach in preparing the budget is to spend more on rural areas,...

* Proposes cuts in personal income tax for those at bottom end of income scale * 2017/18 total tax revenue seen at 12.27 trillion rupees * 2017/18 total...

*Consumer price index inflation is expected to remain within the central bank's mandated range of 2 to 6 per cent

* 2017/18 net market borrowing estimated at 3.48 trillion rupees * 2017/18 gross market borrowing seen at 6.05 trillion rupees * Government to switch 250...

* Estimates 2017/18 total expenditure at 21.47 trillion rupees * Capital spending raised by 25.4 percent on year in 2017/18