FM Nirmala Sitharaman has reduced TCS rate on sale of overseas tour packages from current 5% and 20% to 2%. "TCS rate for pursuing education and for medical purposes under Liberalised Remittance Scheme has been reduced from 5% to 2%," she added. Any interest awarded by Motor Accident Claims Tribunals to a natural person will be exempt from tax.

Govt reduces tax on overseas tour packages, education and medical services

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that India's capital expenditure target for FY27 has been raised to ₹12.2 lakh crore. This is an increase from the ₹11.21 lakh crore capital expenditure target that the government had set in the previous year's estimates. The government is likely betting that sustained capital expenditure will help revive private investment.

Govt increases India's capital expenditure target to ₹12.2 lakh crore in Budget 2026

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen holding the traditional 'bahi khata', or ledger, outside Delhi's Kartavya Bhavan on Sunday. Pictures showed Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur and CEA V Anantha Nageswaran standing with Sitharaman as she presented the tablet wrapped in a red-coloured cover. She first used a bahi khata in 2019.

Sitharaman seen holding 'bahi khata' at Kartavya Bhavan ahead of Budget 2026

Union Budget 2026 is set to break a 75-year-old tradition. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will focus more on Part B than Part A, as seen in earlier Budgets, multiple reports quoting government sources said. "Part B of Budget speech will place strong emphasis on both short-term and long-term goals," sources said, adding it would reflect India's economic vision and priorities.

Union Budget 2026 to break 75-year-old tradition, Part B of Budget to get special focus

Five gunshots were fired outside Bollywood filmmaker and producer Rohit Shetty's residence in Mumbai's Juhu area on Sunday. The incident took place between 12:40 am and 1 am. It is not clear whether Shetty was inside his home during the firing. The motive behind the attack is not yet known, police said, adding that an investigation has been launched.

Gunshots fired outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty's home in Mumbai

Actor Ram Charan and his wife Upasana Kamineni have been blessed with twins, a baby boy and a baby girl. Ram Charan's father, actor Chiranjeevi Konidela, announced the news on X. He wrote, "Both the babies and the mother are healthy and doing well...Welcoming these little ones into our family is a moment of pure joy and divine blessing."

Ram Charan and Upasana Kamineni welcome twins

Team India fast bowler Arshdeep Singh on Saturday recorded his maiden five-wicket haul in T20I cricket. He posted figures of 4-0-51-5 against New Zealand. It is also the most expensive five-wicket haul in the history of T20I cricket. India won the match by 46 runs, clinching the series 4-1.

Arshdeep Singh records most expensive five-wicket haul in T20I history

India defeated New Zealand by 46 runs in the fifth T20I on Saturday to seal the five-match series 4-1. India posted their highest T20I total (271/5) against New Zealand and smashed 69 sixes across the series, the most by a team in a bilateral T20I series. They also hit 23 sixes in the fifth match, their joint-most in a T20I.

India clinch T20I series against New Zealand 4-1, break multiple records

India have broken the world record for smashing most sixes in a bilateral T20I series. India smashed 69 sixes in the five-match series against New Zealand. India broke the record previously held by England and Australia. England had hit 64 sixes in five-match series against WI in 2023, while Australia hit 64 sixes in five-match series against WI in 2025.

India break world record for smashing most sixes in a T20I series

Team India batter Ishan Kishan smashed a hundred off 42 deliveries in the fifth T20I against New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram. It is his first hundred in T20I cricket. Further, it is the fifth fastest hundred by an Indian in T20I cricket after Rohit Sharma (35 balls), Abhishek Sharma (37 balls), Sanju Samson (40 balls) and Tilak Varma (41 balls).  