November WPI declines to 3.15% as food prices soften
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 3.15 percent (provisional) for the month of November, 2016 (over November, 2015) as compared to 3.39 percent (provisional) for the previous month and -2.04 percent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
Dec 14, 2016, 12:07 PM IST
Demonetisation Impact: Retail inflation cools to 2-year low of 3.63% in November
Retail inflation eased to 2-year low of 3.63 percent in November this year due to lower consumer spending on various food items including vegetables since government's move to scrap old Rs 500/1000 notes.
Dec 13, 2016, 17:44 PM IST
Dumper set ablaze during Jharkhand bandh, 6 arrested
No shops and business establishments are open anticipating violence during the bandh.
Nov 25, 2016, 14:05 PM IST
Congress leads protest march to PM's residence against demonetization
This government has courtesy this move brought in a feudal landlord system, whereby the earnings of the poor are being snatched," said Banerjee during the protest at the Jantar Mantar.
Nov 23, 2016, 21:35 PM IST
CPI(M) for joint agitation on cooperative issue, Cong differ
"Actually it would have been more appropriate, if the Chief Minister had observed the dharna at national capital, which is the headquarters of Union government," Sudheeran said.
Nov 20, 2016, 18:30 PM IST
Demonetisation: CPI demands use of old notes till December 31
"If the Prime Minister is sincere, he should apologise to the nation and set right things by allowing people to use the old currency till December 31 for all public utilities like journeys, hospitals, medical shops, tax payments, phone payments, to purchase foodgrains, and essential commodities," CPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy told reporters.
Nov 15, 2016, 16:17 PM IST
Demonetisation: Expecting fireworks during Winter Session, BJP calls strategy meet to chalk out steps to counter Opposition
Expecting fireworks in both Houses during the Winter Session of Parliament starting from Wednesday, with the Opposition planning to target the government on several issues, including demonetisation, the ruling BJP has called a meeting of its top executives on Monday to chalk out strategy to counter a 'united' Opposition.
Nov 14, 2016, 10:56 AM IST
Demonetisation: LS Speaker calls all-party meet as Opposition gears up for showdown with Narendra Modi govt
With Centre's demonetisation move aggravating the problems being faced by the common man, a united Opposition is ready with a plan to corner the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Nov 14, 2016, 09:44 AM IST
CPI demands judicial inquiry into encounter of 28 Maoists
CPI on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the encounter in which 28 Maoists were gunned down by a joint team of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha police and deplored the action as "highhanded" killings.
Oct 28, 2016, 18:23 PM IST
Cauvery issue: Tamil Nadu leaders meet President Pranab Mukherjee
A delegation of opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Friday met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention in the setting up of Cauvery Management Board, a demand Karnataka is opposed to.
Oct 21, 2016, 18:31 PM IST
WPI inflation in September eases to 3.57%
Keeping in trend with retail inflation, wholesale price inflation (WPI) in September eased to 3.57 percent in month of September from a two-year high of 3.74 per cent in August, official data showed on Friday.
Oct 14, 2016, 18:57 PM IST
Retail inflation falls to 4.31% in September Vs 5.05% in August
New Delhi: Retail inflation in September dropped to 13-month low of 4.31 percent mainly on account of easing vegetables prices.
Oct 13, 2016, 17:58 PM IST
Kerala BJP observes hartal to protest murder of party activist in Kannur
The BJP has accused the state's Left Democratic Front government and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of unleashing "political terrorism" in Kerala.
BJP worker hacked to death in Kerala's Kannur; hartal tomorrow
In a bid to protest against Ramith's murder, the BJP has called for state-wide hartal from 06.00 am to 06.00 pm tomorrow.
Oct 12, 2016, 14:43 PM IST
Kerala: BJP worker hacked to death in Kannur, 2 days after killing of CPI(M) worker
A Bharatiya Janata Party worker was hacked to death on Wednesday in Kerala`s Kannur district, the state police said.
Oct 12, 2016, 11:51 AM IST
CPI has fallen down to 5.05%
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Sep 14, 2016, 15:45 PM IST
Amit Shah extends Vaman Jayanti wishes on Onam, faces criticism, trolled on Twitter
After PM Narendra Modi, now BJP chief Amit Shah has landed in a soup by triggering a fresh controversy over the legacy of Onam, depicting the primarily harvest festival of Kerala as ‘Vaman Jayanti’.
Sep 14, 2016, 09:24 AM IST
India's Industrial growth contracts by 2.4%, inflation falls to 5.05%
India's annual retail inflation eased by 100 basis points to 5.05 percent in August, but factory output again dipped to a negative growth of (-)2.4 percent in July from an expansion of 1.95 percent in the moth before, official data showed on Monday.
Sep 12, 2016, 17:52 PM IST
Status of political parties to be reviewed every 10 years
The Election Commission has amended Paragraph 6C of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, to affect the change.
Aug 22, 2016, 22:52 PM IST
RBI launches Sept round of inflation expectation survey
The Reserve Bank on Monday announced the launch of the September round of inflation expectations survey of households covering 18 cities across the country.
Aug 22, 2016, 18:14 PM IST
