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The NSO data shows inflation in pulses/vegetable product was recorded at 15.44 per cent, while in case of meat and fish it was nearly 10 per cent.

Retail inflation rises to 7.35 per cent, highest in 5 yrs

Surge in food/vegetable prices triggers fresh growth concerns.

14 Jan 2020 3:05 AM

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi may be out on his travels but he continues to call the shots in the party through his band of loyalists.

Tug-of-war over tricolour; most powerful man in MP

That Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot are not exactly on best terms is an open secret.

13 Jan 2020 12:33 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Domestic friction hits India’s image globally

Naturally, global attention was drawn to the sectarian laws and draconian police repression of peaceful protests.

30 Dec 2019 5:47 AM

Anti-CAA protesters hold placards and shout slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

CAA protests: Students were not armed, the police were

The court was informed that injured students were not being given medical aid.

29 Dec 2019 12:01 AM

Subramanian, the first CEA under the Narendra Modi government, was at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) for the inauguration of 'NSE Centre for Behavioral Science in Finance, Economics and Marketing'. (Photo: File)

Why stock market going up, economy going down: Ex-CEA Arvind Subramanian

'There are lots of other things I do not understand, (such as) financial markets in India,' he added.

20 Dec 2019 8:46 AM

"However, certain elements, who don't want to see peace in India, have been trying to use these two borders to enter the country," he said. (Photo: ANI)

Certain elements trying to use our borders with Nepal, Bhutan to enter India: Shah

Addressing the 56th raising day of the SSB, Shah said India enjoys very cordial relations with Nepal and Bhutan.

19 Dec 2019 12:14 PM

Huge cut-outs of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra are seen at the venue of the party’s Bharat Bachao rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Cong top guns slam Modi at rally over Citizenship Act

Both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi accused Mr Modi of self-promotion.

15 Dec 2019 1:16 AM

In Rajya Sabha, the Modi government requires the support of at least 123 MPs in the 245-member house. (Photo: File)

Citizenship Bill to be introduced in RS today, BJP confident of its passage

Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship Bill with a majority of 311 votes against 80 votes where 391 members were present and voted.

10 Dec 2019 11:14 AM

The Criminal Procedure Code confers wide powers of search on the police. Section 165 empowers an investigating police officer to raid the premises if he has “reasonable grounds”.

India needs laws to protect press from govt

Four police officers entered its offices to search for photographs of a clash between the police and demonstrators at the university hospitals.

08 Dec 2019 7:08 AM

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala hits back at critics, declares ‘I am no Nirbala’

Finance Minister defends govt in discussion over taxation in House.

03 Dec 2019 3:17 AM

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh (Photo: RSTV)

No ifs or buts, Cong to oppose CAB in Parliament: Jairam Ramesh

The senior Congress leader argued that a controversial matter like the CAB should have gone to a standing committee for deliberation.

02 Dec 2019 5:26 AM

Terming the Niti Aayog report on PSEs the ‘handwork of a few consultants,’ the RSS affiliate has demanded that the report should be ‘junked’.

SJM to govt: Halt sale of 5 PSUs, it is ‘imprudent’

The Opposition had raised this in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

02 Dec 2019 1:28 AM

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

When Shah lost his cool; has India Inc switched sides?

The party chief felt betrayed as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had campaigned extensively in Maharashtra but their hard work came to naught.

02 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

The Union information and broadcasting ministry has sought suggestions and views of the common people and stakeholders within a month on the proposed law.

Modi govt moots bill to liberalise print media

The proposed law also aims to do away with the stringent punishments and jail terms for infringement under the current imperial era law.

26 Nov 2019 7:24 AM

During the “emergency”, a euphemism for dictatorship, Indira Gandhi rushed through parliament the 42nd constitutional amendment when top Opposition leaders had been put in jail without trial in June 1975. (Photo: PTI)

Who is to judge the misuse of parliamentary privilege?

It recast the Indian polity radically and gave her wide powers to ban political parties.

25 Nov 2019 12:01 AM

Hindu activists climb up the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished by end of the day. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Babri verdict based on faith, not evidence

There now comes the Supreme Court’s strange verdict strangely expressed with a stooge addendum which belies its unanimity.

17 Nov 2019 12:07 AM

On the 130th birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister, Gandhi called upon all to unite and speak up against the "bigotry, injustice and mismanagement" of the last six years. (Photo: File)

‘Seeks to take India backwards’: Sonia hits out at Centre

Gandhi alleged that the government lacked the capacity, vision and wisdom to uphold Nehru's legacy.

15 Nov 2019 8:35 AM

Blow to Congress, but it still seeks probe

Gandhi had made the Rafale deal a poll plank not just in the Lok Sabha polls but also in the recently-held Maharashtra elections.

15 Nov 2019 7:35 AM

The wait is getting over Kar Sevaks resting on partially carved stone slabs to be used as pillars of the proposed Ram temple near Babri Masjid. (Photo: Archive of Sondeep Shankar)

Ayodhya verdict: Finally, deja vu moment

Across many Muslim dominated localities in the twin towns, most confined themselves to their homes.

10 Nov 2019 7:50 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by the Indian community in Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

BJP ‘brokered’ J-K spin fails; Cong revises stand on RCEP

There were some reservations about opposing the RCEP as the trade pact was initiated by the Manmohan Singh government.

04 Nov 2019 12:10 AM

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