Retail inflation rises to 6.21 per cent
Retail inflation rose to 6.21 per cent in October from 5.49 per cent in the preceding month mainly due to higher food prices, breaching the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) upper tolerance level, according to official data released on Tuesday. The consumer price index-based inflation was 4.87 per cent in October...
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New entrance exam series in January
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Bodies of two Meitei men recovered
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Canada temple cancels event amid protest threats
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Overaged vehicles choking NCR
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ED raids multiple locations in Jharkhand, WB
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Polls on platter, all eyes on Wayanad
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Stuck in a crossfire, trekkers dial 100, forces respond and rescue
12 November 2024 | Mohit Kandhari
Terrorist Pannun threatens Ayodhya Ram Mandir
Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Monday issued threats targeting Hindu temples, including the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. In a video released by the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) outfit, Pannun, currently staying in the United States, and Canada, warned of an attack on November 16 and 17. The video,...
Murder trial against Jagdish Tytler will continue: HC
The Delhi High Court on Monday made it clear that the murder trial in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler would continue. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was hearing a plea filed by Tytler seeking a stay on the trial proceedings taking place against him in a...
Form special cell to ensure cracker ban implemented: SC
Calling it a mere “eyewash”, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the Delhi Police for failing to comprehensively implement the firecracker ban in the National Capital and only seizing raw materials. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih therefore directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to...
11 militants killed in Manipur
Eleven suspected militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Monday, officials said. Two CRPF personnel also sustained injuries during the heavy exchange of fire that happened at Jakurador Karong in the Borobekra sub-division. The condition of one of them was stated to be...
Long beards, orange buildings...
While the controversy over students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir sporting a beard, in government-run colleges in Karnataka has been amicably resolved, another issue seems to be brewing in Rajasthan, around the institutions seeking to paint their buildings orange. The Rajasthan College Education Commissionerate has directed 20 government-run colleges to get...
Waqf Bill Committee courts controversy again
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill parliamentary committee of Parliamentarians has now run into another controversy as several Opposition MPs examining the Bill have suggested that the assurance they received after meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has not been met. They accused the panel chairman Jagdambika Pal of going ahead with...
Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath as CJI today
Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who has been part of several landmark Supreme Court judgments such as scrapping the Electoral Bonds scheme, sanctity of EVMs and upholding abrogation of Article 370, will be sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath...
