NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up to a three-month high in Dec, led by narrowing deflation in some food prices and fading favourable base effect, but remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) tolerance level for the fourth month in a row.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed retail inflation,…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The discovery of several Aadhaar, PAN, and voter identity cards in a garbage heap at Savarkar Chowk in Jalna city Sunday, barely three days ahead of the municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, has raised concerns, reports Mohammed Akhef. Officials said the model code of conduct cell received a complaint, stating that 17 Aadhaar…
Ahmedabad: Kites, colour and camaraderie defined Monday morning at the Sabarmati Riverfront as Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the International Kite Festival 2026. Sharing an open vehicle, the leaders tried their hand at kite-flying, drawing cheers from spectators. What followed was a sweeping visual of global participation, with kitists from…
LUCKNOW: Residents of Parsa village in Kushinagar who rushed out after hearing screams were met with a scene of horror Monday – a man clobbering his wife and mother to death on the roof of their house, smashing their heads with a brick, and cannibalising them, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty. Sikandar Gupta, 30, was arrested at…
NEW DELHI: Action is mandated if an MP violates Parliament’s dignity, Speaker Om Birla asserted on Monday, hinting at proceedings against a Trinamool member accused of vaping inside Lok Sabha, in case the charge is established. Birla recalled that parliamentarians have been even stripped of their membership for misconduct, though insisting that it is for…
CHENNAI: A war of words broke out between former chief of BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit K Annamalai and functionaries of Sena UBT and MNS over his remarks that Mumbai is an international city and does not belong to Maharashtra alone. Annamalai made the comment while campaigning for BMC polls in Mumbai last week. At a…
Mahatma Gandhi‘s legacy unites Indians and Germans as friends and his teachings are “more needed today than ever”, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday. He was speaking as he visited Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad with PM Narendra Modi and paid homage to Gandhi. “Mahatma Gandhi’s unshakeable belief in the power of freedom and dignity…
INDORE: A 64-year-old resident of Bhagirathpura area in Indore, which has been in the eye of a storm over the water contamination fatalities, died at a private hospital on Monday. However, local authorities did not attribute the death to the diarrhoea outbreak in the locality. Hospital sources said Bhagwandas died of multi-organ failure after a…
NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Defence Research & Development Laboratory has successfully conducted a flight-test of the third-generation fire-and-forget man-portable anti-tank guided missile (MPATGM) with top attack capability against a moving target in the KK Ranges of Ahilya Nagar in Maharashtra. The test was conducted on Sunday.The anti-tank guided missile can be…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari said that there should be a deep study of Gen Z protests that brought down govts in three South Asian countries in last three years to check if they were organic movements arising out of grievances. Tewari said these movements should be examined for critical difference between autonomous agitations…