NEW DELHI: Retail inflation based on the consumer price index (CPI) hit an eight-month high of 4.8% (y-o-y) in Aug from 4.5% in July, driven largely by higher food prices, NSO (National Statistics Office) data released Monday showed.At current level it is above RBI‘s 4% target for the third consecutive month, although it remains within...
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On Shah’s UCC claim, 3 BJP allies sound caution
NEW DELHI: A day after Union home minister Amit Shahexpressed confidence that 21 NDA-governed states would implement Uniform Civil Code by 2029, three BJP allies struck a circumspect note.Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, parliamentary party leader of Telugu Desam Party which is in office in Andhra Pradesh, told TOI, “As of now, there is no discussion...
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Monsoon withdrawal may begin this weekend: IMD
NEW DELHI: The southwest (summer) monsoon, which has so far reported a cumulative (June 1-Sept 14) rainfall deficit of over 14% this season, is likely to start withdrawing from west Rajasthan this weekend. IMD predicted Monday that conditions are becoming favourable for monsoon’s withdrawal around Sept 19.Monsoon normally starts withdrawing from Sept 17 and its...
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CBI files FIR in Disha Salian’s death case after HC order
Disha Salian was late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s manager NEW DELHI: CBI has filed an FIR and formed a special team to probe the death of Disha Salian, two weeks after Bombay HC ordered it to take over the case. The FIR has been filed under IPC sections covering offences such as gang rape, murder...
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Voluminous evidence in graft cases leading to long pendency: SC
Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Flagging the issue of prosecuting agencies filing voluminous evidence and naming large number of witnesses in corruption cases, Supreme Court disapproved of the practice, saying it leads to protracted hearing and long pendency.While acquitting a person in a 33-year-old corruption case on the ground that CBI failed to prove that he...
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US rejects IRGC claim that Panama-flagged tanker hit naval mine
The Panama-flagged vessel was also struck on Sunday (Representative image: AP). The US military on Monday rejected a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that an oil tanker collided with a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz.According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, the Panama-flagged vessel was...
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Interim EC ruling on ‘real TMC’ likely on Sept 17
NEW DELHI: An interesting situation may be unfolding in Nandigram and Rejinagar, with both factions of TMC, one headed by Mamata Banerjee and the other by Ritabrata Banerjee, naming their own candidates for the bypolls while claiming to be the “real” party entitled to use its reserved symbol.EC, which heard the two factions Saturday, asked...
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Cong rejects TMC proposal for bypoll pact
Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: An attempt by the Mamata Banerjee faction of TMC to hammer out an alliance with Congress for upcoming bypolls in Bengal did not materialise after the latter insisted on going it alone, reports Subodh Ghildiyal.Trinamool’s decision to announce candidates in Nandigram and Rejinagar Monday came well after Congress had named its...
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‘3 Cong CMs invited to Brics dinner but they didn’t turn up’
The 18th Brics Summit was held at New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam from Sept 13-14 NEWDELHI: The presence of chief ministers from BJP-governed states at the dinner for Brics leaders hosted by govt made it look like an entirely governing alliance affair, but official sources said that CMs hailing from opposition parties were also invited but...
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SC faults Abu Salem’s maths, junks release plea
Salem was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a prolonged legal battle. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that if a person is convicted in two cases and sentenced separately, the period of imprisonment undergone as an undertrial can be offset against only one of the sentences and not both even when the...
