Wholesale inflation at 5.77% in June, highest since December 2013
Inflation at the wholesale level increased to 5.77% in June, the highest since December 2013, driven in large part by rising fuel prices, according to official data released on Monday.
Growth in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) accelerated in June — it was 4.43% in May — and is far higher than the 0.9% seen in June of last year.
Trump vows ‘extraordinary relationship’ with Putin as summit opens
Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began an historic summit on Monday vowing their determination to forge a reset of troubled relations between the world's greatest nuclear powers. Mr. Trump, bent on forging a personal bond with the Kremlin chief despite allegations of Russian meddling in U.S. politics, went into the summit blaming “stupidity” by his predecessors for plunging ties to their present low.
4 SDPI leaders arrested in connection with killing of SFI activist Abhimanyu on college campus
Fout top SDP (Social Democratic Party of India) leaders were arrested in Kochi on Monday in connection with the killing of Maharaja’s College student and Students Federation of India (SFI) activist Abhimanyu.
Burari deaths: 11 bright people with one dark secret
The Chundawats were like any other middle class family, settled and focused on a better future, till a death in 2007 shook them up. While those who saw the family from outside felt they had found solace in spirituality, what happened inside the four walls of the Burari house may never be known as there is no one left to explain. ''The Hindu'' offers an insight into the personalities of the 11 members who died by speaking to their relatives, friends and neighbours
CBI files charge sheet against Farooq Abdullah
The CBI on Monday filed a charge sheet against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and three others in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association case. Mr. Abdullah was the association president. Among those named in the charge sheet are association general secretary Mohammed Salim Khan, treasurer Ahsan Ahmed Mirza and Jammu and Kashmir Bank executive Basheer Ahmad Misgar.
CBSE moves SC against HC order to give extra marks to those who took NEET in Tamil
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday moved the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court judgment directing it to grant grace marks to students who wrote the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) in Tamil. The Madurai Bench of the High Court had ordered the CBSE to grant 196 marks — four marks each for 49 erroneous questions — in the Tamil version of this year’s NEET.
Seat-sharing will be done soon after receipt of BJP's proposal, says Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar on Monday said his party's seat-sharing with the BJP would be done soon after a proposal on this came from that party in three-four weeks.
After two decades of conflict, Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopia
Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki reopened his country’s embassy in Ethiopia on Monday, more than 20 years after the two countries broke off relations when they went to war. The embassy inauguration caps Mr. Isaias’ historic visit to the Ethiopian capital, aimed at cementing peace less than a week after Ethiopia and Eritrea declared an end to two decades of conflict.
Suspect in killing of Indian student Sharath Koppu shot dead, say Kansas police
A suspect in the killing of 25-year-old Indian student Sharath Koppu in Kansas City in the United States has been killed in an exchange of fire with the police, leaving three undercover officers injured, the authorities said on Monday.
Maharashtra cities weather Raju Shetti’s milk blockade on Day 1
The ‘milk blockade’ called by the Raju Shetti-led Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) across Maharashtra in demand of higher milk procurement prices witnessed formidable support across districts in western Maharashtra, but failed to disrupt milk supply to cities like Mumbai and Pune.
Rahul writes to PM for passage of Women’s Reservation Bill
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to ensure the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which begins on Wednesday.
‘Happier seeing the happiness of my players’: France manager
The triumphant France manager Didier Deschamps’ press conference was hijacked by his players almost as soon the first question was about to be asked. Paul Pogba, the heartbeat of the team, was leading the celebrations as the players climbed on the dais, chanting and cheering as the coach was drenched in the shower of beverages that was flowing freely from every corner.
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