WPI inflation falls to 0.33 pc in Sept. as against 1.08 % in Aug

According to official data, the wholesale price index-based inflation was 1.08 percent in August this year and 5.22 percent in September last year.  The previous low was recorded in June 2016 when wholesale inflation was in negative at 0.1 percent.  Inflation for food articles, as a basket, remained nearly flat at 7.47 percent during the … Read more

Nitin Gadkari inaugurates conference on ‘One Nation One Tag – FASTag’ in New Delhi

MoS Road Transport and Highways, Gen. (Retd.) V.K Singh and ministers and senior officials from several states were also present on the occasion.  Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been giving a lot of emphasis on large scale transport reforms.  He said the unified and nation-wide inter-operable RFID-based tag … Read more

President hosts King and Queen of Netherlands

The President also hosted a banquet in their honour.  Welcoming them to India, the President said that bilateral ties between India and Netherlands are strong and growing.  He expressed confidence that this State Visit will impart further boost to the engagement and deepen relations between the two countries.  The President said that economic partnership is … Read more

14 BDC members elected unopposed in two Anantnag district’s blocks: DEO

Anantnag’s District Election Officer has said 14 candidates have been elected unopposed in two blocks of Bijbehara and Chittergul in Anantnag’s district.  The Anantnag’s DEO, entrusted with the task of reviewing election arrangements in the district, meanwhile, examined the preparations being made for the election of 57 BDC councillors from 14 blocks.  The electorates for … Read more