Higher petrol, diesel prices threaten to rekindle inflation pressures: ReportFuel prices are rising in India. This will increase transport and manufacturing costs. These higher costs will likely lead to more inflatio...
02 Jun, 2026, 03.13 PM IST
India's retail inflation edges up to 3.48% in April as food prices firm upIndia's retail inflation saw a slight increase to 3.48 percent in April. This rise was primarily due to higher food prices. However, the ov...
12 May, 2026, 05.44 PM IST
West Bengal elections: Dum Dum Uttar at crossroads, poised between governance, grievance and a heavyweight TMC nomineeWest Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Dum Dum Uttar constituency is no longer a guaranteed win for the TMC. Senior minister Chandrima Bhatta...
26 Apr, 2026, 01.21 PM IST
RBI monitoring IDFC First Bank fraud, sees no systemic risk: Sanjay MalhotraThe Reserve Bank of India is closely monitoring a ₹590 crore fraud case linked to IDFC First Bank, with Governor Sanjay Malhotra stressing ...
24 Feb, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
CPI Revamp: Inflation at 2.75% in JanuaryIndia's retail inflation reached 2.75% in January, marking the first reading under a new Consumer Price Index series. This figure returns i...
13 Feb, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
India to cut food weighting in CPI in new inflation seriesIndia is set to revise its inflation measurement, significantly reducing food's weight in the Consumer Price Index to 36.75%. This shift ai...
29 Jan, 2026, 06.54 PM IST
Electricity & housing indices to be tweaked in revised CPI by adding fixed & meter chargesThe government is overhauling the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to better reflect electricity and housing costs. The new electricity index wil...
09 Jun, 2025, 11.48 PM IST
Economic Survey's pitch for excluding food from inflation targetA survey suggests the central bank should re-examine its inflation-targeting framework, excluding food items, which are often driven by sup...
23 Jul, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Govt looks to change base year for major economic gauges to FY23, revamp of key datasets also being plannedThe base year provides a reference point for measuring changes in economic variables and comparing relative performances of indicators over...
16 May, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
In organisational revamp, AAP appoints Kerala state president, national general secretaryThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced a revamp of its Kerala unit, appointing Advocate Vinod Wilson Mathew as the new president, along wi...
23 Apr, 2023, 09.45 AM IST
PM Modi presiding over unprecedented human extermination: YechuryThe CPI(M) has been asking the government to shelve its plans on the Central Vista project and give priority to improving medical infrastru...
21 May, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
Discussion on CPI(M)-Congress alliance in January: Sitaram YechuryThe matter of forming an alliance with Congress ahead of the 2016 Assembly poll would be first discussed and debated in the CPI-M's Bengal ...
28 Dec, 2015, 08.54 PM IST
New CPI to capture changing patternsThe number of items in the CPI has increased to 448 from 437 in rural areas and to 460 from 450 in urban areas.
10 Mar, 2015, 04.26 AM IST
Will take steps to make CPI(M) strong, effective: Prakash KaratKarat said party will find out its shortcomings and weaknesses and take necessary steps to make it strong and effective with powerful organ...
09 Mar, 2015, 06.50 PM IST
Communist Party Of India's(Marxist) state conference beginsThe conference also assumes significance in view of next month's election to Kolkata municipal corporation.
09 Mar, 2015, 04.37 PM IST
Economic Survey 2015: CPI inflation seen in the 5 to 5.5% rangeStating that inflation shows a declining trend in the year 2014-2015, the Economic Survey said that the CPI inflation will be in the range ...
27 Feb, 2015, 12.22 PM IST
Retail inflation rises to 5.11% in January on costlier foodRetail inflation moved up to 5.11 per cent in January month-on-month, measured on a new base year 2012, mainly due to dearer food items.
13 Feb, 2015, 02.05 AM IST