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'Inflation will be controlled by March'

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said the 'government stands committed' to curbing the inflation.

"By the end of this fiscal year, inflation will be controlled. I expect the situatio

India to ban lavish weddings

New Delhi: India is considering adopting a policy from its impoverished and war-torn neighbour Afghanistan to help tackle a domestic food crisis: rein in lavish wedding parties of the rich.

The gover

Food inflation falls to 13.1 per cent

New Delhi: India's annual food inflation dropped by nearly four percentage points to 13.07 percent for the week ended January 29 - the lowest level in nearly one-and-a-half months - on decline in the

Delhi govt proposes to hike babus' pay by double, citing inflation

New Delhi: A proposal to hike salaries of MLAs and Ministers by more than double has been finalised by the Delhi government citing high inflation and increased cost of living.

The fresh proposal ha

Food inflation at 15.57 pc

New Delhi: Snapping the downward trend of two consecutive weeks, food inflation inched up marginally to 15.57 per cent for the period ended January 15, on account of escalating vegetable prices, pa

Onions at Rs.5-20 a kilo

New Delhi: Onion prices crashed to Rs 5-20 a kg in wholesale markets of the national capital today on the back of improved supply, but retail prices of the vegetable remain high at Rs 40 per kg.

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Veggies keep food inflation high

New Delhi: Even as India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices fell to to 15.52 per cent for the week ended on January 8, high prices continued to pinch people at large with onions 100 per

BJP protests petrol hike

Policemen try to stop activists of Bharatiya Janata Party protesting against recent hike of petrol prices

About 500 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Tuesday held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi to protest the recent hike in petrol prices. Police had to use water cannons to disperse the crowd.

Cooking oil prices surge 62pc as common man faces fresh crisis

Adding to the woes of the common man who is reeling under high prices of veggies like Onion, cooking oil prices have surged by upto 62 per cent in last one year, hurting the household budget of con

Daily loss on IOC fuel sales at 1.59bn

New Delhi: State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC.BO) is making a daily revenue loss of 1.59 billion rupees ($35 million) for selling diesel and cooking fuels at government-fixed cheaper rates, the company sa

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