New Delhi: Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) fell to a 27-month low of (-) 1.21 per cent in October, led by a sharp deflation in food items like pulses and vegetables, and lower prices of fuel and manufactured items, government data showed on Friday. WPI-based inflation was 0.13 per cent in September and 2.75 per cent…
New Delhi: “No ethics or sense of responsibility… just an avenue of personal gain,” read the latest post on megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s official blog. The megastar shared the cryptic post on Friday but didn’t name anyone in particular. “No ethics .. no sense of responsibility .. just an avenue of personal gain, without any consideration…
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said he was not invited to campaign in the Bihar election, while noting that the Congress would examine the reasons for its defeat. Speaking to reporters in the wake of the Bihar poll outcome, Tharoor said the party has a responsibility to study in detail…
Special Correspondent In what appears to be a significant breakthrough after months of mounting pressure, the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) truncated Apex Council has finally begun to act on the long-ignored issue of bogus age certificates—an issue that Orangenews9 has relentlessly highlighted through a series of investigative reports. According to sources, the Apex Council has…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday hailed the NDA’s performance in the Bihar Assembly polls, saying people have once again expressed their trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “development-focussed” politics. The BJP-led NDA has impressive leads in more than 180 of the state’s 243 assembly seats, with trends indicating that the saffron party was on…
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Friday announced the appointment of New Zealand cricket legend Tim Southee as the team’s bowling coach for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Southee represented his country in 107 Test matches, 161 ODIs, and 126 T20 Internationals, taking 776 wickets. Southee was a part of the…
Patna: Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Ram on Friday raised doubts over the “integrity” of the counting process even as Election Commission trends placed the NDA comfortably ahead of the Mahagathbandhan. The Election Commission’s numbers delivered a sweeping early advantage to the ruling alliance. By late morning, the NDA had crossed the 166-seat mark, while the…
Patna: The ruling NDA was leading in 166 seats, surpassing the majority mark of 122, in early trends as counting was underway for the Bihar assembly polls on Friday morning, according to the Election Commission. The opposition INDIA bloc was way behind, leading in 59 of the 243 seats in the assembly. The tally is…
New York/Washington: An American lawmaker will be introducing a bill to “eliminate” the H-1B visa programme and take away the pathway to citizenship that it offers, forcing individuals to “return home” when their visa expires. “My dear fellow Americans, I’m introducing a bill to eliminate the H-1B visa programme, which has been riddled with fraud…
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here and said he valued the UN chief’s assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism and also thanked him for consistent support for India’s growth. “Good to meet with UNSG @antonioguterres in New York today. Valued his assessment…
