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India's top telecom service providers, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, have announced significant tariff hikes for their customers for prepaid and postpaid plans. The rate increases will take effect from July 3 and 4, 2024. The telec...

Patna High Court, on June 20, set aside the state government's amendments to increase the reservation for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Tribes, and Scheduled Castes in jobs and educational institutions. Speaking over the Pa...

Karnataka Legislative Assembly LoP and BJP leader R Ashoka on June 16 criticised the Congress govt of the state for the hike in petrol and diesel prices. He accused the Congress of ‘cheating’ and ‘taking revenge’ on the public after losing the Parli...

Bengaluru (Karnataka), June 15 (ANI): After the Karnataka government hiked up prices of petrol and diesel in the state by approximately Rs 3 and Rs 3.05 respectively, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra, while speaking to media on June 15, said th...

Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Amul on June 02 announced a hike in milk price by approx Rs 2 per liter effective from June 3 across India. While a local expressed displeasure over the price rise another called it normal. Another said that price hikes have bec...

The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk and milk products under the brand name of Amul, has increased the price of fresh milk by ₹2 a litre effective from June 3, 2024, in all markets across the country.Inflatio...

Major unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Muzaffarabad due to clashes between protestors and authorities. This comes amid a wheel-jam strike that is continuing for the fourth consecutive day in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Awami Acti...

The Union cabinet on Thursday approved the hike of Dearness Allowance (DA) for the Central Government employees and and Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners by 4 per cent effective from January 1, 2024, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said.DA hike announ...

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, on Saturday, raised the interest rate on provident fund deposit to 8.25% for 2023-24 compared to 8.15% in the preceding year and 8.10% in 2021-22, a move that will cheer up over 65 million EPFO subscribers...

Centre hikes commercial LPG prices by over Rs 100, to be sold at Rs 1,833 in Delhi. 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder will cost Rs 1,785.50 in Mumbai. Price in Chennai will be the dearest, at Rs 1,999.50. It will sell for Rs 1,833 in Delhi and Rs 1,943 ...

Dearness Allowance for Central govt employees and Dearness Relief for pensioners increased by 4%. The DA hike will be implemented from 1, July 2023; approved hike in Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Rabi Crops for 2024-25: Union Minister Anurag Thak...

The government on Wednesday announced hiking the sugarcane FRP by Rs 25 to Rs 340 per quintal for the 2024-25 season starting October.Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) is the minimum price that mills have to pay to sugarcane growers.The decision to ...

In a huge setback for millions of consumers, oil marketing companies (OMCs) have hiked the prices of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 209, with effect from Sunday, according to industry sources. As a result of this, price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cyl...

The Bihar assembly on Thursday hiked the quota for deprived castes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent in government jobs and educational institutions, taking the overall reservation to 75 per cent. Addressing the House on the occasion, Chief Minister N...

Pakistan raised petrol and diesel prices to a record high on Friday. Pakistan raised petrol prices by 14.9 rupees to 305.4, while diesel prices were raised 18.4 rupees to 311.8, the finance ministry said. Protest has erupted in PoK over hike in fuel...

Benchmark Sensex declined by 365 points and Nifty settled below the 19,300 level in a volatile trade on Friday as financials, IT and oil shares took a hit amid concerns over potential rate hikes and weak trend in global markets. Falling for a second...

The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points to the range of 5.25 to 5.5 per cent, the highest level in over two decades, as it continues to ramp up its fight against inflation. It is the 11th interest rate incre...

US inflation sharply cooled last month, offering fresh hope that the Federal Reserve can soon wrap up the most aggressive interest-rate hikes in decades. The consumer price index rose 3% last month from a year ago, the smallest advance in more than ...