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Maintain decorum of home minister’s post: Pawar on Shah’s remarks

Mumbai, Jan 14 (PTI) Former Union minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday rubbished Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks that the BJP’s victory in the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls ended the politics of betrayal and treachery started by him in 1978. “I was the chief minister in 1978. I am not aware about his whereabouts then,” Pawar told reporters in Mumbai. “When I was the chief minister, there were people like Uttamrao Patil from Jan Sangh in my ministry,” Pawar added. The decorum of the post of home minister should be maintained, the NCP (SP) chief said, bemoaning the lack

Wholesale inflation rises to 2.37% in December

NEW DELHI, Jan 14 (Reuters) – India’s wholesale inflation (INWPI=ECI), opens new tab accelerated in December to 2.37% year-on-year, from 1.89% in November, government data showed on Tuesday, but in line with market expectations. The wholesale inflation rate, a proxy for producer prices, last month came largely in line with the 2.3% forecast by economists in a Reuters poll. Food prices rose 8.89% last month, compared with an 8.92% increase in November, with vegetable prices climbing 28.65% year-on-year, marginally up from a 28.57% rise in the previous month. Cereal prices rose 6.82% in December as against a 7.81% rise a

Naked, ash-smeared Hindu ascetics take holy dips at the Maha Kumbh festival

PRAYAGRAJ, India, January 14, 2025 (AP) — Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims took dips in the freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth. Holding tridents, swords, spears and small two-headed drums, ash-smeared Hindu holy men marched at sunrise toward the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers in the northern city of Prayagraj. The men — with matted dreadlocks and crowns of marigolds — chanted religious slogans praising Hindu deity Lord Shiva and

Delhi polls: FIR registered against PWD official for violating Model Code of Conduct

New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Delhi Police has registered an FIR against a PWD official for violating the Model Code of Conduct, sources said on Tuesday. A complaint was initially filed by the returning officer against Chief Minister Atishi, alleging the use of a government vehicle for political purposes on January 7, they said. Following a detailed investigation, the police registered an FIR against the Public Works Department (PWD) official for using a government vehicle for election campaigning. The case was filed at the Govind Puri Police Station here. A complaint letter regarding the matter was submitted to the assistant

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