New Delhi, May 13 (Reuters): India’s retail inflation rate eased slightly in April, partly due to lower fuel prices, although food prices remained elevated, government data showed on Monday. Annual retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI), opens new tab in April was 4.83%, down from 4.85% in March. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast April retail inflation at 4.80%. Food inflation, which accounts for nearly half of the overall consumer price basket, rose 8.70% in April, compared with a 8.52% rise in the previous month. Food inflation has been accelerating at over 8% year-on-year since November 2023. The inflation rate for cereals was

HYDERABAD/SRINAGAR, India, May 13 (Reuters): India voted on Monday in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious divisions. The world’s most populous nation began voting on April 19 in a seven-phase election in which nearly one billion people are eligible to vote, with ballots set to be counted on June 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a rare, third straight term in a contest which pits his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against an alliance of more than two dozen opposition parties, including main rival

New Delhi, May 10 (PTI): A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against former Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case lodged by six female wrestlers. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot also discharged Singh in a complaint filed by one of the six women wrestlers. The court ordered framing of charge for criminal intimidation against Singh. It will formally frame the charges on May 21. It also ordered framing of charges against co-accused and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the case. The Delhi Police

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be released on Friday as Tihar Jail authorities have recieved the release order from the Supreme Court. The Chief Minister will be released after spending almost 50 days in prison. “Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s release order has been received by Tihar jail authorities. He will be released shortly,” the prison officials said. Security has been stepped up outside Tihar Jail ahead of the chief minister’s release. Meanwhile, preparations are underway outside Kejriwal’s residence to accord him a rousing welcome. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court granted him