Kerala Police told the state High Court that it had found no evidence against the Indian Union Muslim League worker who was accused of creating and disseminating communally coloured social media message against CPI(M) candidate from Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency KK Shailaja.
While retaining its position as the fastest-growing large economy, India's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth will moderate to 6.8 per cent in fiscal 2025 from 8.2 per cent in fiscal 2024, CRISIL observed in its recent report, citing high interest rates and lower fiscal impulse.
Annual retail inflation in May was at a 12-month low of 4.75 per cent, marginally down from 4.83 per cent in April. The retail inflation or Consumer Price Index, in December last year was 5.7 per cent, and since has been moderating.
The CPI for May showed an annualized increase of 3.3 per cent, a modest deceleration from April's 3.4 per cent, falling short of economists' expectations that it would remain steady.
Newly elected CPI(M) MP from Sikar, Amra Ram said that he would oppose the government policies that are pro-big business and detrimental to the interest of the common people.
The RBI has revised the GDP forecast for the current FY 24-25 to 7.2 per cent from 7 per cent earlier, and the CPI inflation is projected at 4.5 per cent.
Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the removal of statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr BR Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji from the Parliament House premises with "no clarity" on their relocation.
CPI General Secretary D Raja said on Wednesday that the leaders of INDIA bloc discussed the current situation in the meeting called to discuss the strategy to form the government a day after the Lok Sabha election results.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against a naxal cadre in a case relating to a conspiracy to damage and block a road in Chhattisgarh with the intent to kill police personnel and loot their arms.
Labelling the Lok Sabha election results as a "big setback for BJP", CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said that the party's call for "400 paar" has crumbled as they failed to clinch a majority.
CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday terms PM Modi led BJP party's inability to secure over 400 votes in the Lok Sabha election as a heavy setback for Narendra Modi.