The Evacuee Trust Action Committee (ETAC) has launched a nationwide protest campaign in response to the arbitrary hike in rents for properties managed by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
Despite multiple efforts and new initiatives from the Punjab government, inflation continues to surge across the province as outdated price control measures fail to contain artificial price hikes and profiteering.
In his letter to PM Modi, Tagore highlighted the strain this hike places on millions of families who rely on affordable medications for conditions like asthma, tuberculosis, and other chronic illnesses.
Pakistan's opposition parties have severely criticised the central government of Pakistan for increasing the price of petroleum commodities, noting that it would further increase the burden on the inflation-hit masses, Geo News reported.
The rate of the widely used 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder has been increased by Rs 62, bringing the price in Delhi to Rs 1,802. Earlier the cost of commercial cylinder in the national capital was Rs 1,740.
Pakistan's federal government has announced a hike in petrol prices by Rs 1.35 per litre, effective from November 1, for the next fortnight, according to a report by The News International.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced a hike of 4 per cent in Dearness Allowance for government employees and matching Dearness Relief to pensioners.
Amid the ongoing global crisis India's total gold reserves held by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stand at 854.73 metric tonnes, according to the latest report by the central bank.
Bharti Airtel MD Gopal Vittal on Monday batted for another industry-wide tariff hike, arguing that returns on capital employed (ROCE) continue to lag in India.
Assam Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday approved the proposal to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) for the state government employees by three per cent from the current 50 per cent to 53 per cent of their basic salary.
In another step to curb the rising air pollution in the national capital, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has doubled the parking fees till the revocation of stage II of the GRAP.